Julius Caldeen Gunter

Infobox Governor
name=Julius C. Gunter


caption=
order=21^st
office=Governor of Colorado
term_start= 1917
term_end= 1919
lieutenant= James A. Pulliam
predecessor=George A. Carlson
successor= Oliver H. Shoup
birth_date= birth date|1858|10|31|mf=y
birth_place= Fayetteville, Arkansas
death_date= death date and age|1940|10|26|1858|10|31
death_place= Denver, Colorado
spouse= Elizabeth Brown
profession= Governor
party=Democrat
religion=Episcopalian
footnotes=

Julius Caldeen Gunter (October 31, 1858–October 26, 1940) was the 21st Governor of Colorado from January 9, 1917 until his term ended on January 14, 1919.

He was born in Fayetteville, Arkansas, and earned a LL.D Degreewhen he graduated from the University of Virginia in 1879. His first major political job was being elected to the Colorado Supreme Court which he served on between 1905-1907. In 1916, he entered the Colorado gubernatorial election, and was elected on November 7. The same year he entered office, the United States entered World War I. Gunter helped organize the Colorado Home Guard, the Colorado Wartime Council, and the Council of Defense which were to aid the troops. He was also the first Governor to implement the use of the National Guard. His term ended the same year the war ended. After his term, he wasn't considered a candidate for the next election, and therefore wasn't elected to a second term. He later declined offers to return to the Colorado Supreme Court. He died in his home in Denver, Colorado on October 26, 1940, just shy of his 82nd birthday, and was quickly after buried there.

External links

* [http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/doit/archives/govs/gunter.html Governor Julius Caldeen Gunter Collection at the Colorado State Archives]
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