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Mark Eugene Amodei (b. 1958) —
also known as Mark E. Amodei —
Born in Carson
City, Nev., June 12,
1958.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives 40th District, 1997-99; member of
Nevada
state senate 17th District, 1999-2010; Nevada
Republican state chair, 2010-11; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 2nd District, 2011-.
Still living as of 2018.
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Henry Fountain Ashurst (1874-1962) —
also known as Henry F. Ashurst; "The Cowboy
Senator"; "Fountain"; "Dean of
Inconsistency"; "Five-Syllable Henry";
"Silver-Tongued Sunbeam of the Painted
Desert" —
of Prescott, Yavapai
County, Ariz.
Born near Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev., September
13, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Arizona
territorial House of Representatives, 1896; member of Arizona
territorial senate, 1902; Coconino
County District Attorney, 1905-08; delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1911; U.S.
Senator from Arizona, 1912-41.
Catholic.
Famed for saying "No senator can change his mind quicker than I." Actor
in a cameo role in the 1962 movie
Advise & Consent.
Suffered a stroke,
and died two weeks later, in Georgetown University Hospital,
Washington,
D.C., May 31,
1962 (age 87 years, 260
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Prescott, Ariz.
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Joseph A. Aspero (1915-1987) —
of Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass.; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Worcester, Worcester
County, Mass., June 30,
1915.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1945-48; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Massachusetts, 1948
(alternate), 1952,
1956,
1960.
Catholic.
Member, Phi
Delta Phi; Elks; Knights
of Columbus.
Died November
26, 1987 (age 72 years, 149
days).
Interment at Davis Memorial Park, Las Vegas, Nev.
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Harry Hunt Atkinson (1881-1968) —
also known as Harry H. Atkinson —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah, May 22,
1881.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; Nye
County District Attorney, 1917-20; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1926-34; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 1936.
Episcopalian.
Member, Zeta
Psi; Phi
Delta Phi; American Bar
Association; United
Spanish War Veterans; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in January, 1968
(age 86
years, 0 days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Henry R. M. Atkinson and Jessie (Erickson) Atkinson; married, November
28, 1908, to Katherine Jackson; married, September
1, 1961, to Cecil Payn Chapman. |
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Albert Douglass Ayres (1874-1944) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fort Bidwell, Modoc
County, Calif., June 25,
1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1911-13.
Presbyterian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sons of
the American Revolution; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks.
Died October
3, 1944 (age 70 years, 100
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Irvin Ayres and Annie Laura (Poore) Ayres; married to Emma
McCormick and Enola Sims. |
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Howard William Babcock (1917-1986) —
also known as Howard W. Babcock —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Austin, Mower
County, Minn., April 7,
1917.
Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1958-61.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Sigma
Nu Phi; Optimist
Club.
Died August
26, 1986 (age 69 years, 141
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Las Vegas, Nev.
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Milton B. Badt (1884-1966) —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., July 8,
1884.
Lawyer; district judge in Nevada, 1945-47; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1947-66; appointed 1947; died in
office 1966; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1951-52, 1957-59.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Elks; Rotary.
Died, from heart
disease and pneumonia,
in a hospital
at Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., April 2,
1966 (age 81 years, 268
days).
Cremated.
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Relatives: Son
of Moris Badt and Lina (Posener) Badt; married, June 29,
1927, to Gertrude L. Nizze. |
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Alexander White Baldwin (1835-1869) —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Gainesville, Sumter
County, Ala., 1835.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Nevada, 1865-69; died in office 1869.
Died in Alameda, Alameda
County, Calif., November
14, 1869 (age about 34
years).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Oakland, Calif.
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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.
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, Reno, Nev.
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William Henry Beatty (1838-1914) —
also known as William H. Beatty —
of Austin, Lander
County, Nev.; Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Monclova, Lucas
County, Ohio, February
18, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Nevada, 1864-74; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1875-78; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1879-80; chief
justice of California state supreme court, 1888-1914; died in
office 1914.
Died August
4, 1914 (age 76 years, 167
days).
Burial location unknown.
