List of governors of Nevada
Governors from the Territory and State
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The governor of Nevada is the head of government of the U.S. state of Nevada.[2] The governor is the head of the executive branch of the Nevada state government. The governor is also the commander-in-chief of the state's military forces.[3] The governor has a duty to enforce state laws[4] and the power to either approve or veto bills passed by the Nevada Legislature,[5] to convene the legislature at any time,[6] as well as, except in cases of treason or impeachment, to grant pardons and reprieves.[7]
Style
- Governor
(informal) - The Honorable
(formal) - His Excellency
(courtesy)
Termlength
- Four years, renewable once
| Governor of Nevada | |
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Seal of Nevada | |
 Flag of Nevada | |
| Government of Nevada | |
| Style |
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| Status | Head of state Head of government |
| Residence | Nevada Governor's Mansion |
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Constituting instrument | Constitution of Nevada |
| Precursor | Governor of the Nevada Territory |
| Inaugural holder | Henry G. Blasdel |
| Formation | December 5, 1864 |
| Succession | Line of succession |
| Deputy | Lieutenant Governor of Nevada |
| Salary | $149,730 (2015)[1] |
| Website | gov |
The governor of Nevada serves a four-year term.[8] An amendment in 1970 limits them to two terms, even if they are non-consecutive.[9] The lieutenant governor of Nevada is officially not elected on the same ticket as the governor. Should there be a vacancy in the office of governor, the powers devolve onto the lieutenant governor.
The current governor is Republican Joe Lombardo, who took office on January 2, 2023.
List of governors
Territory of Nevada
Nevada Territory was formed on March 2, 1861, from Utah Territory.[10] It had only one governor appointed by the president of the United States before it became a state.
Before it was organized as a territory, a local convention in Genoa elected Isaac Roop provisional governor, taking office on December 15, 1859.[11]
| Governor | Term in office | Appointed by | |
|---|---|---|---|
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James W. Nye (1815–1876) [12][13] |
March 22, 1861[a] – December 5, 1864 (1355 days; statehood) |
Abraham Lincoln |
State of Nevada
Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864.[16] There have been thirty one governors since. The longest-serving governor was Bob Miller, who served two and a half terms from 1989 to 1999; the shortest-serving governor was Frank Bell, who acted as governor for the remaining four months of Charles C. Stevenson's term upon the governor's death. The current governor is Joe Lombardo, who took office on January 2, 2023.
| No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[b] | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Henry G. Blasdel (1825–1900) [17][18] |
December 5, 1864[19] – January 2, 1871 (2220 days; retired)[17] |
Republican[20] | 1864 | John S. Crosman | ||
| 1866 | James S. Slingerland | |||||||
| 2 |  |
Lewis R. Bradley (1805–1879) [21][22] |
January 2, 1871[23] – January 7, 1879 (2928 days; lost election) |
Democratic[20] | 1870 | Frank Denver | ||
