List of speakers of the Nevada Assembly
Appearance
Speaker of Nevada Assembly | |
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since April 28, 2022 | |
Seat | Nevada State Capitol |
Appointer | Nevada Assembly |
Inaugural holder | Charles W. Tozer |
Formation | 1864 |
The following is a list of speakers of the Nevada Assembly since statehood.
Speakers of the Nevada Assembly
[edit]Speaker | Term | Party | County/Residence | Notes |
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Charles W. Tozer | 1864–1867 | Union | Storey | |
James A. Banks | 1866–1867 | Union | Humboldt | |
Robert D. Ferguson | 1867–1869 | Union | Storey | |
David O. Adkison | 1869–1871 | Union | Storey | |
Robert E. Lowery | 1871–1873 | Democratic | Storey | |
John Bowman | 1873–1875 | Republican | Nye | |
W. C. Dovey | 1875–1877 | Republican | Lyon | |
Henry Rust Mighels | 1877–1879 | Republican | Ormsby | |
Henry A. Gaston | 1879–1881 | Republican | Storey | |
George W. Merrill | 1881–1883 | Democratic | Eureka | |
Charles S. Varian | 1883–1885 [1] | Republican | Roop, Washoe | |
Edward T. George | 1885–1887 | Republican | Lander | |
Archibald J. McDonell | 1887–1889 | Republican | Storey | |
Trenmor Coffin | 1889–1891 | Republican | Ormsby | |
Charles F. Bicknell | 1891–1893 | Republican | Ormsby | |
Thomas J. Bell | 1893–1895 | Democratic | Nye | |
Lemuel Allen | 1895–1901 | Democratic | Churchill | |
Clarence D. Van Duzer | 1901–1903 | Democratic | Humboldt | |
Marion S. Wilson | 1903–1905 | Democratic | Elko | |
Samuel Platt | 1905–1907 | Republican | Ormsby | |
Robert E. Skaggs | 1907–1909 | Democratic | Elko | |
J. B. Giffen | 1909–1911 | Democratic | Nye | |
August C. Frohlich | 1911–1913 | Republican | Washoe | |
Thomas A. Brandon | 1913–1915 | Democratic | Humboldt | |
Allen G. McBride | 1915–1917 | Republican | Elko | |
Ben D. Luce | 1917–1919 | Democratic | Nye | |
D. J. Fitzgerald | 1919–1921 | Democratic | Nye | |
Charles S. Chandler | 1921–1923 | Republican | White Pine | |
James M. Lockhart | 1923–1925 | Republican | White Pine | |
Albert S. Henderson | 1925–1926 | Republican | Clark | |
George G. Hussman | 1926–1927 | Republican | Douglas | |
Doug Tandy | 1927–1929 | Republican | Lander | |
Robert C. Turrittin | 1929–1931 | Republican | Washoe | |
Doug Tandy | 1931–1933 | Republican | Lander | |
Fred S. Alward | 1933–1935 | Democratic | Clark | |
William Kennett | 1935–1939 | Democratic | Nye | |
Berkeley L. Bunker | 1939–1941 | Democratic | Clark | |
William J. Cashill | 1941–1943 | Democratic | Washoe | |
Denver Dickerson | 1943–1945 | Democratic | Ormsby | |
Peter A. Burke | 1945–1947 | Democratic | Washoe | |
Harry E. Hazard | 1947–1949 | Democratic | Clark | |
Peter A. Burke | 1949–1951 | Democratic | Washoe | |
John M. Higgins | 1951–1953 | Democratic | Clark | |
M. E. McCuistion | 1953–1955 | Democratic | Elko | |
Cyril O. Bastian | 1955–1957 | Democratic | Lincoln | |
William D. Swackhamer | 1957–1959 | Democratic | Lander | |
Chester S. Christensen | 1959–1960 | Democratic | Washoe | |
Bruce M. Parks | 1960–1961 | Democratic | Mineral | |
Chester S. Christensen | 1961–1963 | Democratic | Washoe | |
L. E. Tyson | 1963–1964 | Democratic | Clark | |
Norman D. Glaser | 1964–1965 | Democratic | Elko | |
William D. Swackhamer | 1965–1967 | Democratic | Lander | |
Melvin D. Close Jr. | 1967–1969 | Democratic | Clark | |
Howard F. McKissick Jr. | 1969–1971 | Republican | Reno | |
Lawrence Jacobsen | 1971–1973 | Republican | Minden | |
Keith Ashworth | 1973–1977 | Democratic | Las Vegas | |
Joe Dini | 1977–1979 | Democratic | Yerington | |
Paul W. May Jr. | 1979–1981 | Democratic | North Las Vegas | |
Robert R. Barengo | 1981–1983 | Democratic | Reno | |
Jack Vergiels | 1983–1985 | Democratic | Las Vegas | |
Byron Bilyeu | 1985–1987 | Republican | Elko | |
Joe Dini | 1987–1995 | Democratic | Yerington | |
Lynn Hettrick | 1995–1997 | Republican | Gardnerville | Co-speaker |
Joe Dini | 1995–1997 | Democratic | Yerington | Co-speaker |
Joe Dini | 1997–2001 | Democratic | Yerington | |
Richard D. Perkins | 2001–2007 | Democratic | Henderson | |
Barbara Buckley | 2007–2011 | Democratic | Las Vegas | |
John Oceguera | 2011–2013 | Democratic | North Las Vegas | |
Marilyn Kirkpatrick | 2013–2014 | Democratic | North Las Vegas | |
John Hambrick | 2015–2017 | Republican | Las Vegas | |
Jason Frierson | 2017–2022 | Democratic | Las Vegas | |
Steve Yeager | 2022– | Democratic | Las Vegas |
Speakers of the Territorial House of Representatives
[edit]Speaker | Term | Party | County/Residence | Notes |
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Miles N. Mitchell | 1861 | Union | Virginia City | |
John H. Mills | 1862 | Union | Storey | |
A. J. Simmons | 1864 | Union | Humboldt |
Sources:[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "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.
- ^ a b Research Division, Legislative Counsel Bureau (2017). "Nevada Legislators, 1861-2017" (PDF). State of Nevada. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
- ^ Research Division, Legislative Counsel Bureau (2018). Political History of Nevada (12th ed.). State of Nevada. Retrieved December 15, 2023.