Richard H. Bryan

A Senator from Nevada. Born in Washington, D. C. , July 16, 1937. Attended public school in Las Vegas, Nev. , graduated from University of Nevada, Reno, 1959. Received law degree from University of California (Hastings) College of Law, 1963. United States Army 1959-1960. Admitted to the bar and commenced practice of law in Nevada, 1963. Public defender 1966-1968. Member of the Nevada senate 1972-1978. Nevada attorney general 1979-1983. Governor of Nevada 1983-1989. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1988. Reelected in 1994, and served from January 3, 1989, to January 3, 2001. Was not a candidate for reelection in 2000. Chairman, Select Committee on Ethics (One Hundred Third Congress).