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Robert Hastings Hunkins (September 15, 1774 – 1853) was an American politician. He was an early settler of the Wisconsin territory and served in the Vermont House of Representatives. == Biography == Hunkins was born in Vermont on September 15, 1774, the third son of Captain Robert Hunkins and his second wife, Lydia Chamberlin. In 1806 Hunkins was both a selectman and treasurer for the town of Navy, Vermont.〔.〕 From 1811 to 1812 Hunkins was Town Representative to the Vermont General Assembly for the town of Charleston, Vermont.〔.〕 In 1811, the Vermont General Assembly was an unicameral legislature; in 1836, the Vermont Senate was added and the Vermont General Assembly became a bicameral legislature.〔(Wayne State University School of Public Works and Social Works-American Experiences With Unicameral Legislatures, IV. Unicameralism in Vermont, pg. 9-12 )〕 Three of Hunkins' sons, Sargeant, Robert and Benjamin, moved to the Wisconsin Territory. In 1839 Hunkins followed them and set up a large farm that he worked alongside his two other sons James and Hazen. Hunkins died in New Berlin, Wisconsin in 1853.〔 He was buried in the plot of his brother, the Hazen Hastings Hunkins plot, at Prairie Home Cemetery in Waukesha, Wisconsin. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Robert Hastings Hunkins」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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