Early Years, Family, Education
Hunt was born in Ruston, the seat of Lincoln Parish in north Louisiana, to the former Lucille Long (1899–1985) and Stewart Smoker Hunt (1895–1966), a forester. Apparently, Hunt's grandfather was John S. Hunt, II. Lucille Long, a native of Winn Parish, was the last of the nine children born to Huey Pierce Long, Sr. (1852–1937), and the former Caledonia Palestine Tison (1860–1913). Lucille Hunt was formerly a teacher in Shreveport, the seat of Caddo Parish, and was a prominent civic leader thereafter in Ruston. Hunt also had a sister, Martha, who died in 1965.
Hunt graduated from Ruston High School and the Tulane University Law School in New Orleans. He and his wife, Rosemary, had three children, including Stewart T. Hunt (born September 9, 1960) of Lake Charles and two daughters named Lucy and Mary. Hunt practiced law in Monroe, the seat of Ouachita Parish in northeastern Louisiana. He surfaced to public attention in 1964, when he was appointed by Governor John J. McKeithen to fill the remaining year and a half of McKeithen's term in the then District 3 (since District 5) seat on the PSC, a position originally held by Hunt's uncle, Huey Long. In February 1965, the two other commissioners named Hunt as the chairman because the presiding officer is traditionally the member whose seat is up for election in the next calendar year."
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