Harry Reid
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United States Senator from Nevada |
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In office January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Preceded by | Paul Laxalt |
| Succeeded by | Catherine Cortez Masto |
| Senate Majority Leader | |
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In office January 3, 2007 – January 3, 2015 |
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| Deputy | Dick Durbin |
| Preceded by | Bill Frist |
| Succeeded by | Mitch McConnell |
| Senate Minority Leader | |
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In office January 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017 |
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| Deputy | Dick Durbin |
| Preceded by | Mitch McConnell |
| Succeeded by | Chuck Schumer |
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In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Deputy | Dick Durbin |
| Preceded by | Tom Daschle |
| Succeeded by | Mitch McConnell |
| Senate Minority Whip | |
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In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005 |
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| Leader | Tom Daschle |
| Preceded by | Don Nickles |
| Succeeded by | Dick Durbin |
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In office January 20, 2001 – June 6, 2001 |
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| Leader | Tom Daschle |
| Preceded by | Don Nickles |
| Succeeded by | Don Nickles |
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In office January 3, 1999 – January 3, 2001 |
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| Leader | Tom Daschle |
| Preceded by | Wendell Ford |
| Succeeded by | Don Nickles |
| Senate Majority Whip | |
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In office June 6, 2001 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Leader | Tom Daschle |
| Preceded by | Don Nickles |
| Succeeded by | Mitch McConnell |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nevada's 1st district |
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In office January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | District established |
| Succeeded by | James Bilbray |
| Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission | |
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In office March 27, 1977 – January 5, 1981 |
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| Appointed by | Mike O'Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Peter Echeverria |
| Succeeded by | Carl Dodge |
| 25th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada | |
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In office January 4, 1971 – January 5, 1975 |
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| Governor | Mike O'Callaghan |
| Preceded by | Edward Fike |
| Succeeded by | Robert Rose |
| Personal details | |
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Harry Mason Reid December 2, 1939 Searchlight, Nevada, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic (1970–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Landra Gould (m. 1959) |
| Children | 5 (notably Rory) |
| Residence | Henderson, Nevada, U.S. |
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Southern Utah University Utah State University (BA) George Washington University (JD) |
| Religion | Mormon |
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| Website | Senate website (Archived) |
Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is a retired American politician who served as the senior United States Senator from Nevada, from 1987 to 2017. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the Senate Minority Leader from January 2015 to January 2017, and had previously served as Majority Leader, Minority Whip, and Majority Whip.
Previously, Reid was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives, representing Nevada's 1st congressional district, and served in Nevada local and state government as city attorney of Henderson, a state legislator, the 25th Lieutenant Governor, and chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission.
Reid was one of only three Senators to serve at least eight years as Majority Leader (along with Alben W. Barkley and Mike Mansfield). Reid suffered a serious eye injury in early 2015. Reid formally announced on March 27, 2015 that he would retire at the end of his fifth term on January 3, 2017, saying that his recent injuries and subsequent recovery had nothing to do with his decision. He is also the longest serving Senator from Nevada.
Reid served as the United States Senate Minority Leader, after Republicans won the majority control of the Senate in the 2014 midterm elections.
Reid was born in Searchlight, Nevada, the third of four sons of Harry Vincent Reid, a miner, and Inez Orena (Jaynes) Reid, a laundress. His father committed suicide with a gunshot to the head in 1972, at age 58, when Harry was 32 years old. His paternal grandmother was an English immigrant from Darlaston, Staffordshire. Reid's boyhood home was a shack with no indoor toilet, hot water, or telephone. Since Searchlight had no high school, Reid boarded with relatives 40 miles away in Henderson, Nevada to attend Basic High School, where he played football, and was an amateur boxer. While at Basic High, he met future Nevada governor Mike O'Callaghan, who was a teacher there and served as Reid's boxing coach. Reid attended Southern Utah University, and graduated from Utah State University where he double majored in political science and history. He minored in economics at Utah State's School of Commerce and Business Administration. He then went to George Washington University Law School earning a J.D. while working for the United States Capitol Police.
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