| 1874 | Jewett W. Adams[c] | |||||||
| 3 |  |
John Henry Kinkead (1826–1904) [24][25] |
January 7, 1879[26] – January 1, 1883 (1456 days; retired)[24] |
Republican[20] | 1878 | |||
| 4 |  |
Jewett W. Adams (1835–1920) [27][28] |
January 1, 1883[29] – January 3, 1887 (1464 days; lost election) |
Democratic[20] | 1882 | Charles E. Laughton[d] | ||
| 5 |  |
Charles C. Stevenson (1826–1890) [30][31] |
January 3, 1887[32] – September 21, 1890 (1358 days; died in office) |
Republican[20] | 1886 | Henry C. Davis (died) | ||
| Samuel W. Chubbuck (resigned) | ||||||||
| Frank Bell | ||||||||
| 6 | .jpg) |
Frank Bell (1840–1927) [33][34] |
September 21, 1890[35] – January 5, 1891 (107 days; retired) |
Republican[20] | Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | ||
| 7 |  |
Roswell K. Colcord (1839–1939) [36][37] |
January 5, 1891[38] – January 8, 1895 (1465 days; retired)[36] |
Republican[20] | 1890 | Joseph Poujade | ||
| 8 |  |
John Edward Jones (1840–1896) [39][40] |
January 8, 1895[41] – April 10, 1896 (459 days; died in office) |
Silver[20] | 1894 | Reinhold Sadler | ||
| 9 |  |
Reinhold Sadler (1848–1906) [42][43] |
April 10, 1896[44] – January 5, 1903 (2461 days; retired)[42] |
Silver[20] | Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | ||
| 1898 | James R. Judge | |||||||
| 10 |  |
John Sparks (1843–1908) [45][46] |
January 5, 1903[47] – May 22, 1908 (1965 days; died in office) |
Silver- Democratic[20] |
1902 | Lemuel Allen | ||
| 1906 | Denver S. Dickerson | |||||||
| 11 | .jpg) |
Denver S. Dickerson (1872–1925) [48][49] |
May 22, 1908[50] – January 2, 1911 (956 days; lost election) |
Silver- Democratic[20] |
Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | ||
| 12 | .jpg) |
Tasker Oddie (1870–1950) [51][52] |
January 2, 1911[53] – January 4, 1915 (1464 days; lost election) |
Republican[20] | 1910 | Gilbert C. Ross[c] | ||
| 13 |  |
Emmet D. Boyle (1879–1926) [54][55] |
January 4, 1915[56] – January 1, 1923 (2920 days; retired)[54] |
Democratic[20] | 1914 | Maurice J. Sullivan | ||
| 1918 | ||||||||
| 14 | .jpg) |
James G. Scrugham (1880–1945) [57][58] |
January 1, 1923[59] – January 3, 1927 (1464 days; lost election) |
Democratic[20] | 1922 | |||
| 15 | .jpg) |
Fred B. Balzar (1880–1934) [60][61] |
January 3, 1927[62] – March 21, 1934 (2635 days; died in office) |
Republican[20] | 1926 | Morley Griswold | ||
| 1930 | ||||||||
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Morley Griswold (1890–1951) [63][64] |
March 21, 1934[65] – January 7, 1935 (293 days; lost election) |
Republican[20] | Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | ||
| 17 | .jpg) |
Richard Kirman Sr. (1877–1959) [66][67] |
January 7, 1935[68] – January 2, 1939 (1457 days; retired)[66] |
Democratic[20] | 1934 | Fred S. Alward | ||
| 18 | .jpg) |
Edward P. Carville (1885–1956) [69][70] |
January 2, 1939[71] – July 24, 1945 (2396 days; resigned)[e] |
Democratic[20] | 1938 | Maurice J. Sullivan | ||
| 1942 | Vail Pittman | |||||||
| 19 | .jpg) |
Vail Pittman (1880–1964) [72][73] |
July 24, 1945[74] – January 2, 1951 (1989 days; lost election) |
Democratic[20] | Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | ||
| 1946 | Clifford A. Jones[c] | |||||||
| 20 | .jpg) |
Charles H. Russell (1903–1989) [75][76] |
January 2, 1951[77] – January 5, 1959 (2926 days; lost election) |
