Frank W. Hunt

Infobox Governor
name= Frank W. Hunt


caption=
order=5^th
office= Governor of Idaho
term_start=January 7, 1901
term_end=January 5, 1903
lieutenant=Thomas F. Terrell
predecessor=Frank Steunenberg
successor=John T. Morrison
birth_date=birth date|1871|12|16|mf=y
birth_place=Louisville, Kentucky
death_date=death date and age|1906|11|25|1871|12|16
death_place=Boise, Idaho
spouse=Ruth Maynard
profession=Mining, military
residence=Emmett
party= Democrat
religion=Episcopalian
footnotes=

Frank Williams Hunt (December 16, 1871 in Louisville, Kentucky &ndash – November 25, 1906 in Boise, Idaho) was Governor of Idaho from 1901 until 1903.

Hunt served as a captain in the Idaho Regiment of Volunteers in the Philippines during the Spanish-American War (1898). He was elected governor in 1900 at the age of 28 and remains the youngest governor in Idaho history.

In March 1901 Hunt signed legislation creating the Academy of Idaho (now Idaho State University) in Pocatello. Hunt also ended the state of martial law in northern Idaho enacted by his predecessor, Frank Steunenberg, in 1899 as a response to labor unrest.

Hunt was defeated for reelection in 1902 by Republican John T. Morrison. After leaving office he became vice president and general manager of Dewey Combination Lease Company.

Late in 1906 Hunt contracted pneumonia and died on November 25 at the age of 34. He is buried in Boise.