In his last years , Hunt moved increasingly closer to the Democrats , endorsing his two-time opponent , Horatio Seymour for the New York gubernatorial race in 1862 and supporting George McClellan for the presidency at the 1864 Democratic National Convention . On June 13 , 1864 , Hunt was at Niagara Falls to confer with confederate Commissioner Jacob Thompson . He became a supporter of President Andrew Johnson after the war , and supported Johnson 's abortive " National Union " movement , serving as a delegate at the National Union Convention of 1866 , which sought to join Democrats and conservative Republicans into a new party to support Johnson
1864 Democratic National Convention
1864 Democratic National Convention
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