succeeded death_date death_place birth_place jr/sr party profession term_end preceded birth_date term_start article_title state name
paul laxalt 12 september 1988 auburn , california lovelock , nevada united states senator democratic attorney december 17 , 1974 ernest s. brown 20 november 1909 december 2 , 1954 alan bible
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alan bible

alan harvey bible -lrb- november 20 , 1909 -- september 12 , 1988 -rrb- was an american lawyer and politician .
a member of the democratic party , he served as a united states senator from nevada from 1954 to 1974 .
he previously served as attorney general of nevada from 1942 to 1950 .
