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Preceded by
  
James G. Scrugham

Governor
  
Edward P. Carville

Succeeded by
  
Vail M. Pittman

Succeeded by
  
Berkeley L. Bunker

Preceded by
  
Fred S. Alward

Name
  
Maurice Sullivan

Governor
  
Emmet D. Boyle James G. Scrugham

Maurice Joseph Sullivan (December 7, 1884 – August 9, 1953) was an American politician. He was the 15th and 18th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada and a U.S. Representative from Nevada. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Biography

Sullivan was born in San Rafael, California on December 7, 1884. He attended the parochial schools of San Rafael, graduated from San Francisco Polytechnic High School, and attended San Francisco's Sacred Heart College. He learned the retail business with the San Francisco firm of Holbrook, Merrill & Stratton.

Sullivan moved to Goldfield, Nevada in 1906, where he worked as a sales representative and manager for a company that provided hardware and other supplies for gold miners and mining companies. He eventually became the principal owner of the Wood-Sullivan Hardware Company and was an investor in several mining ventures. While living in Goldfield he served on the town board, as president of the local chamber of commerce, and as president of the local volunteer fire department.

In 1914 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Nevada and served from 1915 to 1927. During World War I he was adjutant general of the Nevada National Guard, as well as Nevada's federal disbursing officer and director of the draft. He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in Carson City.

In 1938 Sullivan was again elected Lieutenant Governor, and he served from 1939 to 1942.

In 1942 Sullivan was elected to the 78th Congress, and he served one term, January 3, 1943 to January 3, 1945. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1944. After leaving Congress Sullivan resumed practicing law in Reno.

Sullivan died in Reno on August 9, 1953. He was buried in Reno's Our Mother of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa) Cemetery.

References

Maurice J. Sullivan Wikipedia