The next day, they find a well-hidden cave, and hunker down in it. He was elected that body's speaker in 1845 and aligned with Marcy's "Softshell Hunker" faction. The Hunker state convention met on September 5 in Syracuse. Kozer was born and raised in the Pittsburgh suburb of Hunker, Pennsylvania. Hunker is located at (40.204462, -79.616218).