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Preceded by
  
C. D. Baker

Role
  
Politician

Resting place
  
Name
  
Oran Gragson

Succeeded by
  
Children
  
KenShirley

Political party
  
Spouse
  
Bonnie Gragson (m. 1934)


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Full Name
  
Oran Kenneth Gragson

Born
  
February 14, 1911Tucumcari, New Mexico, U.S. (
1911-02-14
)

Profession
  
Businessman and politician

Died
  
October 7, 2002, Las Vegas-Paradise, NV Metropolitan Statistical Area

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Oran Kenneth Gragson (February 14, 1911 – October 7, 2002) was an American businessman and politician. He was the longest-serving mayor of Las Vegas, Nevada, from 1959 to 1975. Gragson, a member of the Republican Party, was a small business owner who was elected Mayor on a reform platform against police corruption and for equal opportunity for people of all socio-economic and racial categories.

Gragson died in a Las Vegas hospice on October 7, 2002, at the age of 91.

References

Oran K. Gragson Wikipedia


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