| LC control no. | no 98124471 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Hunt, Lester C. (Lester Calloway), 1892-1954 |
| See also | Wyoming. Governor (1943-1949 : Hunt) |
| Birth date | 1892-07-08 |
| Death date | 1954-06-19 |
| Place of birth | Isabel (Ill.) |
| Place of death | Washington (D.C.) |
| Affiliation | St. Louis University. School of Dentistry United States. Army. Dental Corps Wyoming State Board of Dental Examiners Wyoming. Legislature. House of Representatives Wyoming. Secretary of State Wyoming. Governor United States. Congress. Senate |
| Profession or occupation | Dentists Legislators--United States Governors |
| Found in | Promotion and development of a small business, 1945: t.p. (Lester C. Hunt) Wyoming blue book, 1974: v. 2, p. 127 (Lester Calloway Hunt, b. Isabel, Ill., July 8, 1892) v. 3, p. 4 (governor 1943-1949; d. Washington, D.C., June 20, 1954) Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, via WWW, September 10, 2013 (Hunt, Lester Calloway (1892-1954); a 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 National 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. ) |
| Associated language | eng |
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