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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 ...
Lester C. Hunt. Lester C. Hunt. Lester Calloway Hunt (* 8. Juli 1892 in Isabel, Illinois; † 19. Juni 1954 in Washington, D.C.) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker ( Demokratische Partei ), der von 1943 bis 1949 als 19. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Wyoming amtierte und diesen von 1949 bis 1954 im US-Senat vertrat.
8. März 2023 · Learn about the life and death of Lester Hunt, a popular Democrat who served as Wyoming's governor and U.S. senator. Find out how he faced McCarthyism, blackmail and personal tragedy in his final years.
11. Jan. 2021 · Lester Hunt was a dentist, governor and U.S. senator from Wyoming who rose from humble beginnings to political prominence. He was a wartime leader, a popular Democrat and a suicide victim whose legacy was tainted by his widow's cover-up.
Sen. Lester Hunt, a Wyoming Democrat, shot himself in his Senate office in 1954 after facing pressure from GOP senators to resign over his son's arrest for soliciting. The incident inspired a best-selling novel and a movie about political scandals and blackmail.
Lester Calloway Hunt war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker , der von 1943 bis 1949 als 19. Gouverneur des Bundesstaates Wyoming amtierte und diesen von 1949 bis 1954 im US-Senat vertrat.
Vor einem Tag · 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. On Tuesday, May 28, author Rodger McDaniel and Wyoming State Senator Cale Case will be in Lander to give two presentations on Hunt. The first will be a noon ...
