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Guy Hunt (Harold Guy Hunt) was born on 17 June, 1933 in Holly Pond, Alabama, U.S., is an American politician. Discover Guy Hunt's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 76 years old?

Popular As Harold Guy Hunt
Occupation miscellaneous
Age 76 years old
Zodiac Sign Gemini
Born 17 June, 1933
Birthday 17 June
Birthplace Holly Pond, Alabama, U.S.
Date of death 2009
Died Place Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Nationality United States

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1933

Harold Guy Hunt (June 17, 1933 – January 30, 2009) was an American politician, pastor, and convicted felon who served as the 49th governor of Alabama from 1987 to 1993.

He was the first Republican to serve as governor of the state since Reconstruction.

Hunt was born on June 17, 1933, in Holly Pond, Alabama to William Otto and Frances Holcombe Hunt.

At an early age, Hunt joined the Mt. Vernon Primitive Baptist Church, which became a critical influence for the future governor.

1951

Less than a year out of high school at only 17 years of age, Hunt married Helen Chambers on February 25, 1951, and the couple had four children who continued his family's farming tradition.

During the Korean War, Hunt served in two divisions of the U.S. Army, earning the certificate of achievement for outstanding performance of military duty and the distinguished service medal.

After his military service, Hunt returned to his family farm at Holly Pond and eventually was formally ordained as a minister in the Primitive Baptist Church.

Hunt was active in the Republican Party from the days when the Democrats held near-total control of the state.

1962

He first ran for office in 1962, an unsuccessful run for the Alabama Senate.

1964

In 1964, he was elected probate judge of Cullman County.

Lyndon Johnson's signing of the Civil Rights Act caused many Democrats to split the ticket and vote for Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater that year, and Hunt was one of several Republicans swept into office on Goldwater's coattails making him the youngest probate judge in Alabama.

1970

He was reelected in 1970, stepping down in 1976 to honor a promise to serve only two terms.

1976

He was State Chairman of Ronald Reagan's presidential campaigns in 1976 and 1980 and chaired the state's Republican delegation at the 1976 and 1980 Republican National Conventions.

1978

In the 1978 Alabama gubernatorial election, Hunt was the Republican nominee for governor, but he lost in a massive landslide to then Democrat Fob James.

1980

After Reagan won the US election in 1980, he appointed Hunt as the Alabama State Director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee.

1985

He resigned in 1985 to run for governor.

His campaign was not taken seriously at first even among Republicans, who were more concerned about helping Senator Jeremiah Denton win reelection.

The press paid little attention to the Republican gubernatorial primary, fully expecting that the winner of the Democratic primary would be the next governor.

Concurrently, the Democratic primary saw then Alabama Attorney General Charles Graddick in a runoff with Lieutenant Governor Bill Baxley.

Graddick, the more conservative candidate, won by a few thousand votes.

However, Baxley sued, claiming that Graddick violated primary regulations by encouraging Republicans to "cross over" and vote as Democrats.

Graddick, for his part, maintained that this was legal because Alabama was an open primary state.

The state Supreme Court told the Democrats to either declare Baxley the winner by default or hold another primary.

The party picked Baxley.

Alabamians, accustomed to a system where anybody and everybody could vote in a primary, were outraged and took out their frustrations by voting for Hunt.

In November, Hunt won the election by 13 points and 56 percent of the vote, receiving the most votes ever for a gubernatorial candidate at that time.

Hunt's election surprised many Alabamians since the last Republican governor had left office 113 years earlier, at the end of Reconstruction.

1987

Prosecutors said that he took over $200,000 from a 1987 inaugural account and used it to for personal use such as marble showers and new lawnmowers.

Hunt was found guilty.

1990

He narrowly won reelection in 1990 after trailing most of the way.

Hunt's election is widely credited for beginning the rise of the state Republican Party; only two Democrats have held the office since his tenure, and only one of them by election.

Hunt pushed through major tort reform and tried to bring more industry and tourism to the state, but had to wrangle through massive opposition in the state legislature.

As Governor, Hunt presided over eight executions in Alabama, all by electric chair.

1992

In 1992, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that taxpayers could sue Hunt for flying on state-owned aircraft to preaching engagements, where Hunt received monetary 'love offerings.' The charges were eventually dropped.

A grand jury indicted Hunt for theft, conspiracy, and ethics violations.

1993

As the state constitution does not allow convicted felons to hold office, Hunt was forced to resign on April 22, 1993.

Hunt was also ordered to pay $212,000, given five years' probation, and serve 1,000 hours of community service.

1998

In February 1998 he asked the state parole board to reduce his probation by four months; the judge instead increased the probation by five years, since he had only paid $4,000 of his $212,000 fine.

In April 1998, having served his full sentence and paid his fine, the parole board granted Hunt a pardon.

2009

Hunt died on January 30, 2009, at the age of 75, after a long battle with lung cancer.