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Farmer Politicians in Nevada
including Planters, Ranchers, Growers, Animal Breeders

Peter Hanson Anker (1852-1922) — also known as Peter Anker — of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nev. Born in Denmark, January 7, 1852. Carpenter; builder; rancher; Humboldt County Commissioner, 1890-94; Vice-Consul for Denmark in Lovelock, Nev., 1895-1922; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1900. Methodist. Danish ancestry. Died, from pulmonary tuberculosis, in Lovelock, Pershing County, Nev., August 12, 1922 (age 70 years, 217 days). Interment at Big Meadow Cemetery, Lovelock, Nev.   Relatives: Married to Julia Ann Faass and Kathleen Nofsinger.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   Henry Goode Blasdel (1825-1900) — also known as Henry G. Blasdel — of Virginia City, Storey County, Nev.; Oakland, Alameda County, Calif. Born near Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, Ind., January 29, 1825. Republican. Farmer; merchant; riverboat captain; miller; mining business; Governor of Nevada, 1864-71. Died in Oakland, Alameda County, Calif., July 22, 1900 (age 75 years, 174 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Jacob Blasdel and Elizabeth (Weaver) Blasdel; married 1845 to Sarah Jane Cox.   The Blasdel state office building, in Carson City, Nevada, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS H. G. Blasdel (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1947) was named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   Abner Coburn Cleveland (1839-1903) — also known as A. C. Cleveland — of Bloomfield (now part of Skowhegan), Somerset County, Maine; Cleveland, White Pine County, Nev. Born in Maine, November 17, 1839. Republican. Cattleman; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1869; member of Nevada state senate, 1870-74; candidate for Presidential Elector for Nevada; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1892, 1896 (member, Resolutions Committee); candidate for Governor of Nevada, 1894, 1902. Died in Nevada, 1903 (age about 63 years). Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of James Cleveland and Elizabeth 'Betsey' (Parker) Cleveland; married, January 19, 1868, to Katherine M. 'Kate' Peters; third cousin twice removed of Ephraim Safford and Isaiah Kidder; fourth cousin once removed of Jonathan Usher, Chauncey Fitch Cleveland, Charles Stetson, James Safford, Luther Kidder and Isaiah Stetson.   Political families: DuPont family of Wilmington, Delaware; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).   Leland Merritt Ford (1893-1965) — also known as Leland M. Ford — of Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif.; Pacific Palisades, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, Calif. Born in Eureka, Eureka County, Nev., March 8, 1893. Republican. Surveyor; rancher; real estate broker; U.S. Representative from California 16th District, 1939-43; defeated, 1942. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; Knights Templar; Shriners; Kiwanis; Elks; Eagles. Died, of a heart attack, at Santa Monica Hospital, Santa Monica, Los Angeles County, Calif., November 27, 1965 (age 72 years, 264 days). Interment at Woodlawn Cemetery, Santa Monica, Calif.   Relatives: Son of James Green Ford and Anna L. (Ficklin) Ford; married 1914 to Elizabeth Beryl Seger.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   Patrick Anthony McCarran (1876-1954) — also known as Patrick A. McCarran; Pat McCarran — of Elko, Elko County, Nev.; 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; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1924 (member, Credentials Committee), 1936, 1940, 1944 (member, Platform and Resolutions Committee), 1952; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1933-54; died in office 1954. Catholic. Died September 28, 1954 (age 78 years, 51 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Reno, Nev.    — McCarran International Airport, in Las Vegas, Nevada, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier   Critical books about Patrick McCarran: Michael Ybarra, Washington Gone Crazy : Senator Pat McCarran and the Great American Communist Hunt   Leona Addie Munk (1911-2003) — also known as Leona A. Munk; Leona Addie Daoust — of Lovelock, Pershing County, Nev. Born in Tonopah, Nye County, Nev., October 8, 1911. Republican. Rancher; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1960. Female. Died in Reno, Washoe County, Nev., February 14, 2003 (age 91 years, 129 days). Interment at Big Meadow Cemetery, Lovelock, Nev.   Relatives: Married to Robert Munk.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — BillionGraves burial record   John Sparks (1843-1908) — also known as "Honest John" — of Nevada. Born in Winston County, Miss., August 30, 1843. Rancher; Governor of Nevada, 1903-08; died in office 1908. Died in Carson City, Nev., May 22, 1908 (age 64 years, 266 days). Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.   The city of Sparks, Nevada, is named for him.   See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial   James Leo Wadsworth (b. 1922) — also known as J. L. Wadsworth — of Panaca, Lincoln County, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Born in Alamo, Lincoln County, Nev., May 21, 1922. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; rancher; member of Nevada state house of representatives, 1949-50; lawyer. Mormon. Member, American Bar Association. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of James Allen Wadsworth and Lois (Stewart) Wadsworth; married, September 26, 1951, to Kathleen Vickers.   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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