Frank Williams Hunt was the fifth Governor of Idaho

Idaho

Idaho is a state in the Rocky Mountain area of the United States. The state's largest city and capital is Boise. Residents are called "Idahoans". Idaho was admitted to the Union on July 3, 1890, as the 43rd state....

 from 1901 until 1903.

Hunt served as a captain in the Idaho Regiment of Volunteers in the Philippines

Philippines

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 during the Spanish-American War

Spanish-American War

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 (1898). He was elected governor in 1900 at the age of 38 and remains the youngest governor in Idaho history.

In March 1901 Hunt signed legislation creating the Academy of Idaho (now Idaho State University

Idaho State University

Idaho State University is a public university located in Pocatello, Idaho. It has outreach programs in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Falls, Boise, and Twin Falls....

) in Pocatello

Pocatello, Idaho

Pocatello is the county seat and largest city of Bannock County, with a small portion on the Fort Hall Indian Reservation in neighboring Power County, in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of Idaho. It is the principal city of the Pocatello metropolitan area, which encompasses all of Bannock...

. Hunt also ended the state of martial law

Martial law

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 in northern Idaho enacted by his predecessor, Frank Steunenberg

Frank Steunenberg

Frank Steunenberg was the fourth Governor of the State of Idaho, serving from 1897 until 1901. He is perhaps best known for his 1905 assassination by one-time union member Harry Orchard, who was also a paid informant for the Cripple Creek Mine Owners' Association...

, in 1899 as a response to labor unrest.

Hunt was defeated for reelection in 1902 by Republican

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 John T. Morrison

John T. Morrison

John Tracy Morrison was the sixth Governor of Idaho from 1903 until 1905.Morrison graduated from Cornell Law School in 1890 and moved to Caldwell, where he became a successful attorney and an active member of the local Presbyterian Church...

. After leaving office he became vice president and general manager of Dewey Combination Lease Company.

Late in 1906 Hunt contracted pneumonia

Pneumonia

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 in Goldfield, Nevada and died on November 25 at the age of 44. He is buried in Boise in the Pioneer Cemetery. The Gem County Museum in Emmett includes an exhibit of his belongings.