List of Governors of Nevada - Definition and Overview

This is a list of Governors of Nevada. The only governor of Nevada Territory was James W. Nye, a Republican who served from 1861 until statehood in 1864.

#	Name	Party	Term
1	Henry G. Blasdel	Republican Party	1864–1871
2	Lewis R. Bradley	Democratic Party	1871–1879
3	John H. Kinkead	Republican Party	1879–1883
4	Jewett W. Adams	Democratic Party	1883–1887
5	Charles C. Stevenson	Republican Party	1887–1890
6	Frank Bell	Republican Party	1890–1891
7	Roswell K. Colcord	Republican Party	1891–1895
8	John E. Jones	Silver Party	1895–1896
9	Reinhold Sadler	Silver Party	1896–1903
10	John Sparks	Silver-Democratic	1903–1908
11	Denver S. Dickerson	Silver-Democratic	1908–1911
12	Tasker L. Oddie	Republican	1911–1915
13	Emmet D. Boyle	Democratic	1915–1923
14	James G. Scrugham	Democratic	1923–1927
15	Fred B. Balzar	Republican	1927–1934
16	Morley Griswold	Republican	1934–1935
17	Richard Kirman, Sr.	Democratic	1935–1939
18	Edward P. Carville	Democratic	1939–1945
19	Vail M. Pittman	Democratic	1945–1951
20	Charles H. Russell	Republican	1951–1959
21	Grant Sawyer	Democratic	1959–1967
22	Paul Laxalt	Republican	1967–1971
23	Mike O'Callaghan	Democratic	1971–1979
24	Robert List	Republican	1979–1983
25	Richard Hudson Bryan	Democratic	1983–1989
26	Bob Miller	Democratic	1989–1999
27	Kenny Guinn	Republican	1999—

List of Governors of Nevada - Definition and Overview

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