LIST_OF_GOVERNORS OF NEVADA

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This is a 'list of Governors of Nevada'. The only governor of the Nevada Territory was James W. Nye, a Republican who served from 1861 until statehood in 1864.

★ Prior to becoming a territory, parts of Nevada were part of Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory; see List of Governors of Utah and List of Governors of New Mexico.

Contents

List of Governors

Notes

Other high offices held

Living former governors

List of Governors

#	Picture	Name	Party	Took office	Left office	Notes
1	Henry G. Blasdel	Henry G. Blasdel	Republican	December 5 1864	January 2 1871
2	Lewis R. Bradley	Lewis R. Bradley	Democratic	January 2 1871	January 6 1879
3		John H. Kinkead	Republican	January 6 1879	January 1 1883
4		Jewett W. Adams	Democratic	January 1 1883	January 3 1887
5		Charles C. Stevenson	Republican	January 3 1887	September 21 1890	Died in office.
6		Frank Bell	Republican	September 21 1890	January 5 1891	As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
7		Roswell K. Colcord	Republican	January 5 1891	January 7 1895
8		John E. Jones	Silver	January 7 1895	April 10 1896
9		Reinhold Sadler	Silver	April 10 1896	January 5 1903	As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
10		John Sparks	Silver-Democratic	January 5 1903	May 22 1908
11		Denver S. Dickerson	Silver-Democratic	May 22 1908	January 2 1911
12	Tasker L. Oddie	Tasker L. Oddie	Republican	January 2 1911	January 4 1915
13		Emmet D. Boyle	Democratic	January 4 1915	January 1 1923
14	James G. Scrugham	James G. Scrugham	Democratic	January 1 1923	January 3 1927
15		Fred B. Balzar	Republican	January 3 1927	March 21 1934
16		Morley Griswold	Republican	March 21 1934	January 7 1935
17		Richard Kirman, Sr.	Democratic	January 7 1935	January 2 1939
18	Carville	Edward P. Carville	Democratic	January 2 1939	July 24 1945	[1]
19		Vail M. Pittman	Democratic	July 24 1945	January 1 1951
20		Charles H. Russell	Republican	January 1 1951	January 5 1959
21		Grant Sawyer	Democratic	January 5 1959	January 2 1967
22	Paul Laxalt	Paul Laxalt	Republican	January 2 1967	January 4 1971
23		Mike O'Callaghan	Democratic	January 4 1971	January 1 1979
24		Robert List	Republican	January 1 1979	January 3 1983
25	Richard Hudson Bryan	Richard Hudson Bryan	Democratic	January 3 1983	January 3 1989
26	Bob Miller	Bob Miller	Democratic	January 3 1989	January 4 1999
27	Kenny Guinn	Kenny Guinn	Republican	January 4 1999	January 1 2007
28	Jim Gibbons	Jim Gibbons	Republican	January 1 2007	''Incument''	[2]

Notes

1. Resigned to take an appointed seat in the United States Senate.
2. Governor Gibbons' first term expires in 2011; he is not yet term limited.

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional offices and other governorships held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Nevada.
★ denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Name	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
		House	Senate
James W. Nye	1861–1864 (territorial)		S
John Henry Kinkead	1879–1883			Governor of District of Alaska
Tasker Oddie	1911–1915		S
James G. Scrugham	1923–1927	H	S
Edward P. Carville	1939–1945		S ★
Charles H. Russell	1951–1959	H
Paul Laxalt	1969–1971		S
Richard Bryan	1983–1989		S
Jim Gibbons	2007–present	H

Living former governors

As of August 2007, five former governors were alive, the oldest being Paul Laxalt (19671–1971, born 1922). The most recent governor to die was Mike O'Callaghan (1971–1979), on March 5 2004.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Paul Laxalt	1967–1971	August 2 1922
Robert List	1979–1983	September 1 1936
Richard Bryan	1983–1989	July 16 1937
Bob Miller	1989–1999	March 30 1945
Kenny Guinn	1999–2007	August 24 1936