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Vail M. Pittman

Personal data
Date of birthSeptember 17, 1883
Place of birthVicksburg, Mississippi, U.S.
Date of deathJanuary 29, 1964(age 80)
Place of deathLas Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
Resting placeMasonic Memorial Gardens
Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
19th Governor of Nevada
In officeJuly 24, 1945 - January 1, 1951
LieutenantClifford A. Jones
Succeeded byCharles H. Russell
Preceded byEdward P. Carville
19th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
In office1943 - 1945
GovernorEdward P. Carville
Succeeded byClifford A. Jones
Preceded byMaurice J. Sullivan

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Vail Montgomery Pittman (September 17, 1883 � January 29, 1964) was an American politician. He was the 19th Governor of Nevada. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

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.



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Political offices
Preceded by
Edward P. Carville
Governor of Nevada
1945 - 1951
Succeeded by
Charles H. Russell
Preceded by
Maurice J. Sullivan
Lieutenant Governor of Nevada
1943 - 1945
Succeeded by
Clifford A. Jones

Governors of Nevada

Territorial (1861 - 1864)Nye
State (since 1864)Blasdel * Bradley * Kinkead * Adams * Stevenson * Bell * Colcord * Jones * Sadler * Sparks * Dickerson * Oddie * Boyle * Scrugham * Balzar * Griswold * Kirman * Carville * Pittman * Russell * Sawyer * Laxalt * O'Callaghan * List * Bryan * Miller * Guinn * Gibbons



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