father's footsteps into Nevada state politics. Harvey Dickerson was elected Attorney General of Nevada in 1954 and ran unsuccessfully for governor in 1958. Re-elected in 1962 and 1966, Dickerson became the only three time Attorney General of Nevada to serve bifurcated terms of office. The younger Denver Dickerson would go on to become the Speaker of the Nevada Assembly in 1943 and was appointed Secretary of Guam in 1963 by President John F. Kennedy. George M. Dickerson was elected District Attorney of Clark County, Nevada in 1954 and President of the State Bar of Nevada in 1973. George's older brother Harvey was the first of three Dickersons to serve as the president of the State Bar of Nevada in 1953. George's son Robert P. Dickerson was the third to serve in 1997. Other offices and affiliations 32nd degree Freemason Chairman of the Nevada Board of Education Nevada Board of Prison Commissioners and Insane Asylum President, Blaine Gold Mining and Milling Company President, Robinson Mining Company President, White Pine County Abstract and Guarantee Company Sagebrush Club (Carson City, Nevada) University Club (Ely, Nevada) See also Capital punishment in Nevada List of United States political families (Dickersons of Nevada) References External links Denver Sylvester Dickerson at the National Governors Association Denver Sylvester Dickerson 1908-1910 at the Nevada State Library and Archives Nevada Governors' Biographical Information at the Nevada State Library and Archives A Guide to the Dickerson saga, NC360. Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno. |- 1872 births 1925 deaths American male journalists American military personnel of the Spanish–American War American police chiefs American prison wardens American publishers (people) Democratic Party governors of Nevada Journalists from California Journalists from Nevada Lieutenant Governors of Nevada Military personnel from California Military personnel from Nevada Nevada Silverites Politicians from Carson City, Nevada People from Shasta County, California Silver Party state governors of the United States United States Army soldiers