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{{Short description|American politician (1872β1940)}} {{redirect|Senator Pittman}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Key Pittman | image = PITTMAN, KEY. SENATOR LCCN2016858404 (cropped).jpg | office = [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate]] | term_start = March 4, 1933 | term_end = November 10, 1940 | predecessor = [[George H. Moses]] | successor = [[William H. King]] | office1 = Chair of the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Senate Foreign Relations Committee]] | term_start1 = March 4, 1933 | term_end1 = November 10, 1940 | predecessor1 = [[William Borah]] | successor1 = [[Walter F. George]] | office2 = [[United States Senate Democratic Conference Secretary|Secretary of the Senate Democratic Caucus]]<br>Acting | leader2 = [[John W. Kern]] | term_start2 = December 14, 1916 | term_end2 = March 3, 1917 | predecessor2 = [[Willard Saulsbury Jr.]] | successor2 = [[William H. King]] | jr/sr3 = United States Senator | state3 = [[Nevada]] | term_start3 = January 29, 1913 | term_end3 = November 10, 1940 | predecessor3 = [[William A. Massey (politician)|William A. Massey]] | successor3 = [[Berkeley L. Bunker]] | birth_name = Key Denson Pittman | birth_date = {{birth date|1872|9|12}} | birth_place = [[Vicksburg, Mississippi]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|1940|11|10|1872|9|12}} | death_place = [[Reno, Nevada]], U.S. | nationality = American | party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] | spouse = Mimosa Gates | education = [[Rhodes College|Southwestern Presbyterian University]] }} '''Key Denson Pittman''' (September 19, 1872 β November 10, 1940) was a [[United States senator]] from [[Nevada]] and a member of the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], serving eventually as [[President pro tempore of the United States Senate|president pro tempore]] as well as chairman of the [[United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations|Foreign Relations Committee]].
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