Quincy Byrum Hurst (September 21, 1918 – December 4, 2006) was an American lawyer, judge, banker, and state legislator in

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. He served in the

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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

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in 1972. He was a member of the

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. He advocated for the legalization of

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. Lawyer and politician Q. Byrum Hurst Jr. 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

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who helped him get out of a

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charge. He died in Hot Springs on December 4, 2006.

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