. "1809-04-21Z"^^ . . "Hunter, Robert Mercer Taliaferro"@en . . . . . . "Confederate States Secretary of State" . . . . "1887-07-18Z"^^ . . . . . . . . "Confederate States Senator" . "fromVirginia" . "1809Z"^^ . . . . "Speaker of the United States House of Representatives" . "American lawyer and politician" . . "Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (April 21, 1809 \u2013 July 18, 1887) was an American lawyer and politician from Virginia. He was a U.S. Representative (1837-1843, 1845-1847), Speaker of the House (1839-1841), and U.S. Senator (1847-1861). During the American Civil War he was Confederate States Secretary of State (1861-1862) and then a Confederate Senator (1862-1865). After the war, he served as Treasurer of Virginia (1874-80), and customs collector in 1885 until his death."@en . . "Robert Hunter"@en . "1887Z"^^ . "United States Senator" . . . . . . . . "President pro tempore of the Confederate States Senate" .