Denver S. Dickerson
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Denver Sylvester Dickerson was an American politician. He was the 11th governor of Nevada from 1908 to 1911. A member of the Silver – Democratic coalition party, he had previously held office as the 1
Dickerson c. 1908–1910
Dickerson resisted pressure to cancel the interracial boxing match between James J. Jeffries and Jack Johnson.
John Sparks, nicknamed Honest John, was an American politician who was the 10th governor of Nevada. Like his predecessor, Reinhold Sadler, Sparks was a cattleman and his rise to political power was ev
Denver S. Dickerson
…was helmed by various editors while Dickerson was in office and moved to daily publication by May 15, 1907. When fellow Silver-Democrat and Governor John Sparks died in office on May 22, 1908, Dickerson became the acting governor. The Dickersons became the first family to move into the Nevada Governor's Mansion…
John Sparks