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Frederick Bennett Balzar

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Frederick Bennett Balzar

Birth
Virginia City, Storey County, Nevada, USA
Death
21 Mar 1934 (aged 53)
Carson City, Carson City, Nevada, USA
Burial
Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA
Plot
Plot 86, Grave 7
Memorial ID
7151998 View Source
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Nevada Governor. Only the second native Nevadan to become governor, the Virginia City native worked as a miner, a railroad conducter and owned a butcher store before serving as governor from 1927 to 1934. He was in the state assembly and senate as well as sheriff of Mineral County. During his term, he signed the state's open gambling law and six-week divorce law. He died while in office.

Nevada Governor. Only the second native Nevadan to become governor, the Virginia City native worked as a miner, a railroad conducter and owned a butcher store before serving as governor from 1927 to 1934. He was in the state assembly and senate as well as sheriff of Mineral County. During his term, he signed the state's open gambling law and six-week divorce law. He died while in office.

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  • Added: 5 Feb 2003
  • Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7151998
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/7151998/frederick-bennett-balzar: accessed ), memorial page for Frederick Bennett Balzar (15 Jun 1880–21 Mar 1934), Find a Grave Memorial ID 7151998, citing Masonic Memorial Gardens, Reno, Washoe County, Nevada, USA; Maintained by Find a Grave.