1. Vail Montgomery Pittman was an American businessman and politician.
19 Facts About Vail Pittman
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Vail Pittman's siblings included Key Pittman, a longtime United States Senator from Nevada.
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William and Katherine Pittman died when Vail Pittman was an infant, and the Pittmans were raised in Lake Providence, Louisiana, by their uncle and aunt, Mr and Mrs Vail Montgomery.
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Vail Pittman was educated by private tutors and in the public schools until he attended Sewanee Military Academy.
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Vail Pittman then attended the University of the South and Brown's Business College, but returned to Lake Providence in 1903 to manage the family cotton plantation after Vail Montgomery's death.
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Vail Pittman moved to Tonopah, Nevada, in 1904, and worked initially at the Tonopah-Goldfield Lumber and Coal Company until purchasing the company's coal business and operating it as a separate company.
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Vail Pittman sold the coal business in 1907, and subsequently engaged in a variety of occupations, including undersheriff of Nye County, sergeant-at-arms of the Nevada Senate, and partner in a mining company.
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Vail Pittman was involved in several civic and business organizations, including the good roads movement and the local chamber of commerce.
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From 1925 to 1929 Vail Pittman served in the Nevada Senate.
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Vail Pittman was elected the 19th lieutenant governor of Nevada in 1942.
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Vail Pittman was a candidate in the Democratic primary for United States Senate in 1944, but was defeated by the incumbent, Pat McCarran.
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Vail Pittman became governor when Edward P Carville resigned in 1945 to accept appointment to a vacant US Senate seat.
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Vail Pittman was elected to a full term in 1946, and served until 1951.
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Vail Pittman was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection in 1950 and in 1954, losing both times to Charles H Russell.
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Vail Pittman later sold the newspaper, and became an officer of the Nevada Savings and Loan Association and the Nevada State Bank.
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Vail Pittman was involved in the Rotary Club and was a delegate to international conferences in Switzerland and Japan.
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Vail Pittman served as a delegate to the 1956 and 1960 Democratic National Conventions.
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Vail Pittman died from cancer on January 29,1964, in a hospital in San Francisco, California at the age of 83.
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Vail Pittman is interred at Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, US.