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| Affiliation | Democratic |
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| Name | Lester C. Hunt |
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Lusk, Wyoming , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
July 08, 1892
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| Died | June 19, 1954
(61 years)
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| Contributor | Some say... |
| Last Modifed | Juan Croniqueur
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| Info | Lester Callaway Hunt
Senator from Wyoming; born in Isabel, Edgar County, Ill., July 8, 1892; attended the public schools and Wesleyan University, Bloomington, Ill., 1912-1913; graduated from the St. Louis University College of Dentistry in 1917; moved to Wyoming in 1917 and commenced the practice of dentistry in Lander; during the First World War served in the United States Army Dental Corps 1917-1919, rising to major; after postgraduate study at Northwestern University in 1920 resumed the practice of dentistry in Lander, Wyo.; president of the Wyoming State Board of Dental Examiners 1924-1928; member, State house of representatives 1933-1934; secretary of State of Wyoming 1935-1943; Governor of Wyoming 1943-1949; chairman of the Governors’ Conference 1948; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1948; served from January 3, 1949, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 19, 1954; had announced that he could not be a candidate for reelection; committed suicide in his Senate office; interment in Beth El Cemetery, Cheyenne, Wyo.
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