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George Monroe Beebe (1836-1927) —
also known as George M. Beebe —
of Troy, Doniphan
County, Kan.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Monticello, Sullivan
County, N.Y.; Ellenville, Ulster
County, N.Y.
Born in New Vernon, Orange
County, N.Y., October
28, 1836.
Democrat. Lawyer; newspaper
editor; secretary
of Kansas Territory, 1860-61; Governor
of Kansas Territory, 1860, 1860-61; candidate for justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1865; candidate for New York
state senate 10th District, 1871; member of New York
state assembly from Sullivan County, 1873-74; U.S.
Representative from New York 14th District, 1875-79; defeated,
1878; delegate to Democratic National Convention from New York, 1876,
1880
(speaker),
1892;
Judge of New York Court of Claims, 1883-1900.
Died in Ellenville, Ulster
County, N.Y., March 1,
1927 (age 90 years, 124
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, New Windsor, N.Y.
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Shelley Berkley (b. 1951) —
also known as Rochelle Levine —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., January
20, 1951.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1999-; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 2000,
2004,
2008.
Female.
Jewish.
Greek
ancestry.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
Democrat. Lawyer; Storey
County District Attorney, 1935-38; Nevada
state attorney general, 1943-; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1952,
1956;
speaker, 1968;
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, Reno, Nev.
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James Hubert Bilbray (b. 1938) —
also known as James H. Bilbray —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., May 19,
1938.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nevada
state senate, 1980-86; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1987-95; defeated, 1972,
1994; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1996,
2000,
2004.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Richard Parks Bland (1835-1899) —
also known as Richard P. Bland; "Silver
Dick" —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo.
Born near Hartford, Ohio
County, Ky., August
19, 1835.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Missouri, 1873-95, 1897-99 (5th District
1873-83, 11th District 1883-93, 8th District 1893-95, 1897-99);
defeated, 1894; died in office 1899; candidate for Democratic
nomination for President, 1896.
Author of the Bland bill in 1878, for the coinage of silver.
Died in Lebanon, Laclede
County, Mo., June 15,
1899 (age 63 years, 300
days).
Interment at Lebanon
Cemetery, Lebanon, Mo.
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William Sebastian Boyle (1888-1949) —
also known as William S. Boyle —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., January
22, 1888.
Democrat. Brickmason;
served in the U.S. Army during World War I; lawyer; Nevada
Democratic state chair, 1931; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1936
(secretary, Platform
Committee; speaker);
U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1939.
Irish
ancestry.
Died in 1949
(age about
61 years).
Interment somewhere
in Reno, Nev.
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Relatives:
Married to Myrtle Jane McGrath. |
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Hugh Henry Brown (1872-1975) —
also known as Hugh H. Brown —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Steubenville, Jefferson
County, Ohio, May 4,
1872.
Republican. Lawyer; represented railroads
and mining
companies; delegate to Republican National Convention from
Nevada, 1908,
1912
(alternate), 1916,
1920
(alternate).
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Academy of Political and Social Science; American
Judicature Society; Delta
Tau Delta; Phi
Delta Phi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died February
26, 1975 (age 102 years,
298 days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Melvin T. Brunetti (1933-2009) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., November
10, 1933.
Republican. Lawyer; Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1985-99; took
senior status 1999.
Died October
30, 2009 (age 75 years, 354
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Richard Hudson Bryan (b. 1937) —
also known as Richard H. Bryan —
of Nevada.
Born in Washington,
D.C., July 16,
1937.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nevada
state senate, 1972-78; Nevada
state attorney general, 1979-83; defeated, 1974; Governor of
Nevada, 1983-89; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1989-2001; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1996,
2000.
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Alpha
Tau Omega.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
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Edward Peter Carville (1885-1956) —
also known as Edward P. Carville; E. P.
Carville —
of Nevada.
Born in Mound Valley, Elko
County, Nev., May 14,
1885.
Democrat. Lawyer; district judge in Nevada, 1928; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1934-39; Governor of
Nevada, 1939-45; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nevada, 1940,
1944;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1945-47.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Knights
of Columbus; Woodmen.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., June 27,
1956 (age 71 years, 44
days).
Interment at Nevada
Memorial Park Mausoleum, Reno, Nev.
