Berkeley L. Bunker

Berkeley Lloyd Bunker ( born August 12, 1906 in St. Thomas, Clark County, Nevada, † 21 January 1999 in Las Vegas, Nevada ) was an American politician of the Democratic Party, representing the state of Nevada in both chambers of Congress.

Berkeley Bunker was born in the town of St. Thomas, who later had to give way to the Lake Mead reservoir. He attended the public schools of his home and took his degree in 1926 at Clark County High School. As a result, bunker was a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints missionary task for his faith. He traveled throughout the Southeastern United States. After his return to Nevada, he married and went to Las Vegas in a tire and oil business.

From 1936 to 1941 Bunker held as a deputy in the Nevada Assembly his first political office, where he was 1939, the Speaker of the Parliament chamber there. After the death of U.S. Senator Key Pittman on November 10, 1940, he was appointed by Governor Edward P. Carville to his successor. Bunker took his seat in Washington D.C. from November 27, 1940 true to December 6, 1942. He also competed for the nomination for the by-election, but lost it within his party James Graves Scrugham, who then decided the actual choice for themselves. Bunker returned to Nevada and worked in the episode in the life insurance industry.

On 3 January 1945, he returned to Congress after he had decided the election to the House of Representatives of the United States against the Republicans Rex Bell, a former movie actor for themselves. He completed a two -year term, during which he earned, among other things introduced a bill to constitute Boulder City as a city. At this time the place was still under the control of the Bureau of Reclamation, a federal agency. The law was not finally discussed in the plenary; Boulder City became a city only in 1960.

In 1946 Bunker came not to seek re-election. Instead, he applied for his old Senate seat and was erected after his victory in the Democratic primary against incumbent Edward P. Carville as a candidate, but he lost the election to Republican George Malone. He then focused on his business activities and only once came politically in appearance than he in the election for Lieutenant Governor of Nevada Republican Paul Laxalt defeated in 1962.

Within his community of faith held bunker nor the office of bishop in a church district of Las Vegas. He was also involved in the construction of the Las Vegas Nevada Temple. At the time of his death in 1999 was Berkeley Bunker the oldest living former senator and the last to be held this office still dressed during the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt.