Politics
- Robert Hunter (governor) (1664/6–1734), Lieutenant Governor of Virginia Colony, Governor of New York, New Jersey, Jamaica
- Robert C. Hunter (born 1944), U.S. judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
- Robert Dean Hunter (born 1929), Abilene Christian University administrator and member of the Texas House of Representatives
- Robert N. Hunter, Jr. (born 1947), U.S. judge, North Carolina Court of Appeals
- Robert E. Hunter (born 1940), U.S. Ambassador to NATO
- Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter (1809–1887), U.S. Speaker of the House of Representatives and politician.
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“The average Kentuckian may appear a bit confused in his knowledge of history, but he is firmly certain about current politics. Kentucky cannot claim first place in political importance, but it tops the list in its keen enjoyment of politics for its own sake. It takes the average Kentuckian only a matter of moments to dispose of the weather and personal helath, but he never tires of a political discussion.”
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