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William Horace Clagett (1838-1901) —
also known as William H. Clagett —
of Humboldt City, Humboldt County (now Pershing
County), Nev.; Deer Lodge, Powell
County, Mont.
Born in Upper Marlboro, Prince
George's County, Md., September
21, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nevada
territorial House of Representatives, 1862-63; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1864-65; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Montana Territory, 1868;
Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1871-73; defeated, 1872.
Died in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., August
3, 1901 (age 62 years, 316
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memorial Terrace, Spokane, Wash.
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Harry E. Claiborne (c.1918-2004) —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in McRae, White
County, Ark., about 1918.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1950; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1964; U.S.
District Judge for Nevada, 1979-86; convicted
in 1984 of tax
evasion, and sentenced
to two years in prison;
impeached
in 1986 by the U.S. House and convicted
(removed from office) by the Senate.
Died from a self-inflicted
gunshot
wound, in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., January
19, 2004 (age about 86
years).
Burial location unknown.
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Orion Clemens (1825-1897) —
of Hannibal, Marion
County, Mo.; Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Missouri, October
6, 1825.
Newspaper
publisher; lawyer; secretary
of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1865.
Died in Keokuk, Lee
County, Iowa, December
11, 1897 (age 72 years, 66
days).
Interment at Mt.
Olivet Cemetery, Hannibal, Mo.
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Benjamin Wilson Coleman (b. 1869) —
also known as Ben W. Coleman —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Ballsville, Powhatan
County, Va., July 1,
1869.
Lawyer; district judge in Nevada 9th District, 1911-15; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1915-36; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1919-20, 1925-27, 1931-33.
Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Pi Gamma
Mu; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Coleman and Arabella (Smith) Coleman; married, June 6,
1906, to Martha L. Attleton. |
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David Cooper (1820-1875) —
of Pottsville, Schuylkill
County, Pa.; St. Paul, Ramsey
County, Minn.; Austin, Lander
County, Nev.; Salt Lake City, Salt Lake
County, Utah.
Born in Frederick
County, Md., July 2,
1820.
Lawyer; justice of
Minnesota territorial supreme court, 1849-53.
Died in 1875
(age about
54 years).
Burial location unknown.
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Dighton Corson (1827-1915) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Deadwood, Lawrence
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.); Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak.
Born in Canaan, Somerset
County, Maine, October
21, 1827.
Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1858; Milwaukee
County District Attorney, 1859; District Attorney, 1st Judicial
District of Nevada; delegate
to South Dakota state constitutional convention, 1885, 1889; judge of
South Dakota state supreme court 1st District, 1889-1913.
Died in Pierre, Hughes
County, S.Dak., May 7,
1915 (age 87 years, 198
days).
Interment at Mt.
Muncie Cemetery, Lansing, Kan.
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John Martin Costello (1903-1976) —
also known as John M. Costello —
of Hollywood, Los Angeles, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., January
15, 1903.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from California 15th District, 1935-45; defeated,
1932, 1944.
Catholic.
Died, of heart
failure, in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., August
29, 1976 (age 73 years, 227
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Thomas Owen Craven (b. 1905) —
also known as Thomas O. Craven —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Rocklin, Placer
County, Calif., August
31, 1905.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nevada, 1936;
U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1942-45.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas Glenn Craven and Beatrice (Owens) Craven; married, December
29, 1939, to Margaret Jeannette Crosby. |
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Alexander Parker Crittenden (1816-1870) —
also known as Alexander P. Crittenden —
of Santa
Clara County, Calif.; San
Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in Lexington, Fayette
County, Ky., January
14, 1816.
Lawyer; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly, 1849-51, 1852-53 (Los Angeles District 1849-51,
5th District 1852-53).
Shot
and mortally
wounded by his ex-lover, Laura D. Fair, on board a
ferry boat in San Francisco Bay, and died two days later, in San
Francisco, Calif., November
5, 1870 (age 54 years, 295
days). Fair was tried, found guilty, and sentenced to death, but
the state supreme court ordered a new trial, and she was acquitted.
Interment at Cypress
Lawn Memorial Park, Colma, Calif.
