List of United States Senators from Nevada

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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).

1 Class 1
2 Class 3
3 See also

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Entered office	Left office	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	William Stewart	Republican	February 1, 1865	March 4, 1875	California Attorney General	38	1	Elected in 1865
						39
						40
						41	2	Re-elected in 1869 Retired
						42
						43
2	William Sharon	Republican	March 4, 1875	March 4, 1881		44	3	Elected in 1875
						45
						46
3	James Graham Fair	Democratic	March 4, 1881	March 4, 1887		47	3	Elected in 1881 Lost re-election
						48
						49
4	William Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1887	March 4, 1905	California Attorney General	50	4	Elected in 1887
						51
						52
		Silver Republican				53	5	Re-elected in 1893
						54
						55
						56	6	Re-elected in 1899 Retired
		Republican				57
		Republican				58
5	George S. Nixon	Republican	March 4, 1905	June 5, 1912	Nevada Assembly	59	7	Elected in 1905
						60
						61
						62	8	Re-elected in 1910 Died
			June 5, 1912	July 1, 1912
6	William A. Massey	Republican	July 1, 1912	January 29, 1913	Nevada Supreme Court			Appointed to continue Nixon's term Lost election to finish Nixon's term
7	Key Pittman	Democratic	January 29, 1913	November 10, 1940	President pro tempore	62 (Continued)		Elected to finish Nixon's term
						63
						64
						65	9	Elected to full term in 1916
						66
						67
						68	10	Re-elected in 1922
						69
						70
						71	11	Re-elected in 1928
						72
						73
						74	12	Re-elected in 1934 Died, having been elected to the next term
						75
						76
			November 10, 1940	November 27, 1940
8	Berkeley L. Bunker	Democratic	November 27, 1940	December 6, 1942	Speaker of the Nevada Assembly U.S. House of Representatives			Appointed to finish Pittman's previous term
8	Berkeley L. Bunker	Democratic	November 27, 1940	December 6, 1942		77	13	Appointed to start Pittman's next term Lost nomination to finish Pittman's next term
9	James G. Scrugham	Democratic	December 7, 1942	June 23, 1945	Governor of Nevada	77 (Continued)		Elected to finish Pittman's term Died
						78
						79
			June 23, 1945	July 24, 1945
10	Edward P. Carville	Democratic	July 24, 1945	January 3, 1947	U.S. Attorney for Nevada Governor of Nevada			Appointed to finish Scrugham's term Lost nomination to full term
11	George W. Malone	Republican	January 3, 1947	January 3, 1959		80	15	Elected in 1946
						81
						82
						83	16	Re-elected in 1952 Lost re-election
						84
						85
12	Howard Cannon	Democratic	January 3, 1959	January 3, 1983	Las Vegas City Attorney	86	17	Elected in 1958
						87
						88
						89	18	Re-elected in 1964
						90
						91
						92	19	Re-elected in 1970
						93
						94
						95	20	Re-elected in 1976 Lost re-election
						96
						97
13	Chic Hecht	Republican	January 3, 1983	January 3, 1989	U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas	98	21	Elected in 1982 Lost re-election
						99
						100
14	Richard Bryan	Democratic	January 3, 1989	January 3, 2001	Nevada Attorney General Governor of Nevada	101	22	Elected in 1988
						102
						103
						104	23	Re-elected in 1994 Retired
						105
						106
15	John Ensign	Republican	January 3, 2001	May 3, 2011	U.S. House of Representatives	107	24	Elected in 2000
						108
						109
						110	25	Re-elected in 2006 Resigned
						111
						112
			May 3, 2011	May 9, 2011
16	Dean Heller	Republican	May 9, 2011	Present	U.S. House of Representatives			Appointed to finish Ensign's term
#	Senator	Party	Entered office	Left office	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 3

#	Senator	Party	Entered office	Left office	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	James W. Nye	Republican	February 1, 1865	March 4, 1873	Governor of the Nevada Territory	38	1	Elected in 1865
						39	1	Elected in 1865
						40	2	Re-elected in 1867 Lost re-election
						41
						42
2	John P. Jones	Republican	March 4, 1873	March 4, 1903		43	3	Elected in 1873
						44
						45
						46	4	Re-elected in 1879
						47
						48
						49	5	Re-elected in 1885
						50
						51
						52	6	Re-elected in 1891
						53
		Silver				54
						55	7	Re-elected in 1897 Retired
						56
		Republican				57
3	Francis G. Newlands	Democratic	March 4, 1903	December 24, 1917	U.S. House of Representatives	58	8	Elected in 1902
						59
						60
						61	9	Re-elected in 1908
						62
						63
						64	10	Re-elected in 1914 Died
						65		Re-elected in 1914 Died
			December 24, 1917	January 12, 1918		65
4	Charles Henderson	Democratic	January 12, 1918	March 4, 1921	Nevada Assembly	65 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Henderson's term Elected to finish Henderson's term Lost election to full term
4	Charles Henderson	Democratic	January 12, 1918	March 4, 1921	Nevada Assembly	66
5	Tasker Oddie	Republican	March 4, 1921	March 4, 1933	Governor of Nevada	67	11	Elected in 1920
						68
						69
						70	12	Re-elected in 1926 Lost re-election
						71
						72
6	Pat McCarran	Democratic	March 4, 1933	September 28, 1954	Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court	73	13	Elected in 1932
						74
						75
						76	14	Re-elected in 1938
						77
						78
						79	15	Re-elected in 1944
						80
						81
						82	16	Re-elected in 1950 Died
						83		Re-elected in 1950 Died
			September 28, 1954	October 1, 1954
7	Ernest S. Brown	Republican	October 1, 1954	December 1, 1954				Appointed to continue McCarran's term Lost election to finish McCarran's term
8	Alan Bible	Democratic	December 2, 1954	December 17, 1974	Deputy Attorney General of Nevada	83 (continued)		Elected to finish McCarran's term
						84		Elected to finish McCarran's term
						85	17	Elected to full term in 1956
						86
						87
						88	18	Re-elected in 1962
						89
						90
						91	19	Re-elected in 1968 Retired, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
						92
						93
9	Paul Laxalt	Republican	December 18, 1974	January 3, 1987	Lieutenant Governor of Nevada Governor of Nevada	93		Appointed early to finish Bible's term, having already been elected to the next term
						94	20	Elected in 1974
						95
						96
						97	21	Re-elected in 1980 Retired
						98
						99
10	Harry Reid	Democratic	January 3, 1987	Present	Senate Democratic Whip Senate Democratic Leader Senate Majority Leader	100	22	Elected in 1986
						101
						102
						103	23	Re-elected in 1992
						104
						105
						106	24	Re-elected in 1998
						107
						108
						109	25	Re-elected in 2004
						110
						111
						112	26	Re-elected in 2010
#	Senator	Party	Entered office	Left office	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history

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