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BIBLE, Alan Harvey (1909-1988)

Democrat of Nevada

0th congressional district

Served in Senate 1953-1975

Total roll-call votes cast: 5,408

Biography

a Senator from Nevada; born 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; 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.
Courtesy of Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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