returned to private practice. U.S. Senate In 1952, Bible was narrowly defeated for the Democratic nomination for the United States Senate, losing to political newcomer Thomas B. Mechling by 475 votes. However, after the death of Senator McCarran in September 1954, Bible was elected to the Senate the following November to fill the remainder of McCarran's term. He defeated Republican Ernest S. Brown, who had been appointed to McCarran's seat by Governor Charles H. Russell, by a margin of 58%-42%. Bible was reelected in 1956, 1962, and 1968 and represented Nevada in the United States Senate from December 2, 1954, until his resignation on December 17, 1974. He did not run for reelection in 1974; Republican Paul Laxalt defeated Democratic nominee Harry Reid. Bible's resignation enabled the governor to appoint Laxalt to fill the vacancy, giving him seniority over other senators elected in 1974. After leaving the Senate, Bible was elected to the Board of Directors of Bally Manufacturing Corporation. During his time in the United States Senate, he was chairman of the Committee on the District of Columbia (Eighty-fifth through Ninetieth Congresses), the Joint Committee on Washington Metropolitan Problems (Eighty-fifth and Eighty-sixth Congresses), and the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Small Business (Ninety-first through Ninety-third Congresses). He is buried in Reno, Nevada. See also District of Columbia References External links Alan Bible: Recollections of a Nevada Native Son: The Law, Politics, the Nevada Attorney General's Office, and the United States Senate (oral history). University of Nevada Oral History Program. Reno, NV, 1982. A Guide to the Papers of Alan Bible, Special Collections, University Libraries, University of Nevada, Reno. 1909 births 1988 deaths 20th-century American lawyers 20th-century American politicians Democratic Party United States senators from Nevada Nevada Attorneys General District attorneys in Nevada Georgetown University Law Center alumni University of Nevada, Reno alumni Nevada Democrats American people of German descent People from Fallon, Nevada People from Lovelock, Nevada