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Politicians in Newspapers and Print Journalism in Nevada
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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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Helen Delich Bentley (1923-2016) — also known as Helen Delich — of Lutherville, Baltimore County, Md.; Towson, Baltimore County, Md. Born in Ruth, White Pine County, Nev., November 28, 1923. Republican. Newspaper reporter; campaign manager for Nevada U.S. Sen. James G. Scrugham, 1942; chair, Federal Maritime Commission, 1969; U.S. Representative from Maryland 2nd District, 1985-95; defeated, 1980, 1982, 2002; candidate for Governor of Maryland, 1994. Female. Eastern Orthodox. Serbian ancestry. Member, Theta Sigma Phi. Died in Timonium, Baltimore County, Md., August 6, 2016 (age 92 years, 252 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Michael Delich and Mary (Kovich) Delich; married, June 7, 1959, to William Roy Bentley.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  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.
  Relatives: Son of John Marshall Clemens; brother of Samuel Langhorne Clemens; married, December 19, 1854, to Mary E. 'Mollie' Stotts.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Denver Sylvester Dickerson (1872-1925) — also known as Denver S. Dickerson — of Nevada. Born in Millville, Shasta County, Calif., January 24, 1872. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War; newspaper editor; Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, 1907-10; Governor of Nevada, 1908-11; defeated, 1910. Died November 28, 1925 (age 53 years, 308 days). Interment at Lone Mountain Cemetery, Carson City, Nev.
  Relatives: Father of Harvey Dickerson.
  See also National Governors Association biography
  Ira Daniel Hansen (b. 1960) — also known as Ira Hansen — of Sparks, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Reno, Washoe County, Nev., October 5, 1960. Republican. Plumbing business; animal trapper; newspaper columnist; member of Nevada state house of representatives 32nd District, 2011-18; in November 2014, when he was about to become Speaker of the Nevada House, a furor erupted over columns he wrote in the 1990s for the Sparks Tribune; among other things, he referred to Black people as simple-minded darkies, and to Martin Luther King, Jr., as "a liar, a phony, and a fraud"; an NAACP leader said of Hansen that "he has beaten the drum of intolerance for decades; amid calls for his ouster, he withdrew as Speaker-designate, but retained his House seat; member of Nevada state senate 14th District, 2019-. Mormon. Still living as of 2021.
  Relatives: Son of Daniel McGavin Hansen; married to Alexis M. Lloyd; nephew of Joel F. Hansen, Janine Hansen and Christopher H. Hansen; first cousin of Zachary Triggs, Jonathan Hansen, Joshua Hansen and Nicholas Hansen; first cousin once removed of Mark Alan Holloman.
  Political family: Hansen family of Nevada.
  See also Wikipedia article — OurCampaigns candidate detail — Encyclopedia of American Loons
  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.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Lorna J. Kesterson (1925-2012) — also known as Lorna Jolley — of Henderson, Clark County, Nev. Born in St. George, Washington County, Utah, December 30, 1925. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; mayor of Henderson, Nev., 1985-93. Female. Mormon. Died, in her doctor's office, Henderson, Clark County, Nev., January 16, 2012 (age 86 years, 17 days). Interment at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nev.
  Relatives: Daughter of Donal Jolley and Nora (Crawford) Jolley; married, January 17, 1953, to Robert Earl Kesterson.
  Kesterson Elementary School, in Henderson, Nevada, is named for her.
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Mike O'Callaghan (1929-2004) — also known as Donal Neil O'Callaghan — of Henderson, Clark County, Nev. Born in La Crosse, La Crosse County, Wis., September 10, 1929. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; hit by a mortar round and lost his lower left leg; legislative aide to U.S. Sen. Howard W. Cannon; Governor of Nevada, 1971-79; executive editor, Las Vegas Sun newspaper. Catholic. Suffered a heart attack at St. Viator Catholic Church, and died soon after in a hospital, Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., March 5, 2004 (age 74 years, 177 days). Interment at Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Boulder City, Nev.
  The Mike O'Callaghan-Pat Tillman Bridge (opened 2010), over the Colorado River between Mohave County, Arizona and Clark County, Nevada, was partly named for him.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Vail Montgomery Pittman (1880-1964) — also known as Vail Pittman — of Tonopah, Nye County, Nev.; Ely, White Pine County, Nev.; Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Born in Vicksburg, Warren County, Miss., September 17, 1880. Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Nevada state senate, 1930; Lieutenant Governor of Nevada; elected 1942; candidate 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, from lung cancer, in St. Mary's Hospital, San Francisco, Calif., January 29, 1964 (age 83 years, 134 days). Interment at Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
  Relatives: Son of William Buckner Pittman and Catherine (Key) Pittman; brother of Key Pittman; married 1919 to Ida Louise Brewington; great-grandnephew of Richard Aylett Buckner; first cousin twice removed of Aylette Buckner; second cousin four times removed of John Walker and Francis Walker; third cousin once removed of James Francis Buckner Jr.; third cousin thrice removed of Robert Brooke, George Madison and Meriwether Lewis; fourth cousin once removed of Aylett Hawes Buckner.
  Political families: Walker-Meriwether-Kellogg family of Virginia; Blackburn-Slaughter-Buckner-Madison family of Kentucky; Tyler family of Virginia; Pendleton-Lee family of Maryland (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  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, Reno, Nev.
  Cross-reference: Helen Delich Bentley
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
  William D. Tarrant (1929-1998) — of Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan. Born in Wichita, Sedgwick County, Kan., May 4, 1929. Served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean conflict; Gun Dog editor for Field & Stream magazine; twice named Dog Writer of the Year by the Dog Writers Association of America; electrical equipment manufacturer; mayor of Wichita, Kan., 1965-66; college professor. Died in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., November 22, 1998 (age 69 years, 202 days). Cremated; ashes interred at Church of the Red Rocks Columbarium, Sedona, Ariz.
  Relatives: Son of William W. Tarrant and Blanche (Risley) Tarrant.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
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