Why is it called McCarran international airport?

Orlando Magic Fan | Oct 5, 2017 | Category: International airport

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Address: 5757 Wayne Newton Blvd, Las Vegas, NV 89119, USA

Dude | Oct 5, 2017

The airport is named after former democratic Senator Pat McCarron who served from 1933 to 1954. He was born in Reno, NV.

Dave S (Certified) | Oct 5, 2018

Patrick Anthony McCarran (August 8, 1876 – September 28, 1954) was a DemocraticUnited States Senator from Nevada from 1933 until 1954. McCarran was born in Reno, Nevada, attended the Nevada State University, and was a farmer and rancher. In 1902 he won election to the Nevada Assembly, but in 1904 he was an unsuccessful candidate for the Nevada State Senate. He completed private law studies and was admitted to the bar in 1905; in 1906 he won election as Nye County's district attorney. He served a two-year term, after which he relocated to Reno.McCarran is remembered as one of the few Democrats to oppose President Franklin D. Roosevelt and reject the New Deal. In addition, he was a proponent of the aviation industry; he was a sponsor of the Civil Aeronautics Act of 1938 and the Federal Airport Act of 1945, and was a proponent of establishing the United States Army Air Forces as the United States Air Forceseparate from the Army. He was also an ardent anti-Communist.

Mansoor | Oct 5, 2019

Some olde guy

Jeremy Warner | Oct 5, 2019

Because of all the airplanes

Mike N | Oct 5, 2018

Some senator like 60 years ago

Rosita Artiaga | Oct 5, 2018

Arrival flight at 5 o'clock in the afternoon

Chris Reke | Oct 5, 2018

Named after a Nevada senator.

Sybid Jones | Oct 5, 2018

Name for a senador

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