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Laxalt, Paul

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Personal name headingLaxalt, Paul
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See alsoNevada. Governor (1967-1971 : Laxalt)
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Associated placeCarson City (Nev.) Washington (D.C.)
LocatedMcLean (Va.)
Birth date1922-08-02
Death date2018-08-06
Place of birthReno (Nev.)
Place of deathReston (Va.)
Field of activityNevada--Politics and government United States--Politics and government Law
AffiliationSanta Clara University (Calif.)
University of Denver. College of Law
Nevada. Governor
United States. Congress. Senate
Republican Party (U.S. : 1854- )
Profession or occupationLegislators
Lawyers
Governors
Lieutenant governors
Public prosecutors
City attorneys
Found inA Changing America, c1980 (a.e.) t.p. (Sen. Paul Laxalt [Nevada])
NUCMC data from Univ. of Virginia Lib. for Scott, H. Papers, 1941-1983 (Laxalt, Paul, 1922-)
Members of Congress: 1789-1982: p. 1086 (Laxalt, Paul Dominique; b. 1922)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress website, August 28, 2013: (Laxalt, Paul Dominque, a Senator from Nevada; born in Reno, Washoe County, Nev., August 2, 1922; attended the public schools of Carson City, Nev.; attended Santa Clara (Calif.) University 1940-1943; served in the U.S. army during the Second World War; graduated, University of Denver 1949 and University of Denver Law School 1949; admitted to the Nevada bar in 1949 and commenced practice in Carson City; district attorney, Ormsby County, Nev., 1950-1954; city attorney, Carson City 1951-1954; Nevada lieutenant governor 1963-1967; Governor of Nevada 1967-1971; elected as a Republican to the United States Senate November 5, 1974, for the six-year term commencing January 3, 1975; subsequently appointed by the Governor, December 18, 1974, to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Alan Bible for the term ending January 3, 1975; reelected in 1980 and served from December 18, 1974, to January 3, 1987; did not seek reelection in 1986; lawyer/consultant, practicing in Washington, D.C.; is a resident of McLean, Va.)
Washington post WWW site, viewed Aug. 7, 2018 (Paul D. Laxalt, a Republican governor and two-term senator from Nevada, died Aug. 6 [2018] at a hospital in Reston, Va. He was 96)
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