Maurice Joseph Sullivan (December 7, 1884 – August 9, 1953) was an American

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. He was the 15th and 18th lieutenant governor of Nevada and a

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from Nevada. He was a member of the Democratic Party.

Biography

Sullivan was born in

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, on December 7, 1884. He attended the parochial schools of San Rafael, graduated from

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, and attended

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's Sacred Heart College. He learned the retail business with the San Francisco firm of Holbrook, Merrill & Stratton.

Business career

Sullivan moved to

Goldfield, Nevada Goldfield is an unincorporated town and census-designated place and the county seat of Esmeralda County, Nevada. It is the locus of the Goldfield CDP which had a resident population of 268 at the 2010 census, down from 440 in 2000. Gold ...

, in 1906, where he worked as a sales representative and manager for a company that provided hardware and other supplies for gold miners and mining companies. He eventually became the principal owner of the Wood-Sullivan Hardware Company and was an investor in several mining ventures. While living in Goldfield he served on the town board, as president of the local chamber of commerce, and as president of the local volunteer fire department.

Early political career

In 1914 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of Nevada and served from 1915 to 1927.

World War I

During

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he was adjutant general of the Nevada National Guard, as well as Nevada's federal disbursing officer and director of the draft.

Legal career and return to politics

He studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1923 and commenced practice in Carson City. In 1938 Sullivan was again elected Lieutenant Governor, and he served from 1939 to 1942.

Congress

In 1942 Sullivan was elected to the 78th Congress, and he served one term, January 3, 1943, to January 3, 1945. He was an unsuccessful candidate for renomination in 1944. After leaving Congress Sullivan resumed practicing law in Reno.

Death and burial

Sullivan died in Reno on August 9, 1953. He was buried in Reno's Our Mother of Sorrows (Mater Dolorosa) Cemetery.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sullivan, Maurice J. 1884 births 1953 deaths Lieutenant governors of Nevada People from Goldfield, Nevada People from San Rafael, California Democratic Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory alumni 20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives