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Pittman was elected Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in 1942. He was a candidate in the Democratic primary for United States Senate in 1944, but was defeated by the incumbent, Pat McCarran. He became governor when Edward P. Carville resigned in 1945. Pittman served until 1951. Pittman was the younger brother of Key Pittman, a longtime United States Senator from Nevada. Pittman died on January 29, 1964 in Las Vegas, Nevada, at the age of 80. |