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| Affiliation | Republican |
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| Name | George S. Nixon |
| Address |
, Nevada , United States |
| Email | None |
| Website | None |
| Born |
April 02, 1860 |
| Died |
June 05, 1912
(52 years) |
| Contributor | Wishful Thinking |
| Last Modifed | Wishful Thinking
Aug 02, 2003 06:44pm |
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| Info | Senator from Nevada; born in Placer County, Calif., on April 2, 1860; attended the public schools; went to work for a railroad company and studied telegraphy; transferred in 1881 to Nevada; organized and became cashier of a bank at Winnemucca, Nev.; built an opera house in Reno and a theater in Winnemucca; engaged in banking and agricultural pursuits; also interested in mining and stock raising; member, State house of representatives 1891; elected in 1905 as a Republican to the United States Senate; reelected in 1911 and served from March 4, 1905, until his death in Washington, D.C., June 5, 1912; chairman, Committee on Coast Defenses (Sixtieth and Sixty-first Congresses), Committee on Irrigation and Reclamation of Arid Lands (Sixty-second Congress); interment in Masonic Cemetery, Reno, Nev.
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