succeeded death_date death_place birth_place jr/sr party profession term_end preceded birth_date term_start residence article_title state name
william a. massey 5 june 1912 washington , d.c. newcastle , california united states senator republican banker june 5 , 1912 william m. stewart 2 april 1860 march 4 , 1905 winnemucca george s. nixon
 nevada george s. nixon
george s. nixon

george stuart nixon -lrb- april 2 , 1860 -- june 5 , 1912 -rrb- was a united states senator from nevada .
he was born in placer county , california .
he went to work for a railroad company and studied telegraphy .
later , he was transferred in 1881 to nevada and organized and became cashier of a bank at winnemucca , nevada .
he built an opera house in reno and a theater in winnemucca .
he became a member of the nevada assembly in 1891 and was elected in 1905 as a republican to the u.s. senate .
he was reelected in 1911 and served until his death in 1912 .
he was the chairman of the committee on coast defenses .
on february 9 , 1905 , he joined the san francisco bohemian club .
he died in 1912 and was replaced by william a. massey .
he was buried in the masonic cemetery in reno .
