List of United States Senators from Nevada
Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864. Its current senators are Democrat Harry Reid (Class 3) and Republican Dean Heller (Class 1).
List of Senators
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018. |
C o n g r e s s |
Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, and 2010. The next election will be in 2016. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | William Stewart |
Republican | February 1, 1865 – March 3, 1875 |
Elected in 1865. | 1 | 38th Congress | 1 | Elected in 1865. | February 1, 1865 – March 3, 1873 |
Republican | James W. Nye |
1 |
39th Congress | ||||||||||||
40th Congress | 2 | Re-elected in 1867. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1869. Retired. |
2 | 41st Congress | ||||||||||
42nd Congress | ||||||||||||
43rd Congress | 3 | Elected in 1873. | March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1903 |
Republican | John P. Jones |
2 | ||||||
2 | William Sharon |
Republican | March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881 |
Elected in 1875. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]. |
3 | 44th Congress | ||||||
45th Congress | ||||||||||||
46th Congress | 4 | Re-elected in 1879. | ||||||||||
3 | James Graham Fair |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887 |
Elected in 1881. Lost re-election. |
3 | 47th Congress | ||||||
48th Congress | ||||||||||||
49th Congress | 5 | Re-elected in 1885. | ||||||||||
4 | William Stewart |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1905 |
Elected in 1887. | 4 | 50th Congress | ||||||
51st Congress | ||||||||||||
52nd Congress | 6 | Re-elected in 1891. | ||||||||||
Silver Republican | Re-elected in 1893. | 5 | 53rd Congress | |||||||||
54th Congress | Silver | |||||||||||
55th Congress | 7 | Re-elected in 1897. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1899. Retired. |
6 | 56th Congress | ||||||||||
Republican | 57th Congress | Republican | ||||||||||
58th Congress | 8 | Elected in 1902. | March 4, 1903 – December 24, 1917 |
Democratic | Francis G. Newlands |
3 | ||||||
5 | George S. Nixon |
Republican | March 4, 1905 – June 5, 1912 |
Elected in 1905. | 7 | 59th Congress | ||||||
60th Congress | ||||||||||||
61st Congress | 9 | Re-elected in 1908. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1910. Died. |
8 | 62nd Congress | ||||||||||
Vacant | June 5, 1912 – July 1, 1912 | |||||||||||
6 | William A. Massey |
Republican | July 1, 1912 – January 29, 1913 |
Appointed to continue Nixon's term. Lost election to finish Nixon's term. | ||||||||
7 | Key Pittman |
Democratic | January 29, 1913 – November 10, 1940 |
Elected to finish Nixon's term. | ||||||||
63rd Congress | ||||||||||||
64th Congress | 10 | Re-elected in 1914. Died. | ||||||||||
Elected to full term in 1916. | 9 | 65th Congress | ||||||||||
December 24, 1917 – January 12, 1918 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Newlands's term. Elected to finish Newlands's term. Lost election to full term. |
January 12, 1918 – March 3, 1921 |
Democratic | Charles Henderson |
4 | ||||||||
66th Congress | ||||||||||||
67th Congress | 11 | Elected in 1920. | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933 |
Republican | Tasker Oddie |
5 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1922. | 10 | 68th Congress | ||||||||||
69th Congress | ||||||||||||
70th Congress | 12 | Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. | 11 | 71st Congress | ||||||||||
72nd Congress | ||||||||||||
73rd Congress | 13 | Elected in 1932. | March 4, 1933 – September 28, 1954 |
Democratic | Pat McCarran | 6 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1934. Died, having been elected to the next term. |
12 | 74th Congress | ||||||||||
75th Congress | ||||||||||||
76th Congress | 14 | Re-elected in 1938. | ||||||||||
Vacant | November 10, 1940 – November 27, 1940 | |||||||||||
8 | Berkeley L. Bunker |
Democratic | November 27, 1940 – December 6, 1942 |
Appointed to finish Pittman's previous term. | ||||||||
Appointed to start Pittman's next term. Lost nomination to finish Pittman's next term. |
13 | 77th Congress | ||||||||||
9 | James G. Scrugham |
Democratic | December 7, 1942 – June 23, 1945 |
Elected to finish Pittman's term. Died. | ||||||||
