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 a term as president pro tempore of that body. 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 Democratic Party. 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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{{DEFAULTSORT:Hurst, Quincy Byrum 1918 births 2006 deaths Democratic Party Arkansas state senators Politicians from Hot Springs, Arkansas 20th-century American judges 20th-century members of the Arkansas General Assembly