Vail M. Pittman
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Vail Montgomery Pittman (September 17, 1880 - January 29, 1964) was a Governor of Nevada. He was a Democrat.
Pittman was born in 1880 in Vicksburg, Mississippi. He was elected the Lieutenant Governor of Nevada in 1942. He was a candidate in primary for Senator from Nevada in 1944. He became the Governor when Edward P. Carville resigned in 1945. Pittman served until 1951.
Pittman died in 1964. He is the brother of Key Pittman, a Senator from Nevada.
| Preceded by : Edward P. Carville | Governors of Nevada | Succeeded by: Charles H. Russell |