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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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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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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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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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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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