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  Bible, Alan H.
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NameAlan H. Bible
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Reno, Nevada , United States
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Born November 20, 1909
Died September 12, 1988 (79 years)
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Infoborn in Lovelock, Pershing County, Nev., November 20, 1909; graduated from the University of Nevada at Reno in 1930 and from Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C., in 1934; was admitted to the Nevada bar in 1935 and commenced the practice of law in Reno, Nev.; district attorney of Storey County 1935-1938; appointed deputy attorney general of Nevada in 1938; State attorney 1942-1950; resumed private practice of law; elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate, November 2, 1954, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Patrick A. McCarran for the term ending January 3, 1957; reelected in 1956, 1962, and again in 1968 and served from December 2, 1954, until his resignation December 17, 1974; was not a candidate for reelection in 1974; chairman, Committee on District of Columbia (Eighty-fifth through Ninetieth Congresses), Joint Committee on Washington Metropolitan Problems (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses), Select Committee on Small Business (Ninety-first through Ninety-third Congresses); resumed the practice of law; died in Auburn, Ca., September 12, 1988; interment in Masonic Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Reno, Nev.


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  11/05/1968 NV US Senate Won 54.76% (+9.52%)
  11/06/1962 NV US Senate Won 65.28% (+30.55%)
  09/04/1962 NV US Senate - D Primary Won 76.19% (+55.04%)
  11/06/1956 NV US Senate Won 52.58% (+5.15%)
  09/04/1956 NV US Senate - D Primary Won 68.18% (+47.71%)
  11/02/1954 NV US Senate - Special Won 58.11% (+16.22%)
  09/02/1952 NV US Senate - D Primary Lost 49.24% (-1.52%)
  11/05/1946 NV Attorney General Won 100.00% (+100.00%)
  11/03/1942 NV Attorney General Won 59.36% (+18.72%)
ENDORSEMENTS
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 15, 1971 R William H. Rehnquist
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Dec 09, 1971 D Lewis Franklin Powell, Jr.
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - May 17, 1970 R Harry Blackmun
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Apr 08, 1970 R G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court - Associate Justice - Nov 21, 1969 NPA Reject
Supreme Court - Chief Justice - Jun 23, 1969 R Warren E. Burger
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