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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.
Son of Henry R. M. Atkinson and Jessie (Erickson) Atkinson.
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 1968
(age about
87 years).
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 (died 1954); married, September
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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 2009.
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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.
Son of James Green Ford and Anna L. (Ficklin) Ford.
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.
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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.
Son of Chauncey Warner Griswold and Mary Ellen (Dakin) Griswold.
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,
1940,
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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Kenneth Carroll Guinn (b. 1936) —
also known as Kenny C. Guinn —
of Nevada.
Born in Garland, Miller
County, Ark., August
24, 1936.
Republican. Superintendent
of schools; Governor of
Nevada, 1999-2006.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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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.
Son of Jefferson Henderson and Sarah W. (Bradley) Henderson.
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.
The city of Henderson, Nevada, is named for
him.
Died in San
Francisco, Calif., November
8, 1954 (age 81 years, 153
days).
Interment at Elko
Cemetery, Elko, Nev.
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Jan Laverty Jones (b. 1949) —
of Las Vegas, Clark
County, Nev.
Born in Los Angeles, Los Angeles
County, Calif., March 16,
1949.
Democrat. Mayor
of Las Vegas, Nev., 1991-99; Democratic candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1994 (primary), 1998; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Nevada, 2000.
Female.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2000.
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Thomas Woodnutt Miller (1886-1973) —
also known as Thomas W. Miller —
of Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del.
Born in Wilmington, New Castle
County, Del., June 26,
1886.
Son of Charles
Robert Miller and Abigail Morgan (Woodnutt) Miller.
Republican. Secretary of
state of Delaware, 1913-15; U.S.
Representative from Delaware at-large, 1915-17; defeated, 1916;
colonel in the U.S. Army during World War I.
Episcopalian. Member, American
Legion; Delta
Phi.
Died in Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., May 5,
1973 (age 86 years, 313
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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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.
Son of Henry Meigs Oddie and Ellen Gibson (Prout) Oddie.
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; alternate
delegate to Republican National Convention from Nevada, 1940.
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.
Son of William Buckner Pittman and Catherine (Key) Pittman.
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,
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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Frederick Augustus Tritle (1833-1906) —
Born near Chambersburg, Franklin
County, Pa., August 7,
1833.
Republican. Member of Nevada
state senate, 1866; candidate for Governor of
Nevada, 1870; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1880; Governor of
Arizona Territory, 1882-85; delegate
to Arizona state constitutional convention, 1891.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in Phoenix, Maricopa
County, Ariz., November
18, 1906 (age 73 years, 103
days).
Interment at Greenwood
Memory Lawn Cemetery, Phoenix, Ariz.
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