Richard Bryan

Richard Hudson Bryan (* July 16 1937 in Washington DC ) is a retired American politician of the Democratic Party. He was both governor of Nevada as well as representatives of this state in the U.S. Senate.

Early years and career

Bryan made ​​in 1959 graduated from the University of Nevada in Reno. His law degree he reached on the Hastings College of the Law University of California at San Francisco. In 1963 he was admitted to the Bar Association of the State of Nevada. In 1964 he was appointed deputy district attorney in Clark County for two years. After that, he was until 1968 the public defense lawyers (Public Defender ). From 1972 to 1978 Bryan was a member of the Senate from Nevada. In 1979 he was Attorney General of Nevada. He held until 1983 this office.

Governor of Nevada and U.S. Senator

In 1982, Bryan was elected as a candidate of his party for governor of his state. After a re-election in 1986, he was able to hold that office between January 1983 and January 3, 1989 3. On this day he resigned as governor to take up his position as Class 1 Senator in Congress, in which he had been elected at the previous midterm elections. After a re-election in 1994, he could remain for two terms between January 1989 and January 3, 2001 in the U.S. Senate 3. There he was at times Chairman of the Committee on Ethics. On a re-election in 2000 renounced Bryan. His seat was John Ensign. After his active career as a politician, Bryan worked as a lawyer at the law firm Lionel Sawyer & Collins. With his wife, Bonnie Fairchild he has three children.