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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.
20 de jun. de 2016 · The excesses of the McCarthy Era had many victims and the shocking death of Senator Lester Hunt in 1954 remains a chilling reminder of how political passions in a time of unreasoning fear can lead not only to a trampling of civil liberties, but to even more tragic consequences.
24 de jun. de 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.
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17 de jun. de 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.
24 de may. de 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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