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Richard Bryan (Richard Hudson Bryan) was born on 16 July, 1937 in Washington, D.C., U.S., is an American attorney and politician (born 1937). Discover Richard Bryan's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 86 years old?

Popular As Richard Hudson Bryan
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Age 86 years old
Zodiac Sign Cancer
Born 16 July 1937
Birthday 16 July
Birthplace Washington, D.C., U.S.
Nationality United States

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His wife is Bonnie Fairchild (m. 1962-2016)

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1937

Richard Hudson Bryan (born July 16, 1937) is a retired American politician and attorney who served as the 25th Governor of Nevada from 1983 to 1989 and as a United States Senator representing Nevada from 1989 until 2001.

A Democrat, Bryan previously served as the state's attorney general and a member of the State Senate.

1959

Bryan was born in Washington, D.C., and graduated from the University of Nevada at Reno in 1959 where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega and the president of ASUN.

He earned his J.D. degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law.

1963

In 1963 he was admitted to the Nevada Bar.

He was Clark County's first public defender.

1972

Bryan served as a member of the Nevada Senate from 1972 to 1978.

1979

In 1979, Bryan became the Nevada Attorney General, and served in the position until 1983.

1982

In 1982, Bryan challenged incumbent Republican Nevada Governor Robert List, who was running for reelection.

1983

He defeated List and became governor in January 1983.

1986

Bryan was easily reelected in 1986, defeating Nevada State Treasurer Patricia Cafferata.

1987

By 1987, Bryan was encouraged by several prominent politicians, including Harry Reid and Alan Cranston, to run for the U.S. Senate.

1988

He declared his candidacy shortly after, and in the 1988 U.S. Senate election, he defeated incumbent Republican Senator Chic Hecht.

1989

He was sworn in at the convening of the 101st Congress on January 3, 1989.

During his tenure in the Senate, Bryan served on the Finance, Banking, Intelligence and Commerce Committees.

Bryan was an opponent of Search for extraterrestrial intelligence (SETI), stating: "As of today millions have been spent and we have yet to bag a single little green fellow. Not a single Martian has said take me to your leader, and not a single flying saucer has applied for FAA approval."

1994

He introduced an amendment to the 1994 budget that secured the cancellation of the High Resolution Microwave Survey and terminated NASA's SETI efforts less than one year after their launch.

Bryan ran for reelection in the Senate in 1994, easily defeating Republican challenger Hal Furman.

Bryan also focused on preventing Yucca Mountain from being used as a nuclear waste long-term storage site.

Though the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository would be built during Bryan's time in the Senate, his opposition, along with delayed any actual storage from occurring.

This opposition would continue after Bryan had retired before plans for storage were discontinued by President Barack Obama.

2000

Byran opted not to run for a third term in the Senate in 2000.