Richard Kirman, Sr.

Richard Kirman, Sr. ( born January 14, 1877 in Virginia City, Nevada, † January 19, 1959 ) was an American politician and 1935-1939 Governor of the State of Nevada.

Early years and political rise

Richard Kirman attended the common schools and Lincoln High School in San Francisco, California. After leaving school he went into the banking business, and later became president of the Farmers and Merchants Bank in Reno. Kirman became a member of the Democratic Party and in 1899 deputy in the Nevada Assembly. Between 1902 and 1904, Kirman was on the board of the University of Nevada, then 1907-1909 Mayor of Reno. In the following years, he devoted more time to his private business. In 1934, he returned as the candidate of his party for the upcoming gubernatorial elections on the political stage.

Governor of Nevada

After the electoral victory of November 6, 1934 Kirman could assume office on January 7, 1935. In his four-year tenure of the Hoover Dam was completed and established a state planning committee. In 1936, Richard Kirman was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, was nominated to the U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt for a second term. After the end of his governorship to Kirman he finally retired from politics. He devoted himself to his private business, to which by now included animal husbandry and the hardware store. Kirman died in 1959 and was buried in Reno. He was married to Mabelle Jean King, with whom he had two children.

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