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Samuel Crawford Denson (1839-1917) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Nevada; San
Francisco, Calif.; Easton (now part of Burlingame), San Mateo
County, Calif.
Born in Ursa, Adams
County, Ill., September
23, 1839.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in California 6th District,
1876-81; superior court judge in California, 1881-83; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1885-86; Ormsby County District
Attorney, 1886-88; director and general counsel, Pacific Coast Steel
Company.
Member, Freemasons;
Union
League.
Died in Easton (now part of Burlingame), San Mateo
County, Calif., July 26,
1917 (age 77 years, 306
days).
Burial location unknown.
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John W. Dorsey (b. 1852) —
also known as J. W. Dorsey —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Harford
County, Md., June 4,
1852.
Democrat. Lawyer; delegate to Democratic National Convention
from Nevada, 1888;
member, Committee on Permanent Organization, 1876.
Burial location unknown.
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Miranda Mai Du (b. 1969) —
also known as Miranda Du —
Born in Ca Mau, Vietnam,
December
11, 1969.
Lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Nevada, 2012-.
Female.
Vietnamese
ancestry.
Still living as of 2017.
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Edward Augustus Ducker (b. 1870) —
also known as Edward A. Ducker —
of Winnemucca, Humboldt
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif., February
26, 1870.
Democrat. Lawyer; Humboldt
County District Attorney, 1905-10; district judge in Nevada 6th
District, 1911-18; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1918-31; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1929-31.
Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Royal
Arch Masons; Order of the
Eastern Star; Knights
of Pythias; Eagles.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Benjamin Franklin Ducker and Augusta (Woodward) Ducker; married,
March
30, 1903, to Dollie B. Guthrie. |
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James Arthur Gibbons (b. 1944) —
also known as Jim Gibbons —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Sparks, Washoe
County, Nev., December
16, 1944.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Air Force during the Vietnam War; geologist;
airline
pilot; lawyer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1989-93; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 2nd District, 1997-2006; Governor of
Nevada, 2007-11; defeated, 1994.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2014.
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James B. Gibson (b. 1949) —
also known as Jim Gibson —
of Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., 1949.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Henderson, Nev., 1997-2009; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 2006.
Mormon.
Still living as of 2009.
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Thomas J. Gilloon (1949-2006) —
of Dyersville, Dubuque
County, Iowa; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in North Arlington, Bergen
County, N.J., September
11, 1949.
Lawyer; member of Iowa
state house of representatives, 1975-78.
Died, of cancer,
October
11, 2006 (age 57 years, 30
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Thomas J. Gilloon and Margaret (Kelly) Gilloon; grandnephew of Frank
D. Gilloon. |
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Oscar Baylin Goodman (b. 1939) —
also known as Oscar B. Goodman —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., July 26,
1939.
Lawyer; mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1999-2011.
Jewish.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
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Thomas E. Haydon (1826-1905) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Bardstown, Nelson
County, Ky., January
26, 1826.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1887-89.
Died December
17, 1905 (age 79 years, 325
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Charles Belknap Henderson (1873-1954) —
also known as Charles B. Henderson —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in San Jose, Santa Clara
County, Calif., June 8,
1873.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; Elko
County District Attorney, 1901-05; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905-07; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918-21; appointed 1918; defeated, 1920;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1936;
president and director, Elko Telephone
and Telegraph Company; director, Western Pacific Railroad.
Episcopalian.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Interment at Elko
Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
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Charles West Kendall (1828-1914) —
of Sacramento, Sacramento
County, Calif.; Hamilton, White Pine
County, Nev.; Denver,
Colo.
Born in Searsmont, Waldo
County, Maine, April
22, 1828.
Democrat. Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; newspaper
editor; lawyer; member of California
state assembly 12th District, 1862-63; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1871-75.
Died in Mt. Rainier, Prince
George's County, Md., June 25,
1914 (age 86 years, 64
days).
Interment at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Hiram Knowles (1834-1911) —
of Nevada; Butte, Silver Bow
County, Mont.; Missoula, Missoula
County, Mont.
Born in Hampden, Penobscot
County, Maine, January
18, 1834.
