List of United States Senators from Nevada

Last updated August 19, 2019

Current delegation

Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864 and has been represented in the United States Senate by 26 people. Its current U.S. Senators are Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto (Class 3, serving since 2017) and Jacky Rosen (Class 1, serving since 2019). Nevada has been represented by 14 Republicans and 14 Democrats.

Nevada is a state in the Western United States. It is bordered by Oregon to the northwest, Idaho to the northeast, California to the west, Arizona to the southeast, and Utah to the east. Nevada is the 7th most extensive, the 32nd most populous, but the 9th least densely populated of the U.S. states. Nearly three-quarters of Nevada's people live in Clark County, which contains the Las Vegas–Paradise metropolitan area where three of the state's four largest incorporated cities are located. Nevada's capital is Carson City.

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List of Senators

#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m	C o n g r e s s	T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024.						C o n g r e s s	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.
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	1	Elected in 1865.
						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
		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		Re-elected in 1914. Died.
									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			January 12, 1918 – March 3, 1921	Democratic	Charles Henderson	4
						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.
8	Berkeley L. Bunker	Democratic	November 27, 1940 – December 6, 1942	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.		77th
						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		Re-elected in 1950. Died.
									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		Elected in 1954 to finish McCarran's term.
						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
						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 – January 3, 2019	Appointed to finish Ensign's term.
				Elected in 2012 to a full term. Lost re-election.	26	113th
						114th
						115th	27	Elected in 2016.	January 3, 2017 – Present	Democratic	Catherine Cortez Masto	11
17	Jacky Rosen	Democratic	January 3, 2019 – Present	Elected in 2018.^[5]	27	116th
						117th
						118th	28	To be determined in the 2022 election.
To be determined in the 2024 election.					28	118th	28	To be determined in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Nevada

As of January 2019^[update], there are four living former U.S. Senators from Nevada. The most recent to die was Paul Laxalt (served 1974–1987) on August 6, 2018. The most recently serving to die was Chic Hecht (served 1983–1989) on May 15, 2006

Paul Dominique Laxalt was an American attorney and politician who was Governor of Nevada from 1967 to 1971 and a United States Senator from 1974 to 1987. He was one of Ronald Reagan's closest friends in politics. After Reagan was elected President in 1980, many in the national press referred to Laxalt as "The First Friend." He was the older brother of Robert Laxalt, who was a noted and prolific writer. He was a member of the Republican Party.

Mayer Jacob "Chic" Hecht was a Republican United States Senator from Nevada and U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas.

Senator	Term of office	Date of birth (and age)
Harry Reid	1987–2017	(1939-12-02) December 2, 1939 (age 79)
Richard Bryan	1989–2001	(1937-07-16) July 16, 1937 (age 82)
John Ensign	2001–2011	(1958-03-25) March 25, 1958 (age 61)
Dean Heller	2011–2019	(1960-05-10) May 10, 1960 (age 59)

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.
1 2 The Journal of the Assembly of the Tenth Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada. Carson City, NV: State Printing Office. 1881. p. 30.
↑ Byrd, p. 137.
↑ "REID RETIRING". POLITICO. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
↑ https://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/07/politics/nevada-senate-jacky-rosen-dean-heller/index.html

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.

Robert Carlyle Byrd was an American politician who served as a United States Senator from West Virginia for over 51 years, from 1959 until his death in 2010. A member of the Democratic Party, Byrd previously served as a U.S. Representative from 1953 until 1959. He is the longest-serving U.S. Senator in history. In addition, he was, at the time of his death, the longest-serving member in the history of the United States Congress, a record later surpassed by Representative John Dingell of Michigan. Byrd was the last remaining member of the U.S. Senate to have served during the presidency of Dwight Eisenhower, and the last remaining member of Congress to have served during the presidency of Harry S. Truman. Byrd is also the only West Virginian to have served in both chambers of the state legislature and both chambers of Congress.

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[1] "William Sharon was chosen U.S. Senator last Tuesday by the legislature of Nevada" . Arizona Weekly Citizen. Tucson, AZ. January 16, 1875. p. 2.

[Fair-2] 1 2 The Journal of the Assembly of the Tenth Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada. Carson City, NV: State Printing Office. 1881. p. 30.

[FOOTNOTEByrd137-3] Byrd, p. 137.

[4] "REID RETIRING". POLITICO. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[5] ttps://edition.cnn.com/2018/11/07/politics/nevada-senate-jacky-rosen-dean-heller/index.html

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List of United States Senators from Nevada

Contents

List of Senators

Living former U.S. Senators from Nevada

See also

References