List of Nevada state legislatures

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The legislature of the U.S. state of Nevada has convened many times since statehood became effective on October 31, 1864. It continues to operate under the amended Constitution of Nevada of 1864. [1]

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  1. ↑ "ARTICLE. 4. - Legislative Department", Constitution of the State of Nevada, retrieved 2024-08-09– via leg.state.nv.us
  2. 1 2 "Membership of the Nevada Territorial Legislature", Political History of Nevada (PDF) (12th ed.), Nevada Secretary of State and Legislative Counsel Bureau, 2018, p. 300 – via leg.state.nv.us
  3. 1 2 "Membership of the Nevada State Legislature", Political History of Nevada (PDF) (12th ed.), Nevada Secretary of State and Legislative Counsel Bureau, 2018, p. 303 – via leg.state.nv.us
  4. ↑ "Historic journals", leg.state.nv.us, Nevada State Assembly, retrieved 2024-08-01
  5. ↑ "Nevada: State Government". Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-5. Chicago: Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser – via HathiTrust.
  6. ↑ "States and territories: general information", Tribune Almanac and Political Register for 1901, New York, 1901, p. 407 – via Internet Archive, Annual elections{{citation}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. ↑ Legislative Manual of the Nevada Legislature...1955 – via HathiTrust
  8. ↑ Handbook of the Nevada Legislature 1960-61 – via HathiTrust
  9. ↑ Handbook of the Nevada Legislature...1967 – via HathiTrust
  10. ↑ Legislative Manual, State of Nevada...1975 – via HathiTrust
  11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Election Results: 1962 to Present, Nevada Secretary of State, retrieved 2024-08-27– via nvsos.gov
  12. ↑ "Welcome to the Nevada State Legislature Web Site", leg.state.nv.us, archived from the original on 1997-04-16 – via Wayback Machine
  13. ↑ "Nevada State Legislature", ballotpedia.org, retrieved 2024-08-01
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