Republican. Lawyer; probate judge in Nevada, 1864; justice of
Montana territorial supreme court, 1868-69; candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Montana Territory, 1884; delegate
to Montana state constitutional convention, 1889; U.S.
District Judge for Montana, 1890-1904.
Member, Freemasons;
Ancient
Order of United Workmen.
Died April 6,
1911 (age 77 years, 78
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Robert Frank List (b. 1936) —
also known as Robert List —
of Carson
City, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Visalia, Tulare
County, Calif., September
1, 1936.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nevada, 1968,
1972
(delegation chair); Nevada
state attorney general, 1971-78; Governor of
Nevada, 1979-83.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Phi
Alpha Delta; Elks; Rotary.
Still living as of 2014.
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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.
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Joseph Walker McCorkle (1819-1884) —
also known as Joseph W. McCorkle; J. W.
McCorkle —
of Dayton, Montgomery
County, Ohio; Sutter
County, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.; Washington,
D.C.
Born in Piqua, Miami
County, Ohio, June 24,
1819.
Democrat. Lawyer; postmaster at Dayton,
Ohio, 1845-49; went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; member of California
state assembly 14th District, 1851-52; U.S.
Representative from California 2nd District, 1851-53.
Engaged in a duel
with U.S. Senator W.
M. Gwin, June 1, 1853; there were no injuries.
Died in Branchville, Prince
George's County, Md., March
18, 1884 (age 64 years, 268
days).
Interment at Forest
Hill Cemetery, Piqua, Ohio.
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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.
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Robert Joseph Miller (b. 1945) —
also known as Robert J. Miller; Bob Miller —
of Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., March
30, 1945.
Democrat. Lawyer; Clark
County District Attorney, 1979-86; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1987-89; Governor of
Nevada, 1989-98; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nevada, 1996.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2014.
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Orrice Abram Murdock Jr. (1893-1979) —
also known as Abe Murdock —
of Beaver, Beaver
County, Utah.
Born in Austin, Lander
County, Nev., July 18,
1893.
Democrat. Lawyer; Beaver
County Attorney; U.S.
Representative from Utah 1st District, 1933-41; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Utah, 1940,
1944
(chair, Credentials
Committee; speaker),
1952;
U.S.
Senator from Utah, 1941-47; defeated, 1946; member, National
Labor Relations Board, 1947-57.
Mormon.
Died in Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., September
15, 1979 (age 86 years, 59
days).
Interment at Mountain
View Cemetery, Beaver, Utah.
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James Carson Needham (1864-1942) —
also known as James C. Needham —
of Modesto, Stanislaus
County, Calif.; San Diego, San Diego
County, Calif.
Born, in an covered
wagon en route to California, at Carson
City, Nev., September
17, 1864.
Republican. Lawyer; candidate for California
state senate, 1890; U.S.
Representative from California, 1899-1913 (7th District
1899-1903, 6th District 1903-13); superior court judge in California,
1919-34.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi.
Died in Modesto, Stanislaus
County, Calif., July 11,
1942 (age 77 years, 297
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Modesto, Calif.
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Francis Griffith Newlands (1848-1917) —
also known as Francis G. Newlands —
of San
Francisco, Calif.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born near Natchez, Adams
County, Miss., August
28, 1848.
Lawyer; trustee of the estate of U.S. Senator William
Sharon, 1886; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1893-1903; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1903-17; died in office 1917; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1904
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1916.
Died in Washington,
D.C., December
24, 1917 (age 69 years, 118
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Washington, D.C.; memorial monument at Chevy
Chase Circle, Washington, D.C.
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James Warren Nye (1814-1876) —
also known as James W. Nye —
of New York, New York
County, N.Y.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in DeRuyter, Madison
County, N.Y., June 10,
1814.
Republican. Lawyer; Madison
County Surrogate, 1844-47; Madison
County Judge, 1847-51; Free Soil candidate for U.S.
Representative from New York 23rd District, 1848; delegate to
Republican National Convention from New York, 1860;
Governor
of Nevada Territory, 1861-64; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1864-73; member of Republican
National Committee from Nevada, 1870-.
