Key Pittman

Key Denson Pittman (September 19, 1872 – November 10, 1940) was a

Pittman moved to Tonopah, Nevada, in 1902 and continued the practice of law. He represented Nevada at the St. Louis Exposition, the Lewis and Clark Centennial Exposition, and the National Irrigation Congress.^{[citation needed]}

Political career

In 1910, he made an unsuccessful run for the Senate. Later, he was elected as a Democrat to the Senate in 1913 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of George S. Nixon, and served until his own death in 1940.

Between 1933 and 1940, during the Presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt, Pittman was the chairman of the powerful Committee on Foreign Relations and a member of the Committee on Territories and the Committee on Industrial Expositions. In addition, during those years Pittman was also President pro tempore of the United States Senate.

Among his legislation is the

Several pieces of legislation bore his name, including the Pittman Act of 1918 and the Pittman–Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937.

The Pittman section of the

In 1941, his wife donated Pittman's papers to the Library of Congress. She temporarily withdrew them in 1942. They were returned to the Library by the Gates family in 1954.[5]

See also

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949)

Footnotes

Further reading

• Cole, Wayne S. (March 1960). "Senator Key Pittman and American Neutrality Policies, 1933-1940". Mississippi Valley Historical Review. 46 (4). Organization of American Historians: 644–662.
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• Glad, Betty (1986). Key Pittman: The Tragedy of a Senate Insider. New York: Columbia University Press.
  ISBN 0-231-06112-9
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• Israel, Fred L. (November 1961). "The Fulfillment of Bryan's Dream: Key Pittman and Silver Politics, 1918-1933". Pacific Historical Review. 40 (4). University of California Press: 359–380.
  JSTOR 3636423
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• Israel, Fred L. (1963). Nevada's Key Pittman. Lincoln, Nebr.: University of Nebraska Press.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Key Pittman.

• The Key Pittman papers, including a finding aid, at the Library of Congress
• United States Congress. "Key Pittman (id: P000372)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• Key Pittman at Find a Grave
• Newspaper clippings about Key Pittman in the 20th Century Press Archives of the ZBW

Party political offices
New office	1940	Succeeded by James G. Scrugham
Preceded by Willard Saulsbury Jr.	Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus Acting 1916–1917	Succeeded by William H. King
U.S. Senate
Preceded by William A. Massey	U.S. Senator (Class 1) from Nevada 1913–1940 Served alongside: Francis G. Newlands, Charles Henderson, Tasker Oddie, Pat McCarran	Succeeded by Berkeley L. Bunker
Preceded by William Alden Smith	Chair of the Senate Territories Committee 1913–1917	Succeeded by Harry Stewart New
Preceded by Thomas W. Hardwick	Chair of the Senate Industrial Expositions Committee 1919–1921	Position abolished
Preceded by William Borah	Chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee 1933–1940	Succeeded by Walter F. George
Political offices
Preceded by George H. Moses	President pro tempore of the U.S. Senate 1933–1940	Succeeded by William H. King