senator was hospitalized for exhaustion and that his condition was not serious. Pittman died on November 10 at the Washoe General Hospital in Reno, Nevada. Several pieces of legislation bore his name, including the Pittman Act of 1918 and the Pittman–Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act of 1937. The Pittman section of the Alaska Railroad, more commonly known today as the community of Meadow Lakes west of Wasilla, was also named for him. Pittman Road runs north from its intersection with the George Parks Highway at "downtown" Meadow Lakes. In 1941, his wife donated Pittman's papers to the Library of Congress. She temporarily withdrew them in 1942. They were returned to the Library by the Gates family in 1954. See also List of United States Congress members who died in office (1900–1949) Footnotes Further reading External links The Key Pittman papers, including a finding aid, at the Library of Congress |- |- |- |- |- |- 1872 births 1940 deaths Democratic Party United States senators from Nevada Nevada Democrats Nevada lawyers People from Tonopah, Nevada People of the Klondike Gold Rush Politicians from Vicksburg, Mississippi Presidents pro tempore of the United States Senate Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations