H. Guy Hunt
| H. Guy Hunt | |
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Governor Guy Hunt at Redstone Army Airfield on June 20, 1990.
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| 49th Governor of Alabama | |
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In office January 19, 1987 – April 22, 1993 |
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| Lieutenant | Jim Folsom, Jr. |
| Preceded by | George Wallace, Sr. |
| Succeeded by | Jim Folsom, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
Harold Guy Hunt June 17, 1933 Holly Pond, Alabama, U.S. |
| Died | January 30, 2009 (aged 75) Birmingham, Alabama, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Chambers Anne Smith |
| Children | 4 |
| Profession | Pastor, farmer, politician |
| Religion | Primitive Baptist |
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| Allegiance |
 United States
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| Service/branch |
 United States Army
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| Years of service | 1951–1955 |
| Battles/wars | Korean War |
Harold Guy Hunt (June 17, 1933 – January 30, 2009) was an American politician 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 in Holly Pond, Alabama. He was the salutatorian of his high school class, but he turned down a college education. Instead, he enlisted in the United States Army and served in the Korean War. He returned to Alabama upon his discharge in 1956, where he operated an egg farm. He was ordained a Primitive Baptist minister in 1958, and also worked as a salesman for Amway. He married the former Helen Chambers in 1951 (deceased November 22, 2004); they had four children.
Hunt was active in the Republican Party from the days when the Democrats held near-total control of the state. He first ran for office in 1962, an unsuccessful run for the Alabama Senate. In 1964, he was elected probate judge of Cullman County. Lyndon Johnson's signing of the Civil Rights Act caused many Democrats to split 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. He was the youngest probate judge in Alabama. He was reelected in 1970, stepping down in 1976 to honor a promise to serve only two terms. 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.
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