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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—NevadaHarry REID
(1939- )
Senate Years of Service:
1987-Party: DemocratREID, Harry, a Senator and
a Representative from Nevada; born in Searchlight, Nev., December
2, 1939; graduated, Southern Utah State College 1959, Utah State
University 1961, and George Washington School of Law 1964;
member,United States Capitol Police Force 1961-1964; admitted to
the Nevada bar in 1963; city attorney, Henderson, Nev., 1964-1966;
member, Nevada State assembly 1969-1970; lieutenant governor
1970-1974; chairman, Nevada Gaming Commission 1977-1981; elected as
a Democrat to the Ninety-eighth Congress in 1982; reelected to the
Ninety-ninth Congress and served from January 3, 1983, to January
3, 1987; was not a candidate for reelection in 1986 to the House of
Representatives; elected to the United States Senate in 1986;
reelected in 1992, 1998, 2004 and again in 2010 for the term ending
January 3, 2017; chair, Committee on Environment and Public Works
(One Hundred Seventh Congress [January 3-20, 2001]), Select
Committee on Ethics (One Hundred Seventh Congress [January
3-January 20, 2001; June 6, 2001-January 3, 2003]); co-chair,
Senate Democratic Conference, Democratic Policy Committee
(1995-1999); Democratic party whip (1999-2005); minority leader
(2005-2007); majority leader (2007-).
Bibliography
Reid, Harry, with Mark Warren. The Good Fight: Hard Lessons from
Searchlight to Washington. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons,
2008; Reid, Harry. Searchlight: The Camp That Didn’t
Fail. Reno: University of Nevada Press, 1998.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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