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Politician members in Nevada

  Samuel Shaw Arentz (1913-1994) — also known as Samuel S. Arentz; Sam Arentz — of Pioche, Lincoln County, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake County, Utah. Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif., March 9, 1913. Republican. Mining engineer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1952 (member, Credentials Committee; speaker). Member, American Legion; Lambda Chi Alpha; Freemasons. Died January 6, 1994 (age 80 years, 303 days). Interment at Mt. Olivet Cemetery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Shaw Arentz (1879-1934) and Harriet (Keep) Arentz; married, February 5, 1940, to Mary Alice Meagher.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  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. 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, Reno, Nev.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Stephen Baring and Emilie Louise (Froelich) Baring; married, January 31, 1942, to Alma Geraldine Buchanan.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Howard Walter Cannon (1912-2002) — also known as Howard W. Cannon — of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Born in St. George, Washington County, Utah, January 26, 1912. Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1959-83; defeated, 1982. Mormon. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Disabled American Veterans; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Reserve Officers Association; Lions; Elks. Died, of congestive heart failure, at the Odyssey House Hospice, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., March 6, 2002 (age 90 years, 39 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Walter Cannon and Leah (Sullivan) Cannon; married, December 21, 1945, to Dorothy Pace.
  Cross-reference: Mike O'Callaghan
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Books about Howard Cannon: Michael Vernetti, Senator Howard Cannon of Nevada: A Biography
  Archie C. Grant (b. 1894) — of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Born in Ely, St. Louis County, Minn., March 9, 1894. Democrat. Automobile dealer; candidate for Governor of Nevada, 1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1936, 1940 (alternate), 1952 (member, Committee on Rules and Order of Business); member of Democratic National Committee from Nevada, 1940; member of Nevada state senate, 1941-42; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1943-44; candidate for U.S. Representative from Nevada at-large, 1944. Member, American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles; Elks; Rotary. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of John Grant and Mary (Nolan) Grant; married, August 8, 1921, to Zora Faye Marble.
  Morley Isaac Griswold (1890-1951) — also known as Morley Griswold — of Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Elko, Elko County, Nev., October 10, 1890. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, 1927-34; Governor of Nevada, 1934-35; defeated, 1934; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1936 (member, Committee to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1940 (member, Resolutions Committee; speaker), 1948. Episcopalian. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Knights of Pythias; Delta Tau Delta. Died October 3, 1951 (age 60 years, 358 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Chauncey Warner Griswold and Mary Ellen (Dakin) Griswold; married, August 4, 1920, to Marianne Williamson.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  Joseph John Heck (b. 1961) — also known as Joe Heck — of Henderson, Clark County, Nev. Born in Jamaica, Queens, Queens County, N.Y., October 30, 1961. Republican. Physician; member of Nevada state senate, 2004-08; U.S. Representative from Nevada 3rd District, 2011-17; candidate for U.S. Senator from Nevada, 2016. Catholic. Member, American Legion; Catholic War Veterans; Knights of Columbus. Still living as of 2017.
  See also congressional biography — Wikipedia article
  William Edward Kinnikin (1898-1936) — also known as William E. Kinnikin; Bill Kinnikin — of Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Virginia City, Storey County, Nev., February 13, 1898. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; postmaster at Reno, Nev., 1934-36 (acting, 1934). Member, American Legion. Died, from a throat infection, in a hospital at Reno, Washoe County, Nev., December 26, 1936 (age 38 years, 317 days). Interment at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Reno, Nev.
  Relatives: Son of Joseph W. Kinnikin and Kate (Fogarty) Kinnikin; married, June 24, 1924, to Margaret Helen Walsh.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  John Dryden Kuser (1897-1964) — also known as Dryden Kuser — of Bernardsville, Somerset County, N.J.; Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Newark, Essex County, N.J., September 24, 1897. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War I; member of New Jersey state house of assembly from Somerset County, 1926-29; member of New Jersey state senate from Somerset County, 1930-35; insurance agent; real estate broker. Member, American Legion; Elks; Eagles; Moose; Grange; Audubon Society. Died, in Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, Manhattan, New York County, N.Y., March 3, 1964 (age 66 years, 161 days). Interment at St. Bernard's Cemetery, Bernardsville, N.J.
  Relatives: Son of Anthony Rudolph Kuser and Susan Fairchild (Dryden) Kuser; married, April 26, 1919, to Roberta Brooke Russell; married, September 6, 1930, to Vieva Marie Fisher; married to Grace Egglesfield; father of Anthony Dryden Marshall; grandson of John Fairfield Dryden.
  Political family: Dryden-Marshall family of New York City, New York.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Paul Dominque Laxalt (1922-2018) — also known as Paul Laxalt — of Carson City, Nev. Born in Reno, Washoe County, Nev., August 2, 1922. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, 1963-67; Governor of Nevada, 1967-71; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1974-87; defeated, 1964. Catholic. Member, American Bar Association; American Legion; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Eagles. Died August 6, 2018 (age 96 years, 4 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  Relatives: Son of Dominique Laxalt and Theresa (Alpetche) Laxalt; married, June 23, 1946, to Jackalyn Ross.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Internet Movie Database profile
George W. Malone George Wilson Malone (1890-1961) — also known as George W. Malone — of Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Fredonia, Wilson County, Kan., August 7, 1890. Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924, 1960; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1947-59; defeated, 1934, 1944. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Shriners; Elks; Eagles; Rotary. Died in Washington, D.C., May 19, 1961 (age 70 years, 285 days). Interment at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  Image source: Library of Congress
  John J. McCune (1919-2001) — of East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich.; Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in East Lansing, Ingham County, Mich., March 20, 1919. Republican. Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; lawyer; member of Michigan state house of representatives from Ingham County 2nd District, 1953-56. Member, Kiwanis; American Legion. Died April 23, 2001 (age 82 years, 34 days). Burial location unknown.
  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. 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, Reno, Nev.
  Relatives: Son of Charles Robert Miller and Abigail Morgan (Woodnutt) Miller; married, October 4, 1913, to Katharine M. Tallman; uncle of Clement Woodnutt Miller.
  Political family: Miller family of Wilmington, Delaware.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page
  Frank Grant Sawyer (1918-1996) — also known as F. Grant Sawyer — of Elko, Elko County, Nev. Born in Twin Falls, Twin Falls County, Idaho, December 14, 1918. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; Elko County District Attorney, 1950-58; Nevada Democratic state chair, 1955; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1956; Governor of Nevada, 1959-67; defeated, 1966. Baptist. Member, American Bar Association; American Judicature Society; Freemasons; Shriners; Veterans of Foreign Wars; Amvets; American Legion; Lions; Eagles. Died, of complications from a stroke, in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., February 19, 1996 (age 77 years, 67 days). Entombed in mausoleum at Palm Memorial Park - Green Valley, Las Vegas, Nev.
  Relatives: Son of Harry W. Sawyer and Bula (Cameron) Sawyer; married, August 1, 1946, to Bette Hoge.
  The Sawyer state office building, in Las Vegas, Nevada, is named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
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