- Alan Bible
Infobox Senator
name = Alan Bible
jr/sr =United States Senator
state=Nevada
party =Democratic
term_start =December 2 ,1954
term_end =December 17 ,1974
alongside =
preceded =Ernest S. Brown
succeeded =Paul Laxalt
date of birth = birth date|1909|11|20
place of birth = Lovelock,Nevada
dead = dead
date of death = death date and age|1988|9|12|1909|11|20
place of death = Auburn,California
spouse =
profession=Attorney
religion =Alan Harvey Bible (
November 20 ,1909 -September 12 ,1988 ) was aNevada politician of the Democratic Party who served as a United States Senator from 1954 until 1974.Bible was born in
Lovelock, Nevada , graduated from theUniversity of Nevada, Reno , and attendedlaw school atGeorgetown University , where he graduated in 1934. While attending, he joinedLambda Chi Alpha Fraternity.He was admitted to the Nevada Bar in 1935; in the same year, he began serving as
District Attorney forStorey County, Nevada , where he worked until 1938. In that year, he was appointed deputyAttorney General of Nevada, and served a four year term.After a spell of private practice, he was elected to the United States Senate in 1954, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of
Patrick A. McCarran for the term endingJanuary 3 ,1957 . He was reelected in 1956, 1962, and again in 1968 and represented Nevada in theUnited States Senate fromDecember 2 ,1954 , until his resignation onDecember 17 ,1974 .During his time in the United States Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia (Eighty-fifth through Ninetieth Congresses; see
District of Columbia ), the Joint Committee on Washington Metropolitan Problems (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses), and theU.S. Senate Select Committee on Small Business (Ninety-first through Ninety-third Congresses). He is buried inReno, Nevada .External links
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