Paul Laxalt
22nd Governor of Nevada; United States Senator from Nevada (1974-1987) · United States · On the map · Politicians · Lived 1922 to 2018 · aged 96
Paul Dominique Laxalt was an American attorney and politician who served as the 22nd governor of Nevada from 1967 to 1971 and as a United States senator representing Nevada from 1974 until 1987. A member of the Republican Party, he was one of Ronald Reagan's closest friends in politics.
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Governor Laxalt
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Senator Laxalt and then-candidate Reagan during the 1980 campaign
Laxalt, his wife, Carol, President Ronald Reagan, First Lady Nancy Reagan, Bob Michel and his wife, Corrine, watch the Oak Ridge Boys performance during the Barbecue for Members of Congress on the South Lawn in 1983
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After Reagan was elected president in 1980, many in the national press referred to Laxalt as "the first friend". He was the older brother of writer Robert Laxalt and maternal grandfather of Adam Laxalt, who served as the 33rd attorney general of Nevada from 2015 to 2019.
