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Nye, James W. (James Warren), 1814-1876

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Personal name headingNye, James W. (James Warren), 1814-1876
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Variant(s)Nye, Senator (James Warren), 1814-1876
Nye, James Warren, 1814-1876
Neye, James W. (James Warren), 1814-1876
See alsoNevada Territory. Governor (1861-1864 : Nye)
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Associated countryUnited States
Birth date1814
Death date1876
Profession or occupationGovernors Legislators Judges
Found inTallmadge, F. Trial of Hon. Frederick A. Tallmadge, 1858: t.p. (James W. Nye; pres. police commissioners of the N.Y. metropolitan police)
Democratic National Convention (1852 : Baltimore, Md.). Minority report on the contested seat, 1852: t.p. (James W. Neye, from the minority committee)
LC in RLIN, 9/29/95 (hdg.: Nye, James Warren, 1814-1876)
Biog. dir. of the U.S. Congress, 1989 (Nye, James Warren; senator from Nevada; Madison Co., N.Y. lawyer, D.A., and judge; pres. metropolitan board of police, NYC, 1857-60; appointed territorial governor of Nevada 1861; elected senator from Nevada 1864; b. 6/10/1815; d. 12/25/1876)
Nye, G.H. A genealogy of the Nye family, 1907: p. 390 (James Warren Nye; b. De Ruyter, N.Y. 6/10/1814)
Myles, M.T. Nevada's governors, 1972: p. 2, etc (James Warren Nye; b. De Ruyter, Madison County, N.Y.; year of his birth is given variously by biographies as 6/10/1814 or 1815)
Nevada Historical Society Quarterly, July-Dec., 1961: p. 9, etc. (James Warren Nye; b. 6/10/1814)
MWA/NAIP files (hdg.: Nye, James W. (James Warren), 1814-1876; usage: James W. Nye; Senator Nye; note: although birth is given variously by sources as 1814 or 1815, 1814 appears to be the more likely date)
Associated languageeng