James G. Scrugham

James G. Scrugham
United States Senator from Nevada
In office December 7, 1942 – June 23, 1945
Preceded by	Berkeley L. Bunker
Succeeded by	Edward P. Carville
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada's At-Large district
In office March 4, 1933 – December 7, 1942
Preceded by	Samuel S. Arentz
Succeeded by	Maurice J. Sullivan
14th Governor of Nevada
In office January 1, 1923 – January 3, 1927
Lieutenant	Maurice J. Sullivan
Preceded by	Emmet D. Boyle
Succeeded by	Fred B. Balzar
Personal details
Born	(1880-01-19)January 19, 1880 Lexington, Kentucky, U.S.
Died	June 23, 1945(1945-06-23) (aged 65) San Diego, California, U.S.
Resting place	Masonic Memorial Gardens Reno, Nevada, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Profession	Professor

James Graves Scrugham (January 19, 1880 – June 23, 1945) was an American politician. He was a Representative, a Senator, and the 14th Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Biography[]

Scrugham was born in Lexington, Kentucky, in 1880.^[1] He graduated from the University of Kentucky at Lexington in 1900, and received his master's degree in 1906.^[2] He was a professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Nevada from 1903 to 1914.^[2] He was dean of the school of engineering from 1913 to 1917.^[2]

During the First World War, he was commissioned as a major in the United States Army in 1917 and was promoted to the rank of lieutenant colonel in 1918.^[3] After the war, he remained in the military as a member of the Organized Reserve Corps.^[2] He was state public service commissioner from 1919 to 1923.^[2] He was the Governor of Nevada between 1923 and 1927.^[4] He was the editor and publisher of the Nevada State Journal from 1927 to 1932.^[5] He became a special adviser to the Secretary of the Interior on Colorado River development projects in 1927.^[6]

Later, he was elected as a Democrat 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 Key Pittman on November 3, 1942.^[5] Scrugham served from December 7, 1942, until his death on June 23, 1945, in San Diego, California, at the age of 65.^[5]

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.^[7]

See also[]

• List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–49)

References[]

External links[]

• United States Congress. "James G. Scrugham (id: S000196)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• James G. Scrugham at Find a Grave