Republican[20] | 1950 | |||
| 1954 | Rex Bell[d] (died July 4, 1962) | |||||||
| 21 | .png) |
Grant Sawyer (1918–1996) [78][79] |
January 5, 1959[80] – January 2, 1967 (2920 days; lost election) |
Democratic[20] | 1958 | |||
| Maude Frazier (appointed) | ||||||||
| 1962 | Paul Laxalt[d] | |||||||
| 22 |  |
Paul Laxalt (1922–2018) [81][82] |
January 2, 1967[83] – January 4, 1971 (1464 days; retired)[81] |
Republican[20] | 1966 | Edward Fike | ||
| 23 | .jpg) |
Mike O'Callaghan (1929–2004) [84][85] |
January 4, 1971[86] – January 1, 1979 (2920 days; term-limited)[f] |
Democratic[20] | 1970 | Harry Reid | ||
| 1974 | Robert E. Rose | |||||||
| 24 | _(cropped).jpg) |
Robert List (b. 1936) [88] |
January 1, 1979[89] – January 3, 1983 (1464 days; lost election) |
Republican[88] | 1978 | Myron E. Leavitt[c] | ||
| 25 | .png) |
Richard Bryan (b. 1937) [90] |
January 3, 1983[91] – January 3, 1989 (2193 days; resigned)[g] |
Democratic[90] | 1982 | Bob Cashell | ||
| 1986 | Bob Miller | |||||||
| 26 |  |
Bob Miller (b. 1945) [92] |
January 3, 1989[93] – January 4, 1999 (3654 days; term-limited)[f] |
Democratic[92] | Lieutenant governor acting |
Acting as governor | ||
| 1990 | Sue Wagner[d] | |||||||
| 1994 | Lonnie Hammargren[d] | |||||||
| 27 |  |
Kenny Guinn (1936–2010) [94] |
January 4, 1999[95] – January 1, 2007 (2920 days; term-limited)[f] |
Republican[94] | 1998 | Lorraine Hunt | ||
| 2002 | ||||||||
| 28 |  |
Jim Gibbons (b. 1944) [96] |
January 1, 2007[97] – January 3, 2011 (1464 days; lost nomination) |
Republican[96] | 2006 | Brian Krolicki | ||
| 29 | .jpg) |
Brian Sandoval (b. 1963) [98] |
January 3, 2011[99] – January 7, 2019 (2927 days; term-limited)[f] |
Republican[98] | 2010 | |||
| 2014 | Mark Hutchison | |||||||
| 30 | .jpeg) |
Steve Sisolak (b. 1953) [100] |
January 7, 2019[101] – January 2, 2023 (1457 days; lost election) |
Democratic[100] | 2018 | Kate Marshall (resigned September 17, 2021) | ||
| Vacant | ||||||||
| Lisa Cano Burkhead (appointed December 16, 2021) | ||||||||
| 31 |  |
Joe Lombardo (b. 1962) [102] |
January 2, 2023[103] – Incumbent[h] (in office 1367 days) |
Republican[102] | 2022 | Stavros Anthony | ||
Timeline
| Timeline of Nevada governors |
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Electoral history (1950–)
| Year | Democratic nominee | Republican nominee | Independent candidate | Independent American nominee | Libertarian nominee | Green nominee | Other candidate | None of These Candidates | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | Candidate | # | % | |||||||||
| 1950 | Vail Pittman | 26,164 | 42.36% | Charles H. Russell | 35,609 | 57.65% | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1954 | Vail Pittman | 36,797 | 46.90% | Charles H. Russell | 41,665 | 53.10% | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1958 | Grant Sawyer | 50,864 | 59.92% | Charles H. Russell | 34,025 | 40.08% | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1962 | Grant Sawyer | 64,784 | 66.84% | Oran K. Gragson | 32,145 | 33.16% | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1966 | Grant Sawyer | 65,870 | 47.84% | Paul Laxalt | 71,807 | 52.16% | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||||
