| Lt. Gov. Paul Laxalt |
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LIEUTENTANT GOVERNOR
Photo credit: Nevada Lieutenant Governor and Governor Paul Laxalt, ca 1967. Courtesy of the Nevada State Library and Archives, GOV-0203. RECORDS CAMPAIGN FOR GOVERNOR 1966 LTGOV-0021 030 CIVIL RIGHTS, HAWTHORNE INCIDENT AT EL CAPITAN CAFÉ 1964 LTGOV-0021 001 CORRESPONDENCE, JANUARY 1964 LTGOV-0021 002 CORRESPONDENCE, FEBRUARY 1964 LTGOV-0021 003 CORRESPONDENCE, MARCH 1964 LTGOV-0021 004 CORRESPONDENCE, APRIL 1964 LTGOV-0021 005 CORRESPONDENCE, MAY 1964 LTGOV-0021 006 CORRESPONDENCE, JUNE-SEPTEMBER 1964 LTGOV-0021 007 CORRESPONDENCE, DECEMBER 1964 LTGOV-0021 008 CORRESPONDENCE, NOVEMBER 1966 LTGOV-0021 020-021 CORRESPONDENCE, DECEMBER 1966 LTGOV-0021 023-025 CORRESPONDENCE, LEGISLATURE, JANUARY-FEBRUARY, AUGUST 1964 LTGOV-0021 016 CORRESPONDENCE, PIONEER TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY BOARD MEMBER 1964 LTGOV-0021 017 CORRESPONDENCE, STATE PARKS 1964 LTGOV-0021 018 CORRESPONDENCE, WAYNE PEARSON, REPUBLICAN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEVADA 1964 LTGOV-0021 019 INVITATIONS 1964 LTGOV-0021 009 INVITATIONS, JANUARY 1964 LTGOV-0021 010 INVITATIONS, FEBRUARY 1964 LTGOV-0021 011 INVITATIONS, MARCH 1964 LTGOV-0021 012 INVITATIONS, APRIL 1964 LTGOV-0021 013 INVITATIONS, MAY 1964 LTGOV-0021 014 INVITATIONS, JUNE 1964 LTGOV-0021 015 SPEECH MATERIALS 1964-1967 LTGOV-0021 026-027 SPEECHES, LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR 1963-1966 LTGOV-0021 029 |
Born in Reno, Nevada, on August 2, 1922, Paul Laxalt was raised in Carson City where he opened a law practice. He was elected Ormsby County District Attorney in 1950, Lieutenant Governor in 1962, and Governor in 1966. After a brief return to private law practice, Laxalt was elected U.S. Senator from Nevada in 1974 and again in 1980. In 1986 he announced he would not seek re-election. Governor Laxalt now practices law in Washington, D.C.