Died in White Plains, Westchester
County, N.Y., December
25, 1876 (age 62 years, 198
days).
Interment at Woodlawn
Cemetery, Bronx, N.Y.
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Tasker Lowndes Oddie (1870-1950) —
also known as Tasker L. Oddie —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., October
20, 1870.
Republican. Lawyer; real estate
business; mining
business; Nye
County District Attorney, 1900-02; member of Nevada
state senate, 1904-08; Governor of
Nevada, 1911-15; defeated, 1914, 1918; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1921-33; defeated, 1932, 1938; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924,
1928
(member, Resolutions
Committee), 1932,
1940
(alternate).
Episcopalian.
Member, Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., February
17, 1950 (age 79 years, 120
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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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.
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
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 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, Reno, Nev.
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Samuel Platt (1874-1964) —
also known as Sam Platt —
of Carson
City, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Carson
City, Nev., November
17, 1874.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1903-05; Speaker of
the Nevada State House of Representatives, 1905; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1906-14; Republican candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1914, 1916, 1922 (primary), 1928, 1940;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1916,
1920,
1932.
Jewish.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Arbitration Association; Freemasons;
Knights
of Pythias; B'nai
B'rith; Elks; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in 1964
(age about
89 years).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Harry Mason Reid (1939-2021) —
also known as Harry Reid —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.; Searchlight, Clark
County, Nev.; Henderson, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Searchlight, Clark
County, Nev., December
2, 1939.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1969-70; Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1970-74; candidate for mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1975; U.S.
Representative from Nevada 1st District, 1983-87; U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1987-; defeated, 1974; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1996,
2000,
2004,
2008;
member of Democratic
National Committee from Nevada, 2008.
Mormon.
Died, from pancreatic
cancer, in Henderson, Clark
County, Nev., December
28, 2021 (age 82 years, 26
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Edwin Ewing Roberts (1870-1933) —
also known as Edwin E. Roberts; E. E.
Roberts —
of Carson
City, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Pleasant Grove, Sutter
County, Calif., December
12, 1870.
Republican. School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1911-19; delegate to
Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1912,
1924,
1928
(Convention
Vice-President), 1932;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1918; mayor of
Reno, Nev., 1920.
Member, Freemasons;
Woodmen.
Died in 1933
(age about
62 years).
Interment at Odd
Fellows Cemetery, Reno, Nev.
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George Myron Sabin (1833-1890) —
of Madison, Dane
County, Wis.; Treasure Hill, White Pine
County, Nev.; Pioche, Lincoln
County, Nev.; Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev.
Born in Ohio, August, 1833.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; lawyer; U.S.
District Judge for Nevada, 1882-90; died in office 1890.
Member, Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., May 12,
1890 (age 56 years, 0
days).
Interment at Lone
Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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John Adams Sanders (b. 1866) —
also known as John A. Sanders —
of Nye
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Wythe
County, Va., October
16, 1866.
Democrat. Lawyer; Nye
County District Attorney, 1911-16; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1917-35; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1921-22, 1927-29, 1933-34.
Member, Phi
Kappa Psi; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial location unknown.
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Presumably named
for: John
Adams |
| | | Relatives: Son of William C. Sanders
and Florence (Peirce) Sanders; married, July 17,
1910, to Maybelle Hunter Romeigh. |
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Brian Edward Sandoval (b. 1963) —
also known as Brian Sandoval —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Redding, Shasta
County, Calif., August
5, 1963.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1994-98; Nevada
state attorney general, 2003-05; delegate to Republican National
Convention from Nevada, 2004;
U.S.
District Judge for Nevada, 2005-09; resigned 2009; Governor of
Nevada, 2011-19.
Mexican
ancestry. Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
Still living as of 2019.
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James David Santini (1937-2015) —
also known as Jim Santini —
of Nevada.
Born in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., August
13, 1937.
Lawyer; district judge in Nevada, 1972-74; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1975-83; Republican
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1986.
Died in Rockville, Montgomery
County, Md., September
22, 2015 (age 78 years, 40
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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.
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Jacob K. Shafer (1823-1876) —
of Stockton, San
Joaquin County, Calif.; Idaho.
