Andy Guest
{{Short description|American politician (1939–2001)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name = Andy Guest
| image = Delegate Guest 1988.jpg
| caption =
| state_delegate = Virginia
| district = 15th
| term_start = January 8, 1992
| term_end = January 12, 2000
| preceded = G. Steven Agee
| succeeded = Allen Louderback
| order1 = Minority Leader of the
Virginia House of Delegates
| term_start1 = December 3, 1985
| term_end1 = November 19, 1991
| preceded1 = Vince Callahan
| succeeded1 = Vance Wilkins
| state_delegate2 = Virginia
| district2 = 31st
| term_start2 = January 12, 1983
| term_end2 = January 8, 1992
| preceded2 = None (district created)
| succeeded2 = Jerry Wood
| state_delegate3 = Virginia
| district3 = 18th
| term_start3 = January 13, 1982
| term_end3 = January 12, 1983
| preceded3 = Vince Callahan
Martin H. Perper
Dorothy S. McDiarmid
John Buckley
Jack Rust
| succeeded3 = Bill Wilson
| state_delegate4 = Virginia
| district4 = 17th
| term_start4 = January 12, 1972
| term_end4 = January 13, 1982
| preceded4 = Flournoy L. Largent Jr.
| succeeded4 = Earl E. Bell
| birth_name = Raymond Richard Guest Jr.
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1939|09|29}}
| birth_place = New York, New York, U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2001|04|02|1939|09|29}}
| death_place = Front Royal, Virginia, U.S.
| party = Republican
| spouse ={{marriage|Patricia Hazard Donovan|1962|1971|reason=divorced}}
Mary Scott Derrick
| residence =
| alma_mater = Yale University
| profession =
| website =
| allegiance = {{flag|United States}}
| branch = United States Marine Corps
}}
Raymond Richard "Andy" Guest Jr. (September 29, 1939 – April 2, 2001) was an American politician. A Republican, he served as a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1972 to 2000 and was minority leader in that chamber from 1985 to 1991. He was the son of state senator and United States Ambassador to Ireland Raymond R. Guest. He died of cancer at his home in Front Royal, Virginia on April 2, 2001. Guest spent his childhood at Carter's Grove Plantation, built in 1755. A state park in Warren County near his residence, Shenandoah River Raymond R. "Andy" Guest Jr. State Park, was named in his honor in 1995.{{cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2001/04/03/va-lawmaker-raymond-r-andy-guest-jr-53/17018c72-6db5-4f63-8e44-acfa65448d7c/|title=Va. Lawmaker Raymond R. 'Andy' Guest Jr., 53|date=3 April 2001|publisher=|accessdate=4 January 2018|via=www.washingtonpost.com}}
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Further reading
- {{cite web |url=http://yale64.org/remembrances/guest.htm |title=In Memoriam: Andy Guest |date=2001 |website=yale64.org |accessdate=March 20, 2018}}
External links
- {{VaElectionsDatabase|3199}}
- {{Find a Grave|18555833}}
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Category:Republican Party members of the Virginia House of Delegates
Category:Yale University alumni
Category:Politicians from New York City
Category:People from Front Royal, Virginia
Category:20th-century members of the Virginia General Assembly