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Battles/wars. World War I. Lester Callaway Hunt, Sr. (July 8, 1892 – June 19, 1954), was an American Democratic politician from the state of Wyoming. Hunt was the first to be elected to two consecutive terms as Wyoming's governor, serving as its 19th governor from January 4, 1943, to January 3, 1949. In 1948, he was elected by an overwhelming ...
Jun 20, 2016 · Wyoming Democrat Lester Hunt withdrew from his re-election campaign in 1954 after Republican senators Herman Welker and Styles Bridges threatened to expose his son's gay arrest. Hunt shot himself in his Senate office, sparking a scandal and a novel by Allen Drury.
Jun 17, 2024 · Lester C. Hunt, a U.S. Senator from Wyoming, tragically took his own life on June 19, 1954, at his office in the Senate Office Building in Washington, D.C. This year marks the 70th anniversary of this somber event that left a profound impact on Wyoming and the nation.
May 24, 2024 · Just one Wyoming governor and United States senator has come out of Fremont County: Lester C. Hunt, the man responsible for putting the cowboy and bucking bronco on the Wyoming license plate. Hunt ended his own life in 1954 amidst growing pressure from Senator Joseph McCarthy and his supporters – an event which many credit with spelling the end for the McCarthyism era.
Jun 24, 2024 · June 19 marked the 70th anniversary since former Wyoming Gov. and U.S. Sen.Lester Hunt died by suicide in his office in Washington, D.C. Hunt’s political career peaked amid McCarthyism and he himself was targeted politically by McCarthy’s cronies. For many years, details of the political pressures exerted over Hunt were underreported or hidden. Our panelists, including historians, a ...
Democrat Lester Hunt, a charismatic wartime governor in heavily Republican Wyoming, won a U.S. Senate seat in 1948. There, he clashed with Sen. Joseph McCarthy. After Hunt’s son was convicted for soliciting homosexual contact, Hunt was blackmailed by Republican senators and committed suicide—circumstances that remained largely unknown for three decades.
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Lester C. Hunt papers, Collection No. 270, Box 37, Folder 25, American Heritage Center, University of Wyoming. Lester Calloway Hunt was a Wyoming Governor and United States Senator. Hunt was elected governor of Wyoming in 1942 and 1946, and U.S. Senator in 1948, a position he held until his death in 1954. His papers contain news clippings about ...
