Harry William Sawyer Explained

Office1:Nevada Senate
Term Start1:1935
Term End1:1939
Birth Date:4 June 1880
Birth Place:New York City
Death Place:Reno, Nevada
Education:College of Osteopath
College of Physicians and Surgeons (San Francisco)
Party:Democratic Party
Spouse:Bula Belle Cameron Sawyer
Allegiance: United States
Branch:United States Navy
Serviceyears:1902–1906

Harry William Sawyer (June 4, 1880  - May 2, 1962) was an American physician and politician.

Sawyer was born in New York City, New York. He served in the United States Navy from 1902 to 1906. He went to the College of Osteopath in Kansas City, Missouri and to the College of Physicians and Surgeons in San Francisco, California. He received his medical degree on Feb. 21 1919 in the state of Texas.Sawyer practiced medicine in Twin Falls, Idaho and in Fallon, Nevada. He served as health officer for Churchill County, Nevada and as draft board physician for Churchill County. Sawyer also served as president of the Nevada Medical Association in 1938 and 1939. Sawyer served in the Nevada Senate from 1935 to 1939 and was involved with the Democratic Party. His son Grant Sawyer served as Governor of Nevada. Sawyer died at the Veterans Administration Hospital in Reno, Nevada after suffering from a fall.[1] [2]

Notes and References

  1. "Dr. Harry Sawyer Taken By Death; Governor's Father", Nevada State Journal, May 3, 1962, pg. 10
  2. "Former governor, Grant Sawyer, 77, dies", Las Vegas Sun, February 20, 1996