Hunt Downer
| Hunt Downer | |
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| Secretary of the Louisiana Department of Veterans Affairs | |
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In office 2004–2008 |
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| Governor |
Kathleen Blanco Bobby Jindal |
| Preceded by | Joey Strickland |
| Succeeded by | Lane Carson |
| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 52 (Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes) | |
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In office 1976–2004 |
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| Preceded by | Morris Lottinger, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Gordon Dove |
| Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives | |
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In office 1996–2000 |
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| Preceded by | John Alario |
| Succeeded by | Charlie DeWitt |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 28, 1946 |
| Nationality | American |
| Political party | Democrat-turned-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Linda Downer |
| Children | Mary and Blair |
| Alma mater |
Terrebonne High School |
| Occupation | Attorney, politician, military veteran |
Terrebonne High School
Louisiana State University
Nicholls State University
Major General Huntington Blair Downer, Jr., known as Hunt Downer (born April 28, 1946), is a Republican politician in the U.S. state of Louisiana who is the former assistant adjutant general of the state National Guard and the first ever director of the Louisiana Veterans Affairs Department.
A former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Houma in Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana, Downer ran for Governor of Louisiana in 2003 and finished in sixth place in the nonpartisan blanket primary.
Downer graduated in 1964 from Terrebonne High School in Houma and first attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. He received his Bachelor of Science degree from Nicholls State University (then College) in Thibodaux in Lafourche Parish. He was named to Who's Who Among Colleges and Universities in 1967. He received his law degree from Loyola University New Orleans College of Law in 1972. He did graduate work at LSU and studied at the U.S. Army War College in 1999.
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