List of United States senators from Nevada
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Senator Dean Heller (R) | Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D) |
Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864. Its current senators are Democrat Catherine Cortez Masto (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. |
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Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | William Stewart |
Republican | February 1, 1865 – March 3, 1875 |
Elected in 1865. | 1 | 38th | 1 | Elected in 1865. | February 1, 1865 – March 3, 1873 |
Republican | James W. Nye |
1 |
39th | ||||||||||||
40th | 2 | Re-elected in 1867. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1869. Retired. |
2 | 41st | ||||||||||
42nd | ||||||||||||
43rd | 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.[1] Retired or lost renomination.[2] |
3 | 44th | ||||||
45th | ||||||||||||
46th | 4 | Re-elected in 1879. | ||||||||||
3 | James Graham Fair |
Democratic | March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887 |
Elected in 1881.[2] Lost re-election. |
3 | 47th | ||||||
48th | ||||||||||||
49th | 5 | Re-elected in 1885. | ||||||||||
4 | William Stewart |
Republican | March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1905 |
Elected in 1887. | 4 | 50th | ||||||
51st | ||||||||||||
52nd | 6 | Re-elected in 1891. | ||||||||||
Silver | Re-elected in 1893. | 5 | 53rd | |||||||||
54th | Silver | |||||||||||
55th | 7 | Re-elected in 1897. Retired. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1899. Retired. |
6 | 56th | ||||||||||
Republican | 57th | Republican | ||||||||||
58th | 8 | Elected January 27, 1903. | 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 | ||||||
60th | ||||||||||||
61st | 9 | Re-elected January 26, 1909. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1911. Died. |
8 | 62nd | ||||||||||
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 in 1913 to finish Nixon's term. | ||||||||
63rd | ||||||||||||
64th | 10 | Re-elected in 1914. Died. | ||||||||||
Elected in 1916 to full term. | 9 | 65th | ||||||||||
December 24, 1917 – January 12, 1918 |
Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Newlands's term. Elected November 6, 1918 to finish Newlands's term.[3] Lost election to full term. |
January 12, 1918 – March 3, 1921 |
Democratic | Charles Henderson |
4 | ||||||||
66th | ||||||||||||
67th | 11 | Elected in 1920. | March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933 |
Republican | Tasker Oddie |
5 | ||||||
Re-elected in 1922. | 10 | 68th | ||||||||||
69th | ||||||||||||
70th | 12 | Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928. | 11 | 71st | ||||||||||
72nd | ||||||||||||
73rd | 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 | ||||||||||
75th | ||||||||||||
76th | 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 | ||||||||||
9 | James G. Scrugham |
Democratic | December 7, 1942 – June 23, 1945 |
Elected in 1942 to finish Pittman's term. Died. | ||||||||
78th | ||||||||||||
79th | 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 | ||||||
81st | ||||||||||||
82nd | 16 | Re-elected in 1950. Died. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election. |
16 | 83rd | ||||||||||
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 in 1954 to finish McCarran's term. | December 2, 1954 – December 17, 1974 |
Democratic | Alan Bible |
8 | ||||||||
84th | ||||||||||||
85th | 17 | Elected in 1956 to full term. | ||||||||||
12 | Howard Cannon |
Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1983 |
Elected in 1958. | 17 | 86th | ||||||
87th | ||||||||||||
88th | 18 | Re-elected in 1962. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 18 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | ||||||||||||
91st | 19 | Re-elected in 1968. Retired, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970. | 19 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | ||||||||||||
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 | 20 | Elected in 1974. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1976. Lost re-election. |
20 | 95th | ||||||||||
96th | ||||||||||||
97th | 21 | Re-elected in 1980. Retired. | ||||||||||
13 | Chic Hecht |
Republican | January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989 |
Elected in 1982. Lost re-election. |
21 | 98th | ||||||
99th | ||||||||||||
100th | 22 | Elected in 1986. | January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2017 |
Democratic | Harry Reid |
10 | ||||||
14 | Richard Bryan |
Democratic | January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001 |
Elected in 1988. | 22 | 101st | ||||||
102nd | ||||||||||||
103rd | 23 | Re-elected in 1992. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994. Retired. |
23 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | ||||||||||||
106th | 24 | Re-elected in 1998. | ||||||||||
15 | John Ensign |
Republican | January 3, 2001 – May 3, 2011 |
Elected in 2000. | 24 | 107th | ||||||
108th | ||||||||||||
109th | 25 | Re-elected in 2004. | ||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006. Resigned. |
25 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | ||||||||||||
112th | 26 | Re-elected in 2010. Retired.[4] | ||||||||||
Vacant | May 3, 2011 – May 9, 2011 | |||||||||||
16 | Dean Heller |
Republican | May 9, 2011 – Present |
Appointed to finish Ensign's term. | ||||||||
Elected in 2012 to full term. | 26 | 113th | ||||||||||
114th | ||||||||||||
115th | 27 | Elected in 2016. | January 3, 2017 – Present |
Democratic | Catherine Cortez Masto |
11 | ||||||
To be determined in the 2018 election. | 40 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | ||||||||||||
118th | 40 | To be determined in the 2022 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 1 | Class 3 |
Living former U.S. Senators from Nevada
As of January 2017[update], there are four former Senators from Nevada who are living, two from Class 1 and two from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was Chic Hecht of Class 1 (1983-1989) on May 15, 2006. The most recent Class 3 senator to die was Alan Bible (1954-1974) on September 12, 1988.
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 |
Harry Reid | 1987-2017 | 3 | December 2, 1939 |
See also
- United States congressional delegations from Nevada
- List of United States Representatives from Nevada
References
- ^ "William Sharon was chosen U.S. Senator last Tuesday by the legislature of Nevada". Arizona Weekly Citizen. Tucson, AZ. January 16, 1875. p. 2.
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- ^ Byrd, p. 137.
- ^ "REID RETIRING". POLITICO. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy (ed.). "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.