Hunt, Lester C. (Lester Calloway), 1892-1954
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Hunt, Lester Callaway, 1892-1954
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Governor of Wyoming, 1943-1949; U.S. senator from Wyoming.
Lester Calloway Hunt, Wyoming governor and United States senator, was born in Isabel, Illinois, in 1892. Hunt earned a D.D.S. in 1917 from St. Louis University and established a dental practice in Lander, Wyoming, in 1919. Hunt continued to practice dentistry until 1934. Hunt was elected to the Wyoming House of Representatives in 1932 as a Democrat and also served two terms as secretary of state from 1935-1943. As Wyoming's secretary of state, Hunt designed the state's "bucking horse" automobile license plates. 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. Hunt married Emily Nathelle Higby in 1918.
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https://id.loc.gov/authorities/no98124471
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Jackson Hole (Wyo.)
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