Quincy Byrum Hurst (September 21, 1918 – December 4, 2006) was an American lawyer, judge, banker, and state legislator in
Arkansas. He served in the
Arkansas Senate for 22 years, including as President of the Arkansas Senate. He joined the Army in 1943 and later served as judge in
Garland County. He ran for
Governor of Arkansas
A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political r ...
in 1972. He was a member of the
Democratic Party. He advocated for the legalization of
gambling in
Hot Springs, Arkansas. Lawyer and politician
Q. Byrum Hurst Jr.
Quincy Byrum Hurst Jr. (born March 14, 1949), is the principal attorney in a Hot Springs, Arkansas law firm, Hurst, Morrissey, Hurst, PLLC and has been involved in Democratic Party politics throughout much of his life. On June 12, 2012, Hur ...
is his son.
Hurst was convicted of misusing bank funds in Missouri and Arkansas in 1974 and was sentenced to one year in prison. He was friends with
Owney Madden who helped him get out of a
tax evasion charge.
He died in Hot Springs on December 4, 2006.
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1918 births
2006 deaths
Democratic Party Arkansas state senators
Politicians from Hot Springs, Arkansas
20th-century American judges