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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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Frederick Bennett Balzar (1880-1934) —
also known as Frederick B. Balzar; Fred B.
Balzar —
of Mina, Mineral
County, Nev.; Hawthorne, Mineral
County, Nev.; Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Virginia City, Storey
County, Nev., June 15,
1880.
Republican. Mining
business; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1905; member of Nevada
state senate, 1909-17; Mineral
County Sheriff and Assessor, 1917-27; delegate to Republican
National Convention from Nevada, 1920
(alternate), 1924
(alternate), 1928
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee), 1932;
Nevada
Republican state chair, 1924-25; Governor of
Nevada, 1927-34; died in office 1934.
Christian
Scientist. Member, Freemasons;
Shriners;
Knights
of Pythias; Elks;
Rotary.
Died, in the Governor's
Mansion, Carson
City, Nev., March
21, 1934 (age 53 years, 279
days).
Interment at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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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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Cecil Willis Creel (b. 1889) —
also known as Cecil W. Creel —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Angola, Steuben
County, Ind., October
22, 1889.
Republican. Agricultural
extension agent; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1942; dean of
agriculture, University of Nevada.
Member, Farm
Bureau; Grange;
Phi
Kappa Phi; Sigma
Alpha Epsilon; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Jesters;
Shriners;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Lorenzo Dow Creel and Estella Frances (Willis) Creel; married, June 5,
1915, to Laura Belle Stevens; married, July 17,
1945, to Millie La Rayne Malley. |
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Archie C. Grant (b. 1894) —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Ely, St. Louis
County, Minn., March 9,
1894.
Democrat. Automobile
dealer; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1934; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Nevada, 1936,
1940
(alternate), 1952
(member, Committee
on Rules and Order of Business); member of Democratic
National Committee from Nevada, 1940; member of Nevada
state senate, 1941-42; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1943-44; candidate for U.S.
Representative from Nevada at-large, 1944.
Member, American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars; Eagles;
Elks;
Rotary.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of John Grant and Mary (Nolan) Grant; married, August
8, 1921, to Zora Faye Marble. |
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George Holbrook Hawes (1904-2002) —
also known as George Hawes —
of Ely, White Pine
County, Nev.; Carson
City, Nev.
Born in Skowhegan, Somerset
County, Maine, May 10,
1904.
School
teacher; automobile
dealer; member of Nevada
state house of representatives, 1951-55; defeated, 1958
(Republican), 1972 (Democratic); candidate in Republican primary for
Lieutenant
Governor of Nevada, 1954.
Member, Rotary; Elks.
Member of an elected hospital board in 1988-98, making him probably
the oldest
elected official in the history of Nevada.
Died, at the Evergreen Healthcare Center nursing
home, Carson
City, Nev., April 9,
2002 (age 97 years, 334
days).
Burial location unknown.
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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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George Wilson Malone (1890-1961) —
also known as George W. Malone —
of Reno, Washoe
County, Nev.
Born in Fredonia, Wilson
County, Kan., August
7, 1890.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1924,
1960;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1947-59; defeated, 1934, 1944.
Member, American
Legion; Freemasons;
Shriners;
Elks; Eagles;
Rotary.
Died in Washington,
D.C., May 19,
1961 (age 70 years, 285
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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