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Key Pittman (1872-1940) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
19, 1872.
Son of William Buckner Pittman and Catherine (Key) Pittman.
Democrat. Went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1913-40; defeated, 1910; died in office 1940.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
It was rumored for years that he died before his final election in
1940, and that party leaders kept his body on ice in a hotel bathtub
until he was re-elected; this story has been disproven. In fact, he
suffered a severe heart
attack before the election, at the Riverside Hotel, and
died after the election at the Washoe General Hospital,
Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., November
10, 1940 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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James Graves Scrugham (1880-1945) —
also known as James G. Scrugham; J. G.
Scrugham —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
19, 1880.
Democrat. University
professor; newspaper
editor and publisher; Governor of
Nevada, 1923-27; defeated, 1926; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1933-42; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1942-45; died in office 1945.
Member, Freemasons;
Elks; Eagles.
Died June 23,
1945 (age 65 years, 155
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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John Sparks (1843-1908) —
also known as "Honest John" —
of Nevada.
Born August
30, 1843.
Rancher;
Governor
of Nevada, 1903-08; died in office 1908.
Died May 22,
1908 (age 64 years, 266
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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George Stuart Nixon (1860-1912) —
also known as George S. Nixon —
of Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Newcastle, Placer
County, Calif., April 2,
1860.
Son of John H. Nixon and Mary Ann (Estill) Nixon.
Republican. President, First National Bank
(Winnemucca, Nev.), Nixon National Bank (Reno,
Nev.), and Tonopah Banking
Corp.; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1890; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1905-12; died in office 1912; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1908,
1912.
Died June 5,
1912 (age 52 years, 64
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Alan Harvey Bible (1909-1988) —
also known as Alan Bible —
of Storey
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Lovelock, Pershing
County, Nev., November
20, 1909.
Son of Jacob H. Bible and Isabel (Welsh) Bible.
Democrat. Lawyer; Storey
County District Attorney, 1935-38; Nevada
state attorney general, 1943-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1952,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1954-74; member, Commission on
Intergovernmental Relations, 1955.
Methodist.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Eagles;
Rotary;
Phi
Alpha Delta; Lambda
Chi Alpha.
Died in Auburn, Placer
County, Calif., September
12, 1988 (age 78 years, 297
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Vail Montgomery Pittman (1883-1964) —
also known as Vail Pittman —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
17, 1883.
Democrat. Newspaper
publisher; member of Nevada
state senate; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada; elected 1942; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1944; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1944,
1956;
Governor
of Nevada, 1945-51; defeated, 1950, 1954.
Died in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., January
29, 1964 (age 80 years, 134
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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William Alexander Massey (1856-1914) —
of Nevada.
Born in Oakfield, Trumbull
County, Ohio, October
7, 1856.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1892; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1896; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1912-13; defeated, 1912.
Died on
a train near Litchfield (unknown
county), Nev., March 5,
1914 (age 57 years, 149
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Ernest S. Brown (1903-1965) —
of Nevada.
Born in Alturas, Modoc
County, Calif., September
25, 1903.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1933; colonel in the U.S. Army
during World War II; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1954.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., July 23,
1965 (age 61 years, 301
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Samuel Shaw Arentz (1879-1934) —
also known as Samuel S. Arentz; Ulysses
Arentz —
of Simpson (unknown
county), Nev.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., January
8, 1879.
Son of Andrew Charles Arentz and Mary M. (Shaw) Arentz.
Republican. Surveyor;
engineer;
mining
superintendent; chief engineer for several Western railroads;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1921-23, 1925-33; defeated,
1932; candidate in primary for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1922; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1932.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., June 17,
1934 (age 55 years, 160
days).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Walter Stephan Baring, Jr. (1911-1975) —
also known as Walter S. Baring, Jr. —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Goldfield, Esmeralda
County, Nev., September
9, 1911.
Son of Walter Stephen Baring and Emilie Louise (Froelich) Baring.
Democrat. Furniture
business; chair of
Washoe County Democratic Party, 1936; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1936-42; served in the U.S. Navy
during World War II; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1949-53, 1957-73; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1952,
1956.
Protestant.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Order of the
Eastern Star; Lions; Eagles; Sertoma.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., July 13,
1975 (age 63 years, 307
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Charles Lenmore Richards (1877-1953) —
also known as Charles L. Richards —
of Nevada.
Born in Nevada, 1877.
Democrat. Member of Nevada state legislature; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1923-25; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1924;
candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1930.
Died in 1953
(age about
76 years).
Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Thomas Woodnutt Miller (1886-1973) —
also known as Thomas W. Miller —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 26,
1886.
Son of Charles
Robert Miller and Abigail Morgan (Woodnutt) Miller.
Republican. Secretary of
state of Delaware, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1915-17; defeated, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Phi.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., May 5,
1973 (age 86 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Masonic Memorial Gardens.
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Patrick Anthony McCarran (1876-1954) —
also known as Patrick A. McCarran; Pat
McCarran —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., August 8,
1876.
Democrat. Farmer; lawyer;
member of Nevada state legislature, 1903; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1913; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1933-54; died in office 1954; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1936,
1940,
1944,
1952.
Catholic.
Died September
28, 1954 (age 78 years, 51
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Emmet Derby Boyle (1879-1926) —
also known as Emmet D. Boyle —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Gold Hill, Storey
County, Nev., July 26,
1879.
Son of Edward Daugherty Boyle and Sarah (Donoghue) Boyle.
Democrat. Mining engineer;
Governor
of Nevada, 1915-23.
Catholic.
Member, American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., January
3, 1926 (age 46 years, 161
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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George Arthur Bartlett (1869-1951) —
also known as George A. Bartlett —
of Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., November
30, 1869.
Son of Mason B. Bartlett and Barbara Bartlett.
Democrat. Lawyer; Eureka
County District Attorney, 1899-1900; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1907-11.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., June 1,
1951 (age 81 years, 183
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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Jules Ernest Gignoux (1847-1914) —
of Nevada.
Born July 14,
1847.
Mining engineer;
member of Nevada
state house of representatives; member of Nevada
state senate; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada.
Member, Freemasons.
Died March 14,
1914 (age 66 years, 243
days).
Interment at Mountain View Cemetery.
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