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1. www.knoxfocus.com › archives › this-weeks-focusA Senate Tragedy: The Death of Lester Hunt

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   Sep 16, 2024 · Lester Hunt was a popular governor and senator from Wyoming who faced a tough reelection campaign in 1954. His son was arrested for a morals charge that triggered a political scandal and led to his suicide.

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3. rivertonranger.com › lander_journal › newsLessons from Lester Hunt’s legacy embraced | News ...

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   Sep 20, 2024 · An outspoken challenger of the fear mongering associated with Senator Joe McCarthy, Lester Hunt is one of Wyoming’s most esteemed sons. Though Hunt died 70 years ago, many current Wyoming residents consider his legacy of service to be an evergreen model of virtue and integrity.

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   1 day ago · With the highly publicized Army–McCarthy hearings of 1954, and following the suicide of Wyoming Senator Lester C. Hunt that same year, [12] McCarthy's support and popularity faded.

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   21 hours ago · McCarthyism, also known as the Second Red Scare, was the political repression and persecution of left-wing individuals and a campaign spreading fear of communist and Soviet influence on American institutions and of Soviet espionage in the United States during the late 1940s through the 1950s. [1]

6. rivertonranger.com › lander_journal › newsLander to honor Lester Hunt | News | rivertonranger.com

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   Sep 7, 2024 · Senator Lester Hunt died by suicide on June 19, 1954, after being bullied and extorted by Senator Joseph McCarthy and others for political gain. His death was a profound loss for Wyoming and continues to serve as a powerful reminder of the dangers of political divisiveness and polarization.

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   6 days ago · The 82nd United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C., from January 3, 1951, to January 3, 1953, during the last two years of President Harry S. Truman 's second term in office.

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   Who was Lester Hunt?

   • In 1934, Hunt was elected to statewide office, winning a contest to serve as the Wyoming Secretary of State. Lester Hunt was popular with Wyoming voters and was reelected to another four-year term in 1938. Hunt was the near-unanimous choice of Wyoming Democrats to be their gubernatorial nominee against incumbent Governor Nels H. Smith in 1942.

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   How did Lester Hunt die?

   • Hunt went to what is now known as the Russell Senate Office Building on the morning of June 19, 1954, which was a Saturday. Despite it being June, Hunt wore an overcoat, under which he awkwardly carried a .22 caliber rifle. Sitting at his desk, Lester Hunt shot himself. Rushed to a local hospital, the senator died a few hours later.

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   Who was Lester Callaway Hunt?

   • Lester Callaway Hunt was a dentist who had been born in Illinois and moved to Lander, Wyoming, to engage in his chosen profession. When America entered the First World War, Hunt joined the U.S. Army’s Dental Corps and left the service as a lieutenant.

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   What happened to Styles Bridges after Lester Hunt died?

   • Styles Bridges withdrew into the shadows following Lester Hunt’s suicide and while he remained an influential legislator, he was never the same again. Bridges died in 1961, just after having been reelected in 1960. After his death, Bridges’ financial corruption became known. The Republicans failed to win Hunt’s seat in the United States Senate.

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