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| + | McCarran unsuccessfully sought a U.S. Senate seat in the 1926 elections, running against one-term [[Republican]] incumbent Tasker Oddie. He lost in the Democrat primary to Raymond T. Baker, garnering only 29% of the vote.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=754035 NV US Senate - D Primary - Sep 07, 1926]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved February 28, 2021.</ref> Baker would go on to lose to Oddie in the general election by over ten points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36473 NV US Senate - Nov 02, 1926]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved February 28, 2021.</ref> | ||
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===1932 election=== | ===1932 election=== | ||
| − | McCarran ran for Senate in 1932 against | + | McCarran ran for Senate in again 1932 against Sen. Oddie, with the state Democratic Party allowing him to be nominated and believing that he would lose in the general election. McCarran, however, proved them to be erroneous by winning the general election in an upset, narrowly defeating Oddie by four percentage points<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=36471 NV US Senate - Nov 08, 1932]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved February 27, 2021.</ref> in an election cycle one of the most favorable for Democrats in U.S. history following blame cast on President [[Herbert Hoover]] and the Republicans over the [[Great Depression]]. |
===Tenure=== | ===Tenure=== | ||
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| Patrick A. “Pat” McCarran | |||
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| Former U.S. Senator from Nevada From: March 4, 1933 – September 28, 1954 | |||
| Predecessor | Tasker Oddie | ||
| Successor | Ernest S. Brown | ||
| Former Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court From: January 2, 1917 – January 4, 1919 | |||
| Predecessor | Frank Herbert Norcross | ||
| Successor | Benjamin Wilson Coleman | ||
| Former Associate Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court From: January 2, 1913 – January 1, 1917 | |||
| Predecessor | James G. Sweeney | ||
| Successor | Edward Augustus Ducker | ||
| Former Member of the Nevada Assembly from Washoe County From: 1903–1905 | |||
| Predecessor | Phil Jacobs, G. E. Peckham, W. W. Webster | ||
| Successor | Walter Hastings, A. W. Holmes, E. R. Dodge, R. H. Kinney, J. W. Wright, J. S. Orr | ||
| Information | |||
| Party | Democrat | ||
| Spouse(s) | Harriet Martha Weeks | ||
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Patrick Anthony “Pat” McCarran (August 8, 1876 – September 28, 1954) was a farmer, judge, and attorney from Nevada who served as the state's U.S. Senator for two decades up until his death. A Democrat, he previously served in the state's Supreme Court, being an Associate Justice and then the Chief Justice.
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U.S. Senate
1926 election
McCarran unsuccessfully sought a U.S. Senate seat in the 1926 elections, running against one-term Republican incumbent Tasker Oddie. He lost in the Democrat primary to Raymond T. Baker, garnering only 29% of the vote.[1] Baker would go on to lose to Oddie in the general election by over ten points.[2]
1932 election
McCarran ran for Senate in again 1932 against Sen. Oddie, with the state Democratic Party allowing him to be nominated and believing that he would lose in the general election. McCarran, however, proved them to be erroneous by winning the general election in an upset, narrowly defeating Oddie by four percentage points[3] in an election cycle one of the most favorable for Democrats in U.S. history following blame cast on President Herbert Hoover and the Republicans over the Great Depression.
Tenure
While initially backing some of Roosevelt's liberal New Deal, McCarran later began to break from the president. He opposed FDR's deeply unpopular court packing scheme after hearing from constituents in his state, and opposed the Second New Deal for being too left-wing.
McCarran's record on civil rights is somewhat mixed; while he supported Truman's Army desegregation, he also appointed staunch segregationist/white supremacist James Eastland, a fellow friend in the Senate, to chair the Senate subcommittee on civil rights despite being warned against the decision.[4]
Along with Pennsylvania congressman Francis Walter, McCarran was a lead sponsor of the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 which repealed racially based restrictions for immigration to the US, toughened standards for naturalization, and made deportations of illegal aliens easier.[4] Despite being vetoed by Harry Truman, both Houses of Congress voted to override the president's decision and pass the bill. However, it was replaced in 1965 by the Hart-Celler Act, which raised the quota cap.
Anti-Semitism
McCarran was an anti-Semite who harshly questioned and attacked Felix Frankfurter during the latter's confirmation hearings after being nominated by Roosevelt to the U.S. Supreme Court.[5][6] McCarran was furthermore instrumental in working to block European Jews who survived the Holocaust from entering the U.S. after the end of World War II.
Legacy
McCarran has a statue named after and depicting him in Washington, D.C., which as added to the U.S. Capitol in 1960.[7] Politically correct liberal Democrats from Nevada have called for removing the statue over the senator's legacy of racism/anti-Semitism.[8]
The Democrat Clark County Commissioner in 2017 pushed to rename the McCarran International Airport after Harry Reid.[8]
See also
References
- ↑ NV US Senate - D Primary - Sep 07, 1926. Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ↑ NV US Senate - Nov 02, 1926. Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ↑ NV US Senate - Nov 08, 1932. Our Campaigns. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Pat McCarran. Nevada Trivia. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ↑ Omsted, Kathryn S. (January 16, 2005). The real witch hunter of the 1950s. Chicago Tribune. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ↑ Halper, Thomas (May 30, 2018). Felix Frankfurter and the Law. Sciendo. Retrieved February 27, 2021.
- ↑ Komenda, Ed (June 29, 2020). 5 Nevada Democrats want McCarran statue out of U.S. Capitol. Reno Gazette Journal. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Sadler, John (June 19, 2020). Lawmakers want Sen. McCarran statue removed over racist legacy. Las Vegas Sun. Retrieved February 28, 2021.
