Hunt Downer

Politician, Military Person

1946 –

40

Who is Hunt Downer?

Major General Huntington Blair Downer, Jr., known as Hunt Downer, is a Republican politician in the U.S. state of Louisiana who is the assistant adjutant general of the state National Guard and the first ever director of the new Louisiana Veterans Affairs Department.

A former Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Houma, the seat of Terrebonne Parish in south Louisiana, Downer ran for governor in 2003 and finished in sixth place in the nonpartisan blanket primary.

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Born
Apr 28, 1946
Also known as
  • Major General Huntington Blair Downer, Jr.
  • General Hunt Downer
Spouses
Children
Religion
  • Catholicism
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Loyola University New Orleans
  • Nicholls State University
  • Louisiana State University
  • Terrebonne High School
  • Loyola University New Orleans College of Law
Lived in
  • Louisiana
  • Houma

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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