Born near Broadway, Rockingham
County, Va., December
26, 1823.
Went
to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; lawyer; mayor
of Stockton, Calif., 1852; San
Joaquin County Judge, 1853-62; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Idaho Territory, 1869.
Died in Eureka, Eureka
County, Nev., November
22, 1876 (age 52 years, 332
days).
Interment at Masonic
Cemetery, Eureka, Nev.
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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.
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Peter J. Somers (1850-1924) —
of Milwaukee, Milwaukee
County, Wis.; Esmeralda
County, Nev.
Born in Menomonee Falls, Waukesha
County, Wis., April
12, 1850.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Milwaukee, Wis., 1890-93; U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 4th District, 1893-95; Nevada
Democratic state chair, 1907-09; district judge in Nevada,
1908-13.
Died in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., February
15, 1924 (age 73 years, 309
days).
Interment at Calvary
Cemetery, Los Angeles, Calif.
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Lester D. Summerfield (d. 1966) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Republican. Lawyer; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Nevada, 1928
(member, Credentials
Committee), 1932;
member of Republican
National Committee from Nevada, 1937.
Died in 1966.
Cremated.
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Erroll James Livingston Taber (1877-1947) —
also known as E. J. L. Taber —
of Elko, Elko
County, Nev.
Born in Austin, Lander
County, Nev., November
29, 1877.
Republican. Lawyer; Elko
County District Attorney, 1909-11; district judge in Nevada 4th
District, 1911-23; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1935-47; died in office 1947; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1939-40, 1945-46.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Died February
6, 1947 (age 69 years, 69
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Joseph Milo Taber and Celia Agnes (McKimmons) Taber; married, December
27, 1904, to Frances Mildred Smiley. |
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George B. Thatcher (b. 1882) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.; Elko, Elko
County, Nev.
Born in Aspen, Pitkin
County, Colo., July 28,
1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; candidate for Presidential Elector for
Nevada; Nevada
state attorney general, 1913-19; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 1924
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business).
Member, Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of George W. Thatcher and Mary E. (Madigan) Thatcher; married, January
16, 1906, to Essie M. Carr. |
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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.
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Relatives: Son
of James Allen Wadsworth and Lois (Stewart) Wadsworth; married, September
26, 1951, to Kathleen Vickers. |
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Charles Edward Wiggins (1927-2000) —
also known as Charles E. Wiggins —
of El Monte, Los
Angeles County, Calif.; West Covina, Los
Angeles County, Calif.
Born in El Monte, Los Angeles
County, Calif., December
3, 1927.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; served in
the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; lawyer; mayor
of El Monte, Calif., 1964-66; U.S.
Representative from California, 1967-79 (25th District 1967-75,
39th District 1975-79); Judge
of U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1984-96.
Member, Lions; American Bar
Association.
Died, of complications from diabetes
and heart
disease, at Sunrise Hospital
and Medical Center, Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev., March 2,
2000 (age 72 years, 90
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Woodburn (1838-1915) —
of Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev.
Born in County Wicklow, Ireland,
April
14, 1838.
Republican. Lawyer; Storey
County District Attorney, 1871-72; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1875-77, 1885-89; defeated,
1892.
Died in Carson
City, Nev., January
15, 1915 (age 76 years, 276
days).
Interment at St.
Theresa Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
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William Woodburn Jr. (b. 1880) —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev., January
1, 1880.
Democrat. Lawyer; Washoe
County District Attorney, 1909-13; U.S.
Attorney for Nevada, 1914-22; vice-president, Goldfield
Consolidated Mines
Company; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1928,
1932,
1948.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of William Woodburn and Mary (Duffy) Woodburn; married, August
31, 1909, to Mary Z. Kervin. |
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(1954) |
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Clarence Clifton Young (1922-2016) —
of Nevada.
Born in Lovelock, Pershing
County, Nev., November
7, 1922.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War II;
lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1953-57; member of Nevada
state senate, 1966-80; justice of
Nevada state supreme court, 1985-90; chief
justice of Nevada state supreme court, 1989-90.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., April 3,
2016 (age 93 years, 148
days).
Burial location unknown.
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