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Politicians in Banking and Finance in Nevada

Raymond T. Baker (d. 1935) — of Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Eureka, Eureka County, Nev. Democrat. Mining business; banker; director, U.S. Mint, 1917-22; candidate for U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1926. Died April 28, 1935. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of George Washington Baker and Mary Agnes (Hall) Baker; married 1918 to Margaret (Emerson) Vanderbilt; married, December 4, 1928, to Delphine (Dodge) Cromwell.   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. 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, Reno, Nev.   Relatives: Son of John H. Nixon and Mary Ann (Estill) Nixon; married 1887 to Kate Imogene Bacon.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   William Sharon (1821-1885) — of Carrollton, Greene County, Ill.; Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey County, Nev. Born in Smithfield, Jefferson County, Ohio, January 9, 1821. Republican. Lawyer; went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; banker; mining business; real estate business; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1875-81. Died in San Francisco, Calif., November 13, 1885 (age 64 years, 308 days). Original interment at Laurel Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; reinterment at Cypress Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.   Relatives: Father of Clara Adelaide Sharon (who married Francis Griffith Newlands).   Cross-reference: Francis G. Newlands — David S. Terry   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article   George Wingfield (1876-1959) — of Reno, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Fort Smith, Sebastian County, Ark., August 16, 1876. Republican. Rancher; mining business; banker; hotel owner; member of Republican National Committee from Nevada, 1920-24; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924. Died, from a cerebral hemorrhage, in Washoe Medical Center, Reno, Washoe County, Nev., December 25, 1959 (age 83 years, 131 days). Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.   Relatives: Son of Thomas Yates Wingfield and Martha Matilda (Spradling) Wingfield; married to Maude Azile Murdoch and Roxy Thoma.   Wingfield Park, in Reno, Nevada, is named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial

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