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	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.
#	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. [data missing].	3	44th
						45th
						46th	4	Re-elected in 1879.
3	James Graham Fair	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887	Elected in 1881. 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 Republican		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 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
						60th
						61st	9	Re-elected in 1908.
				Re-elected in 1910. 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 to finish Nixon's term.
						63rd
						64th	10	Re-elected in 1914. Died.
				Elected to full term in 1916.	9	65th
									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
						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 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 to finish McCarran's term.	December 2, 1954 – December 17, 1974	Democratic	Alan Bible	8
						84th
						85th	17	Elected to full term in 1956.
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 – Present	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. Will retire in 2016.
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
						114th
						115th	27	To be determined in the 2016 election.
To be determined in the 2018 election.					27	116th
						117th
#	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 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)
Paul Laxalt	1974–1987	3	(1922-08-02) August 2, 1922
Richard Bryan	1989–2001	1	(1937-07-16) July 16, 1937
John Ensign	2001–2011	1	(1958-03-25) March 25, 1958

See also

• United States congressional delegations from Nevada
• List of United States Representatives from Nevada