Andy Guest | |
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: | 29 September 1939 |
Birth Place: | New York, New York, U.S. |
Death Place: | Front Royal, Virginia, U.S. |
Party: | Republican |
Spouse: | Mary Scott Derrick |
Alma Mater: | Yale University |
Allegiance: | United States |
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.[1]