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Politicians in Real Estate and Development in Nevada

James Graham Fair (1831-1894) — also known as James G. Fair — of Virginia City, Storey County, Nev. Born in County Tyrone, Ireland (now Northern Ireland), December 3, 1831. Democrat. Went to California for the 1849 Gold Rush; real estate business; U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1881-87; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1888 (member, Credentials Committee). Died in San Francisco, Calif., December 28, 1894 (age 63 years, 25 days). Originally entombed at Laurel Hill Cemetery (which no longer exists), San Francisco, Calif.; re-entombed at Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Susanna Margaret (Graham) Fair and James Hay Fair; married to Theresa Rooney; father of Theresa Alice 'Tessie' Fair (who married Hermann Oelrichs).   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page   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   Edmond William Griffith (1862-1932) — also known as E. W. Griffith — of Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev. Born in L'Avenir, Quebec, September 9, 1862. Republican. Oil dealer; lumber merchant; building contractor; real estate developer; delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1920 (member, Resolutions Committee), 1924 (alternate), 1932 (alternate); member of Nevada state senate, 1921-22; candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada, 1922; candidate for mayor of Las Vegas, Nev., 1925. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in Las Vegas, Clark County, Nev., October 31, 1932 (age 70 years, 52 days). Interment at Mountain View Cemetery, Altadena, Calif.   Relatives: Married 1896 to Ora Beach.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial — OurCampaigns candidate detail   Alexis M. Hansen (b. 1960) — also known as Alexis M. Lloyd — of Sparks, Washoe County, Nev. Born in Sacramento, Sacramento County, Calif., 1960. Republican. Real estate agent; member of Nevada state house of representatives 32nd District; elected 2018, 2020. Female. Mormon. Member, National Rifle Association. Still living as of 2020.   Relatives: Married to Ira Daniel Hansen (son of Daniel McGavin Hansen; 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   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 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.   Relatives: Son of Henry Meigs Oddie and Ellen Gibson (Prout) Oddie; married, November 30, 1916, to Daisy Rendall.   Oddie Boulevard, in Reno and Sparks, Washoe County, Nevada, is named for him.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article   Image source: Library of Congress   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   Adolph Heinrich Joseph Sutro (1830-1898) — also known as Adolph Sutro — of San Francisco, Calif.; Virginia City, Storey County, Nev. Born in Germany, April 29, 1830. Cigar and tobacco merchant; promoted and led the construction of the Sutro Tunnel, to drain water from the silver mines of the Comstock Lode in Nevada; real estate investor; mayor of San Francisco, Calif., 1895-97. Jewish. German ancestry. Died in San Francisco, Calif., August 8, 1898 (age 68 years, 101 days). Interment at Home of Peace Cemetery, Colma, Calif.   Relatives: Son of Emanuel Sutro and Rosa (Warendorff) Sutro; married 1854 to Leah Harris.   Mount Sutro, in San Francisco, California, is named for him.  — The World War II Liberty ship SS Adolph Sutro (built 1943 at Richmond, California; scrapped 1961) was named for him.   See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial   David Gilmer Towell (1937-2003) — also known as David Towell — of Nevada. Born in Bronxville, Westchester County, N.Y., June 9, 1937. Republican. Real estate broker; chair of Douglas County Republican Party, 1970; U.S. Representative from Nevada at-large, 1973-75; candidate for U.S. Senator from Nevada, 1976. Died in Reno, Washoe County, Nev., June 10, 2003 (age 66 years, 1 days). Burial location unknown.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page

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