Tasker Lowndes Oddie (October 20, 1870 – February 17, 1950) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 12th Governor of Nevada and a United States Senator. He was a member of the Republican Party.
A native of Brooklyn, New York, Oddie was educated in Brooklyn, then lived and worked for several years in Nebraska and East Orange, New Jersey. After graduating from New York University School of Law in 1895 and practicing law in New York City, in 1898 he moved to Nevada. He worked in Nevada as the attorney and business agent for wealthy businessman Anson Phelps Stokes, and became active in silver and gold mining. Oddie's mining investments made him wealthy, and he expanded his holdings to include ownership takes in farms, railroads, banks, and cattle ranches.
A Republican, Oddie served as school superintendent and district attorney of Nye County from 1901 to 1903, and was a member of the state senate from 1905 to 1909. Oddie was elected governor in 1910, and served from 1911 to 1915. After running unsuccessfully for governor in 1914 and 1918, in 1920 he won election to the U.S. Senate. He was reelected in 1926, and served from 1921 to 1933. Oddie was defeated for reelection in 1932, and for election to the senate in 1938.
In retirement, Oddie spent winters in San Francisco and summers in Nevada. He died in San Francisco on February 17, 1950, and was buried at Lone Mountain Cemetery in Carson City, Nevada.
Tasker Lowndes Oddie (October 20, 1870 – February 17, 1950) was an American attorney and politician who served as the 12th Governor of Nevada and a United...
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named in his honor. In 1932, McCarran unseated incumbent Republican TaskerOddie to become the state's first U.S. senator born in Nevada; he was reelected...
2010. Oddie Boulevard was named after former Republican U.S. Senator TaskerOddie. SR 663 began at the intersection of Sutro Street and Oddie Boulevard...
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gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 1910. Republican nominee TaskerOddie defeated Democratic incumbent Denver S. Dickerson with 50.59% of the...
1914. Democratic nominee Emmet D. Boyle defeated incumbent Republican TaskerOddie with 44.65% of the vote. Primary elections were held on September 1,...
4 66th 67th 11 Elected in 1920. Mar 4, 1921 – Mar 3, 1933 Republican TaskerOddie 5 Re-elected in 1922. 10 68th 69th 70th 12 Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election...
Ernst Maryland John W. Smith Ovington Weller Nevada Charles Henderson TaskerOddie North Dakota Asle Gronna Edwin F. Ladd Oklahoma Thomas Gore John W. Harreld...
Mitchell 5,336 35.96% Lost N 1910 TaskerOddie 10,435 50.59% Won Y 1914 TaskerOddie 8,537 39.61% Lost N 1918 TaskerOddie 11,845 47.92% Lost N 1922 John...
Brookhart Louis Murphy Louisiana Edwin S. Broussard John H. Overton Nevada TaskerOddie Pat McCarran New Hampshire George H. Moses Fred H. Brown North Carolina...
1918. Incumbent Democrat Emmet D. Boyle defeated Republican nominee TaskerOddie with 52.08% of the vote. Primary elections were held on September 3,...
1913–1940 Served alongside: Francis G. Newlands, Charles Henderson, TaskerOddie, Pat McCarran Succeeded by Berkeley L. Bunker Preceded by William Alden...
dairy farm in Fallon. After his mentor Nixon died in 1912, Governor TaskerOddie appointed Wingfield to serve out the remainder of Nixon's Senate term...
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participate in wildlife conservation. Bill Oddie, Kate Humble and Simon King were the presenting team until 2008. Oddie departed as a regular host at the beginning...
kill the Daggett party was initially denied to the posse by Governor TaskerOddie, due to the fact that there were state policemen involved, but the case...
happened to be a silver ore) to his mule. Through the help of his friend TaskerOddie, Jim and his wife, Belle, would later found out the value of the ore...
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