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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.
11 de ene. de 2021 · 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 ...
20 de jun. de 2016 · Pearson alleged that two Republican United States senators – Styles Bridges of New Hampshire and Herman Welker of Idaho – had attempted to blackmail a fellow senator, Wyoming Democrat Lester Hunt, and that the threats led directly to Hunt’s suicide.
27 de ene. de 2021 · Blog. Lester "Buddy" Hunt, Jr.—the Rest of the Story. January 27, 2021. By Rodger McDaniel. (Editor’s note: Rodger McDaniel’s article, “Baseball, Politics, Triumph and Tragedy: The Career of Lester Hunt,” was published this month on WyoHistory.org.)
8 de mar. de 2023 · Blog. The Meaning of Lester Hunt. March 8, 2023. During a stormy session, the Wyoming Legislature last month found itself debating the implications of one of the most telling events in our state’s history: the life and tragic death of Lester Hunt.
He is the author of Dying for Joe McCarthy’s Sins: The Suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt, as well as three other books. Lester Hunt Lessons Learn From History.
More than 50 years after Wyoming Senator Lester Hunt committed suicide, Cheyenne pastor and former Wyoming lawmaker Rodger McDaniel seeks to answer the question of whether the legendary...
