Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter was a politician from Virginia who served as Speaker of the House and Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee. He advocated for the economic interests of the South by promoting tariff-reduction legislation (such as the Tariff of 1857). During the Civil War, he served as the Confederate Secretary of State and a Senator, and also attended the Hampton Roads Conference in 1865. After the war, he served as the Treasurer of Virginia, leaving his mark on financial organization and economic reconstruction during the postwar recovery period.

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