account of Hunt's suicide and submitted it to Hunt's widow Nathelle, seeking her permission to publish it. Instead she threatened him with a lawsuit and he never published the results of his research. Hunt's anti-McCarthyism and his son's homosexuality are mentioned in Thomas Mallon's Fellow Travelers (2007), a novel set in the 1950s that describes a young man's introduction to hardball Washington politics as he discovers his gay identity. In 2013, at a mock trial of Hunt's Senate colleagues McCarthy, Welker, and Bridges, all three were "found guilty of a variety of charges, including blackmail and causing bodily injury". Former Wyoming Governor Dave Freudenthal, who played the prosecuting attorney in the Cheyenne event, said: "This particular part of Wyoming history had been swept under the rug. So I'm really delighted to participate in drawing attention to it." The event was organized to coincide with the publication of a new study of Hunt's death, Dying for Joe McCarthy's Sins by Rodger McDaniel, a Presbyterian pastor, former Wyoming legislator (1971–1981), and Democratic candidate for the U.S. Senate in 1982. He used some of Larson's research. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1950–99) Notes References Additional sources External links "N.H. should reassess legacy of Senator Styles Bridges," Boston Globe, December 29, 2012 The Lester C. Hunt papers at the American Heritage Center |- |- |- |- |- 1892 births 1954 suicides 20th-century American politicians American dentists American politicians who committed suicide Democratic Party governors of Wyoming Democratic Party United States senators from Wyoming Illinois Wesleyan University alumni Democratic Party members of the Wyoming House of Representatives Military personnel from Illinois People from Edgar County, Illinois People from Lander, Wyoming Saint Louis University alumni Secretaries of State of Wyoming Suicides by firearm in Washington, D.C. Victims of McCarthyism United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army officers 20th-century dentists United States Army reservists