James Graves Scrugham (January 19, 1880 – June 23, 1945) was an American

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. He was a

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, a Senator, and the 14th Governor of the

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. He was a member of the

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Scrugham was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1880. He graduated from the

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at Lexington in 1900, and received his master's degree in 1906. He was a professor of

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at the

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from 1903 to 1914. He was dean of the school of engineering from 1913 to 1917. During the

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, he was commissioned as a major in the

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in 1917 and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1918. After the war, he remained in the military as a member of the Organized Reserve Corps. He was state public service commissioner from 1919 to 1923. He was the Governor of Nevada between 1923 and 1927. He was the editor and publisher of the ''Nevada State Journal'' from 1927 to 1932. He became a special adviser to the Secretary of the Interior on

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development projects in 1927. Later, he was elected as a

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to Congress and served from 1933 until December 7, 1942, when he resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate to fill the unexpired term of

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on November 3, 1942. Scrugham served from December 7, 1942, until his death on June 23, 1945, in

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, at the age of 65. The James G. Scrugham Engineering & Mines Building, opened in 1963, houses the dean's office and several departments in the College of Engineering, as well as the Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Scrugham, James G. 1880 births 1945 deaths Democratic Party governors of Nevada Politicians from Lexington, Kentucky Editors of Nevada newspapers Military personnel from Kentucky Military personnel from Nevada University of Kentucky alumni Democratic Party United States senators from Nevada Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada 20th-century American politicians

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