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Edward P. Carville

American politician

Summary

American politician

Field	Value
name	Edward P. Carville
image	Edward P. Carville (Nevada Governor and U.S. Senator).jpg
jr/sr	United States Senator
state	Nevada
term_start	July 25, 1945
term_end	January 3, 1947
appointed	Vail Pittman
predecessor	James G. Scrugham
successor	George W. Malone
order2	18th
office2	Governor of Nevada
term_start2	January 2, 1939
term_end2	July 24, 1945
predecessor2	Richard Kirman Sr.
successor2	Vail Pittman
lieutenant2	Maurice J. Sullivan
Vail M. Pittman
birth_name	Edward Peter Carville
birth_date
birth_place	Elko County, Nevada, U.S.
death_date
death_place	Reno, Nevada, U.S.
profession	Attorney
party	Democratic
resting_place	Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery
Reno, Nevada, U.S.
spouse	Irma Marie Callahan
children	4
alma_mater	University of Notre Dame

|jr/sr = United States Senator Vail M. Pittman Reno, Nevada, U.S.

Edward Peter Carville (May 14, 1885 – June 27, 1956) was an American politician. He was the 18th Governor of Nevada and a Senator from Nevada. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Biography

Carville was born on May 14, 1885, at Mound Valley in Elko County, Nevada. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana in 1909. Admitted to the bar in the same year, he established his practice in Elko, Nevada. He married Irma Marie Callahan on August 29, 1910 and they had three sons, Edward, Richard, and Robert.

Career

Carville was appointed to the position of deputy district attorney and served from 1910 to 1911. He was district attorney for Elko County from 1912 to 1918. He was a district judge of Elko County in 1928. He was a United States Attorney for Nevada between 1934 and 1938.

Carville was elected Governor of Nevada in 1938 and, re-elected in 1942, he served there until his resignation in 1945. During his tenure, World War II, government, and economic issues were addressed.

He was appointed on July 24, 1945 to the United States Senate to fill the vacancy caused by the death of James G. Scrugham and served from July 25, 1945 to January 3, 1947. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1946 and resumed his practice of law in Reno, Nevada.

Death

Carville died on June 27, 1956, at the age of 71. He is interred at Our Mother of Sorrows Cemetery, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada.

References

"Edward P. Carville". Nevada's First Ladies.
"Edward P. Carville". The Political Graveyard.
"Edward P. Carville". National Governors Association.
"Edward P. Carville". National Governors Association.

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