Editing Key Pittman (section)

===Death and legacy===
It was falsely rumored for years that Pittman died before his [[United States Senate elections, 1940|final election in 1940]], and that Democratic party leaders kept the body at Tonopah's [[Mizpah Hotel]] in a bathtub full of ice until after he was reelected so Governor [[Edward P. Carville]], a fellow Democrat, could appoint a replacement. The truth was, former Nevada State Archivist Guy Rocha wrote, "just as disreputable." Pittman suffered a severe [[myocardial infarction|heart attack]] just before the election on November 5, and two doctors told his aides before the election that death was imminent. To avoid affecting the election, the party told the press that the senator was hospitalized for exhaustion and that his condition was not serious.<ref name="KNPR">{{cite news |last=Nevada Yesterdays |title=The Truth Of The Legend Of Key Pittman |url=https://knpr.org/knpr/2015-11/truth-legend-key-pittman |work=KNPR |location=Las Vegas, NV |access-date=September 28, 2020}}</ref> Pittman died on November 10 at the [[Washoe General Hospital]] in [[Reno, Nevada]].<ref name="rocha200305">{{cite web|url=http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=665&Itemid=418 |title=Myth #88 - Key Pittman on Ice |publisher=State Library and Archives, Department of Administration, State of Nevada |work=Sierra Sage |date=May 2003 |access-date=October 3, 2013 |last1=Rocha |first1=Guy |last2=Myers |first2=Dennis |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004215959/http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=665&Itemid=418 |archive-date=October 4, 2013 }}</ref>

Several pieces of legislation bore his name, including the [[Pittman Act]] of 1918 and the [[Pittman–Robertson Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act]] of 1937.

The Pittman section of the [[Alaska Railroad]], more commonly known today as the community of [[Meadow Lakes, Alaska|Meadow Lakes]] west of [[Wasilla]], was also named for him.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Williams |first1=Anita L.|last2=Ewers|first2=Linda D.|title=Ride Guide to the Historic Alaska Railroad |year=2003 |publisher=TurnAgain Products|location=[[Anchorage]]|isbn= 0939301016 |page=30}}</ref>  Pittman Road runs north from its intersection with the [[George Parks Highway]] at "downtown" Meadow Lakes.

A section of the city Henderson, Nevada is unofficially known as Pittman.  There is also a natural wash that traverses a large section of Henderson named after the former senator.  It is known as the Pittman Wash and has a walking / biking trail alongside it.

In 1941, his wife donated Pittman's papers to the Library of Congress. She temporarily withdrew them in 1942. They were returned to the Library by the Gates family in 1954.<ref>{{Citation |last=Brand |first=Katherine |date=2011 |title=Key Pittman Papers: A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress |url=http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011137 |publisher=Manuscript Division, Library of Congress |location=Washington, D.C.}}</ref>