Edward P. Carville

Edward P. Carville
Edward P. Carville
	Carville as Governor in 1945.
United States Senator; from Nevada
	In office; July 25, 1945 – January 3, 1947
Preceded by	James G. Scrugham
Succeeded by	George W. Malone
18th Governor of Nevada
	In office; January 2, 1939 – July 24, 1945
Lieutenant	Maurice J. Sullivan; Vail M. Pittman
Preceded by	Richard Kirman, Sr.
Succeeded by	Vail M. Pittman
Personal details
Born	May 14, 1885; Elko County, Nevada, U.S.
Died	June 27, 1956 (aged 71); Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Resting place	Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery; Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Attorney

Edward Peter Carville (May 14, 1885 – June 27, 1956) was an American politician. He was the 18th Governor of Nevada and a Senator from Nevada. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Biography

Carville was born on May 14, 1885, at Mound Valley in Elko County, Nevada. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana in 1909. Admitted to the bar in the same year, he established his practice in Elko, Nevada. He married Irma Marie Callahan on August 29, 1910 and they had three sons, Edward, Richard, and Robert.^[1]

Career

Carville was appointed to the position of Deputy District Attorney and served from 1910 to 1911. He was District Attorney for Elko County from 1912 to 1918. He was a district Judge of Elko County in 1928. He was a United States attorney for Nevada between 1934 and 1938.^[2]

Carville became the Governor of Nevada in 1939 and, reelected in 1942, he served there until his resignation in 1945. During his tenure, World War II, government, and economic issues were addressed.^[3]

He was appointed on July 24, 1945 to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James G. Scrugham and served from July 25, 1945 to January 3, 1947. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946 and resumed his practice of law in Reno, Nevada.^[4]

Death

Carville died on June 27, 1956, at the age of 71. He is interred at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada USA.^[5]

References

^ "Edward P. Carville". Nevada's First Ladies. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
^ "Edward P. Carville". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
^ "Edward P. Carville". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
^ "Edward P. Carville". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 6, 2012.
^ "Edward P. Carville". Find A Grave. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

External links

Edward P. Carville at Find a Grave
United States Congress. "Edward P. Carville (id: C000211)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
National Governors Association
The Political Graveyard
Nevada's First Ladies

Political offices
Preceded by Richard Kirman, Sr.	Governor of Nevada 1939 – 1945	Succeeded by Vail M. Pittman
U.S. Senate
Preceded by James G. Scrugham	U.S. senator (Class 1) from Nevada 1945 – 1947 Served alongside: Pat McCarran	Succeeded by George W. Malone

[1] "Edward P. Carville". Nevada's First Ladies. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

[2] "Edward P. Carville". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

[3] "Edward P. Carville". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

[4] "Edward P. Carville". National Governors Association. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

[5] "Edward P. Carville". Find A Grave. Retrieved October 6, 2012.

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v t e Governors of Nevada
Provisional (1859–1861)	Roop
Territorial (1861–1864)	Nye
State (since 1864)	Blasdel Bradley Kinkead Adams Stevenson Bell Colcord Jones Sadler Sparks Dickerson Oddie Boyle Scrugham Balzar Griswold Kirman Carville Pittman Russell Sawyer Laxalt O'Callaghan List Bryan Miller Guinn Gibbons Sandoval Sisolak Lombardo

v t e United States senators from Nevada
Class 1	Stewart Sharon Fair Stewart Nixon Massey Pittman Bunker Scrugham Carville Malone Cannon Hecht Bryan Ensign Heller Rosen
Class 3	Nye Jones Newlands Henderson Oddie McCarran Brown Bible Laxalt Reid Cortez Masto