- First Republican governor of Alabama since the Reconstruction period. Term of service: 19 January 1987 - 22 April 1993.
- Convicted of illegally using campaign and inaugural funds to pay personal debts and removed from office. Received a full pardon in 1998 from the state parole board.
- Father of son, Keith Hunt; daughters, Pam Hunt, Sherrie Hunt Williams, and Lynn Hunt Harris.
- He served in the United States Army in the Korean War.
- He was the first Republican elected Governor of Alabama since 1872 when he was elected in 1986.
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