Tasker Oddie

Tasker Lowndes Oddie (born October 20, 1870 in Brooklyn , New York City , † February 17, 1950 in San Francisco , California ) was an American politician .

biography

Early life

Oddie, in East Orange ( NJ ) grew up, graduated from New York University , where he graduated in 1895 Law gained. Since he could not build up a client base in New York and was therefore only partially successful as a lawyer, he moved to Nevada in 1898 , where he settled in Austin .

Oddie's interests were agriculture and the rearing of farm animals; he was also interested in the economic development of the city of Tonopah , where silver had been found around the turn of the century .

Political career

Oddie took his first step into politics in 1901 when he was appointed District Attorney for Nye County for one year - until 1902 . He was elected to the Nevada Senate in 1903 and remained there until 1906.

Over the next five years he returned to Austin, where he practiced as a lawyer again. In 1911 Oddie ran as a Republican party member with success for the office of governor of Nevada and served until 1915. His most significant official act was the elevation of Las Vegas to the city on March 17, 1911. Since Oddie was still unmarried at that time, his mother became Ellen and his two sisters are the First Ladies of Nevada.

After he was voted out of office in 1915, another five years passed during which Oddie withdrew from the public eye. During this time he married Daisy Randal Mackeigan, with whom he stepped in front of the altar in 1918.

In 1920 Oddie ran for the office of US Senator , a project that was also crowned with success. Oddie, who took office in March 1921, and was re-elected once, served until March 1933. During this time, he headed, among other things, the Senate Committee on Mines and Mining; He also sat on the committee in which the postal system and the railways were politically debated.

Late life

Tasker Oddie, who was defeated as senator by the Democrat Pat McCarran in 1933 , then left politics for good, although he was still active in business.

He died in San Francisco at the age of 80 and is buried in Carson City, Nevada.

Others

The Mount Oddie , a mountain in Tonopah, is named after him. There is also a street in Reno and Sparks that were named after the US politician Oddie Boulevard .

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personal data
SURNAME	Oddie, Tasker
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Oddie, Tasker Lowndes (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American politician
DATE OF BIRTH	October 20, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH	Brooklyn , New York City
DATE OF DEATH	17th February 1950
Place of death	San Francisco , California