| 1970 | Mike O'Callaghan | 70,697 | 48.10% | Ed Fike | 64,400 | 43.81% | Charles E. Springer | 6,479 | 4.41% | Daniel M. Hansen | 5,415 | 3.68% | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||
| 1974 | Mike O'Callaghan | 114,114 | 67.38% | Shirley Crumpler | 28,959 | 17.10% | – | James Ray Houston | 26,285 | 15.52% | – | – | – | – | ||||||||||||||||||
| 1978 | Robert E. Rose | 76,361 | 39.68% | Robert List | 108,097 | 56.17% | – | Thomas F. Jefferson | 3,282 | 1.71% | John W. Grayson | 1,487 | 0.77% | – | – | None Of These Candidates |
3,218 | 1.67% | ||||||||||||||
| 1982 | Richard Bryan | 128,132 | 53.44% | Robert List | 100,104 | 41.75% | – | – | Dan Becan | 4,621 | 1.93% | – | – | None Of These Candidates |
6,894 | 2.88% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1986 | Richard Bryan | 187,268 | 71.92% | Patricia Cafferata | 65,081 | 25.00% | – | – | Lou Tomburello | 2,555 | 0.98% | – | – | None Of These Candidates |
5,471 | 2.10% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1990 | Bob Miller | 207,878 | 64.81% | Jim Gallaway | 95,789 | 29.86% | – | – | James Frye | 8,059 | 2.51% | – | – | None Of These Candidates |
9,017 | 2.81% | ||||||||||||||||
| 1994 | Bob Miller | 200,026 | 52.68% | Jim Gibbons | 156,875 | 41.32% | – | Daniel M. Hansen | 10,012 | 2.64% | Denis Sholty | 3,978 | 1.05% | – | – | None Of These Candidates |
8,785 | 2.31% | ||||||||||||||
| 1998 | Jan Laverty Jones | 182,281 | 42.04% | Kenny Guinn | 223,892 | 51.63% | – | Chuck Horne | 7,509 | 1.73% | Terry C. Savage | 7,307 | 1.69% | – | – | None Of These Candidates |
12,641 | 2.92% | ||||||||||||||
| 2002 | Joe Neal | 110,935 | 22.01% | Kenny Guinn | 344,001 | 68.24% | Jerry L. Norton | 5,543 | 1.10% | David G. Holmgren | 7,047 | 1.40% | Dick Geyer | 8,104 | 1.61% | Charles Laws | 4,775 | 0.95% | – | None Of These Candidates |
23,674 | 4.70% | ||||||||||
| 2006 | Dina Titus | 255,684 | 43.92% | Jim Gibbons | 279,003 | 47.93% | – | Christopher H. Hansen | 20,019 | 3.44% | – | Craig Bergland | 6,753 | 1.16% | – | None Of These Candidates |
20,699 | 3.56% | ||||||||||||||
| 2010 | Rory Reid | 298,171 | 41.61% | Brian Sandoval | 382,350 | 53.56% | Eugene DiSimone | 6,403 | 0.89% | Floyd Fitzgibbons | 5,049 | 0.70% | Arthur F. Lampitt | 4,672 | 0.65% | David S. Curtis | 4,437 | 0.62% | Aaron Y. Honig | 3,216 | 0.45% | None Of These Candidates |
12,231 | 1.71% | ||||||||
| 2014 | Bob Goodman | 130,722 | 23.88% | Brian Sandoval | 386,340 | 70.58% | – | David L. VanDerBeek | 14,536 | 2.66% | – | – | – | None Of These Candidates |
15,751 | 2.88% | ||||||||||||||||
| 2018 | Steve Sisolak | 480,007 | 49.39% | Adam Laxalt | 440,320 | 45.31% | Ryan Bundy | 13,891 | 1.43% | Russell Best | 10,076 | 1.04% | Jared Lord | 8,640 | 0.89% | – | – | None Of These Candidates |
18,865 | 1.94% | ||||||||||||
| 2022 | Steve Sisolak | 481,991 | 47.30% | Joe Lombardo | 497,377 | 48.81% | – | Ed Bridges | 9,918 | 0.97% | Brandon Davis | 14,919 | 1.46% | – | – | None Of These Candidates |
14,866 | 1.46% | ||||||||||||||
See also
Notes
- Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- Represented the Democratic Party
- Represented the Republican Party
- Carville resigned so that his successor would appoint him to the United States Senate.[69]
- Bryan resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[90]
- Lombardo's term will expire on January 4, 2027.