| Birth: | Jul. 8, 1892
Isabel
Edgar County
Illinois, USA | | Death: | Jun. 19, 1954
Washington
District of Columbia
District Of Columbia, USA | 
Politician. He served in the U.S. Army during World War I. He was a member of Wyoming state house of representatives in 1933-34. He was secretary of state of Wyoming in 1935-43. A delegate to Democratic National Convention from Wyoming in 1940, 1944, 1948. He was Governor of Wyoming in 1943-49. A U.S. Senator from Wyoming in 1949-54. Despairing over his poor health and threats to expose his son's arrest for homosexual solicitation, he shot himself in the head with a rifle, and died soon after. (bio by: Imagine)
Search Amazon for Lester Hunt | | | Burial:
Bethel Cemetery
Cheyenne
Laramie County
Wyoming, USA |
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Originally Created by: Imagine
Record added: May 25, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 8824907 |
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