78th Congress | ||||||||||||
79th Congress | 15 | Re-elected in 1944. | ||||||||||
Vacant | June 23, 1945 – July 24, 1945 | |||||||||||
10 | Edward P. Carville | Democratic | July 24, 1945 – January 3, 1947 |
Appointed to finish Scrugham's term. Lost nomination to full term. | ||||||||
11 | George W. Malone |
Republican | January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959 |
Elected in 1946. | 15 | 80th Congress | ||||||
81st Congress | ||||||||||||
82nd Congress | 16 | Re-elected in 1950. Died. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election. |
16 | 83rd Congress | ||||||||||
September 28, 1954 – October 1, 1954 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue McCarran's term. Lost election to finish McCarran's term. |
October 1, 1954 – December 1, 1954 |
Republican | Ernest S. Brown |
7 | ||||||||
Elected to finish McCarran's term. | December 2, 1954 – December 17, 1974 |
Democratic | Alan Bible |
8 | ||||||||
84th Congress | ||||||||||||
85th Congress | 17 | Elected to full term in 1956. | ||||||||||
12 | Howard Cannon |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1983 |
Elected in 1958. | 17 | 86th Congress | ||||||
87th Congress | ||||||||||||
88th Congress | 18 | Re-elected in 1962. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 18 | 89th Congress | ||||||||||
90th Congress | ||||||||||||
91st Congress | 19 | Re-elected in 1968. Retired, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. | 19 | 92nd Congress | ||||||||||
93rd Congress | ||||||||||||
Appointed early to finish Bible's term, having already been elected to the next term. | December 18, 1974 – January 3, 1987 |
Republican | Paul Laxalt |
9 | ||||||||
94th Congress | 20 | Elected in 1974. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. Lost re-election. |
20 | 95th Congress | ||||||||||
96th Congress | ||||||||||||
97th Congress | 21 | Re-elected in 1980. Retired. | ||||||||||
13 | Chic Hecht |
Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989 |
Elected in 1982. Lost re-election. |
21 | 98th Congress | ||||||
99th Congress | ||||||||||||
100th Congress | 22 | Elected in 1986. | January 3, 1987 – Present |
Democratic | Harry Reid |
10 | ||||||
14 | Richard Bryan |
Democratic | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001 |
Elected in 1988. | 22 | 101st Congress | ||||||
102nd Congress | ||||||||||||
103rd Congress | 23 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. Retired. |
23 | 104th Congress | ||||||||||
105th Congress | ||||||||||||
106th Congress | 24 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
15 | John Ensign |
Republican | January 3, 2001 – May 3, 2011 |
Elected in 2000. | 24 | 107th Congress | ||||||
108th Congress | ||||||||||||
109th Congress | 25 | Re-elected in 2004. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. Resigned. |
25 | 110th Congress | ||||||||||
111th Congress | ||||||||||||
112th Congress | 26 | Re-elected in 2010. Will retire in 2016.[1] | ||||||||||
Vacant | May 3, 2011 – May 9, 2011 | |||||||||||
16 | Dean Heller |
Republican | May 9, 2011 – Present |
Appointed to finish Ensign's term. | ||||||||
Elected to full term in 2012. | 26 | 113th Congress | ||||||||||
114th Congress | ||||||||||||
115th Congress | 27 | To be determined in the 2016 election. | ||||||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 27 | 116th Congress | ||||||||||
117th Congress | ||||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T e r m |
T e r m |
Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # | |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Nevada
As of April 2015, there are three former Senators from Nevada who are living, two from Class 1 and one from Class 3.
Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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Paul Laxalt | 1974–1987 | 3 | August 2, 1922 |
Richard Bryan | 1989–2001 | 1 | July 16, 1937 |
John Ensign | 2001–2011 | 1 | March 25, 1958 |
See also
- United States congressional delegations from Nevada
- List of United States Representatives from Nevada
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References
- ↑ "REID RETIRING". POLITICO. Retrieved 2016-03-28.
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