H. Guy Hunt

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.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.After Reagan won the US election in 1980, he appointed Hunt as the Alabama State Director of the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee.Concurrently, the Democratic primary saw then Alabama Attorney General Charles Graddick in a runoff with Lieutenant Governor Bill Baxley.Hunt's election surprised many Alabamians since the last Republican governor had left office 113 years earlier, at the end of Reconstruction.
Hunt being sworn in as governor during his first inauguration, 1987
Hunt with George H.W. Bush and Thomas J. Lee at Redstone Army Airfield in 1990
Guy Hunt (golfer)Governor of AlabamaLieutenantGeorge WallaceJim Folsom Jr.Holly Pond, AlabamaBirmingham, AlabamaCullman, AlabamaRepublicanUnited StatesUnited States ArmyKorean War49th governor of AlabamaReconstructionU.S. ArmyDemocratsAlabama Senateprobate judgeCullman CountyLyndon JohnsonCivil Rights ActBarry GoldwaterRonald Reagan1980 Republican National Conventions1978 Alabama gubernatorial electionFob James1986 Alabama gubernatorial electionGeorge H.W. BushThomas J. LeeRedstone Army AirfieldSenatorJeremiah DentonAlabama Attorney GeneralCharles GraddickLieutenant GovernorBill Baxleytort reformelectric chairstate constitutionprobation4th Senate districtZeb LittleThe New York TimesWayback MachineLos Angeles TimesThe Washington PostAkron Beacon JournalDothan EagleC-SPANJames E. Folsom Jr.Republican PartyEmory FolmarGovernorslieutenant governorsAlabamaW. BibbT. BibbPickensMurphyG. MooreS. MooreFitzpatrickMartinChapmanCollierWinstonA. MooreShorterParsonsPattonSwayneLindsayHoustonE. A. O'NealT. JonesJohnstonSamfordE. O'NealHendersonBrandonGravesMillerSparksFolsom Sr.PersonsPattersonG. WallaceL. WallaceBrewerFolsom Jr.SiegelmanBentleyApplegateMcKinstryCunninghamMcDowellMerrillKnightCarmichaelHardwickBoutwellBeasleyMcMillanB. BaxleyWindomL. BaxleyAinsworth