Hunt was appointed to succeed Gibbs there and went on to serve at posts in France, Portugal, Guadeloupe and Liberia, retiring in 1932.

[2] She introduced him to her father, Mifflin Wistar Gibbs, a judge who was appointed as United States Consul to Madagascar in 1897 and hired Hunt as his aide.

[3] In 1904, Hunt married Ida Alexander Gibbs (1862–1957) at #14 N Street, NW in Washington, D.C.[3][4] She had been educated at Oberlin College and was a friend and colleague of W. E. B.

"[3] Hunt served in the United States diplomatic corps, becoming the vice-consult of Madagascar in 1899 and succeeding his father-in-law as the consul in 1901.

During World War I, he was responsible for the safety of American citizens as well as those of the Central Powers while the United States remained neutral.