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    James Warren Nye (June 10, 1815 – December 25, 1876) was an American attorney and politician. He was most notable for his service as Governor of Nevada...
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    county's population resides. Nye County was established during the American Civil War in 1864 and named after James W. Nye, the first governor of the Nevada...
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    The Gov. James W. Nye Mansion, at 108 N. Minnesota St. in Carson City, Nevada, United States, was built in 1860. It has also been known as St. Teresa's...
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    page for that county. Bullfrog County, Nevada, formed in 1987 from part of Nye county. Creation was declared unconstitutional and abolished in 1989. Lake...
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  • General Nye may refer to: Archibald Nye (1895–1967), British Army lieutenant general Francis W. Nye (1918–2019), U.S. Air Force major general James W. Nye (1815–1876)...
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  • Senator Nye may refer to: Edd Nye (born 1932), North Carolina State Senate Gerald Nye (1892–1971), U.S. Senator from North Dakota James W. Nye (1815–1876)...
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    USS Ganymede (redirect from SS James W. Nye)
    bear this name. Ganymede, was laid down 16 May 1943, as liberty ship SS James W. Nye, MCE hull 1571, by the Permanente Metals Corporation, Yard No.2, Richmond...
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    Governor James W. Nye, who was often outside the territory trying to gain supporters for Nevada statehood and his own political future. Nye's absences...
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  • Harry Nye (disambiguation), several people James W. Nye (1815–1876), U.S. Senator Jody Lynn Nye (born 1957), American science fiction author John Nye (disambiguation)...
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  • senator Congress Class III senator William M. Stewart (R) 38th (1863–1865) James W. Nye (R) 39th (1865–1867) 40th (1867–1869) 41st (1869–1871) 42nd (1871–1873)...
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    William Sanford Nye (/naɪ/; born November 27, 1955) is an American science communicator, television presenter, and former mechanical engineer. He is best...
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    Advocate. Retrieved November 16, 2010. McMullin 1984, pp. 231–233. "James Warren Nye". National Governors Association. Retrieved March 29, 2023. U.S. Congress...
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  • Research Division of the Nevada Legislative Counsel Bureau. 2016. Driggs, Don W. (1996-01-01). Nevada Politics & Government: Conservatism in an Open Society...
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  • 1865. 1 38th 1 Elected in 1865. Feb 1, 1865 – Mar 3, 1873 Republican James W. Nye 1 39th 40th 2 Re-elected in 1867. Lost re-election. Re-elected in 1869...
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    Wilson "Bill" Nye (August 25, 1850 – February 22, 1896) was an American humorist. He was also the founder and editor of the Laramie Boomerang. Nye was born...
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    Roughing It.: 147  Orion became secretary to Nevada Territory governor James W. Nye in 1861, and Twain joined him when he moved west. The brothers traveled...
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    Hotel a mile to the east of the city center. When territorial governor James W. Nye traveled to Nevada, he chose Carson City as the territorial capital,...
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    warriors in full regalia gave a ceremonial welcome at Pyramid Lake to James W. Nye, the first governor of the newly created Nevada Territory. Although intermittent...
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  • and everything was still and orderly, and, when Territorial Governor James W. Nye telegraphed to Samuel Youngs, one of the County Commissioners, that there...
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    brother served as Territorial Secretary and often as acting governor when James W. Nye was outside the territory. It was while acting as temporary governor...
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  • LeRoy Neiman, artist Harold Nicholas Ruth Rowland Nichols Hideyo Noguchi James W. Nye Blanche Oelrichs Hermann Oelrichs William Butler Ogden Chauncey Olcott...
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    Joseph Samuel Nye Jr. (born January 19, 1937) is an American political scientist. He and Robert Keohane co-founded the international relations theory...
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    Governor before election James W. Nye (Territorial) Republican Elected Governor Henry G. Blasdel Republican...
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    1864 – January 2, 1871 Lieutenant John S. Crosman James S. Slingerland Preceded by James W. Nye as Territorial Governor Succeeded by Lewis R. Bradley...
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    appointed the first sheriff of Humboldt County on December 10, 1861 by James W. Nye. His term ended after the elections in January 1862. During that election...
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    Nevada: Southgate Coins. ISBN 978-0-9746169-0-2. OCLC 54381615. Hulse, James W. (1998). The Silver State: Nevada Heritage Reinterpreted. Reno, Nevada:...
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    development, Nevada was established as a distinct U.S. Territory, and James W. Nye was appointed as its first governor. When he came to the territory, he...
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    Jones’ by the bartender in 1889, still stands where it was planted by gardener W.H. Lee. The site is now the home of the Fairmont Miramar Hotel. Jones married...
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  • Trefousse, Hans L. (1989). Andrew Johnson: A Biography. New York City: W. W. Norton & Company. pp. 234–54. ISBN 978-0-393-31742-8. Kennedy, David M.;...
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    unwilling to comply to any proposal made by Johnson. In April 1869, Joseph W. Fabens, a New England businessman representing the Dominican Republic, asked...
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