List of United States senators from Nevada

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Current delegation
Cortez Masto
Catherine Cortez Masto (D)
Rosen
Jacky Rosen (D)

Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864 and has been represented in the United States Senate by 28 people. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto (class 3, serving since 2017) and Jacky Rosen (class 1, serving since 2019), making it one of only four states alongside Minnesota, New Hampshire and Washington to have two female U.S. senators. Nevada has been represented by 14 Republicans and 14 Democrats. Harry Reid was Nevada's longest-serving senator (1987–2017). Nevada is one of fifteen states alongside Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota and Utah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

List of senators

Class 1
Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. 		C Class 3
Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.
# Senator Party Dates in office Electoral history T T Electoral history Dates in office Party Senator #
1 File:William M. Stewart - Brady-Handy.jpg
William M. Stewart 		Republican Feb 1, 1865 –
Mar 3, 1875 		Elected in 1865. 1 38th 1 Elected in 1865. Feb 1, 1865 –
Mar 3, 1873 		Republican File:James W. Nye - Brady-Handy.jpg
James W. Nye 		1
39th
40th 2 Re-elected in 1867.
Lost re-election.
Re-elected in 1869.
Retired. 		2 41st
42nd
43rd 3 Elected in 1873. Mar 4, 1873 –
Mar 3, 1903 		Republican File:JohnPJones.jpg
John P. Jones 		2
2 File:William Sharon - Brady-Handy.jpg
William Sharon 		Republican Mar 4, 1875 –
Mar 3, 1881 		Elected in 1875.[1]
Retired or lost renomination.[2] 		3 44th
45th
46th 4 Re-elected in 1879.
3 File:James Graham Fair - Brady-Handy.jpg
James G. Fair 		Democratic Mar 4, 1881 –
Mar 3, 1887 		Elected in 1881.[2]
Lost re-election. 		3 47th
48th
49th 5 Re-elected in 1885.
4 File:William M. Stewart - Brady-Handy.jpg
William M. Stewart 		Republican Mar 4, 1887 –
Mar 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
58th 8 Elected in 1903. Mar 4, 1903 –
Dec 24, 1917 		Democratic File:Francis Newlands.jpg
Francis G. Newlands 		3
5 File:George Stuart Nixon.jpg
George S. Nixon 		Republican Mar 4, 1905 –
June 5, 1912 		Elected in 1905. 7 59th
60th
61st 9 Re-elected in 1909.
Re-elected in 1911.
Died. 		8 62nd
Vacant June 5, 1912 –
July 1, 1912 		 
6 File:M000229.jpg
William A. Massey 		Republican July 1, 1912 –
Jan 29, 1913 		Appointed to continue Nixon's term.
Lost election to finish Nixon's term.
7 File:PITTMAN, KEY. SENATOR LCCN2016858404 (cropped).jpg
Key Pittman 		Democratic Jan 29, 1913 –
Nov 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
  Dec 24, 1917 –
Jan 12, 1918 		Vacant
Appointed to continue Newlands's term.
Elected in 1918 to finish Newlands's term.[3]
Lost election to full term. 		Jan 12, 1918 –
Mar 3, 1921 		Democratic File:Charles B. Henderson.jpg
Charles Henderson 		4
66th
67th 11 Elected in 1920. Mar 4, 1921 –
Mar 3, 1933 		Republican File:Senator Tasker Oddie.jpg
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. Mar 4, 1933 –
Sep 28, 1954 		Democratic File:Pat McCarran (Nevada) (1947).jpg
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 Nov 10, 1940 –
Nov 27, 1940 		 
8 File:BerkeleyBunker.jpg
Berkeley L. Bunker 		Democratic Nov 27, 1940 –
Dec 6, 1942 		Appointed to finish Pittman's term.
Appointed to start Pittman's next term.
Lost nomination to finish Pittman's next term. 		13 77th
9 File:James G. Scrugham (Nevada Governor and US Senator).jpg
James G. Scrugham 		Democratic Dec 7, 1942 –
Jun 23, 1945 		Elected in 1942 to finish Pittman's term.
Died.
78th
79th 15 Re-elected in 1944.
Vacant Jun 23, 1945 –
July 24, 1945 		 
10 File:Edward P. Carville (Nevada Governor and U.S. Senator).jpg
Edward P. Carville 		Democratic July 24, 1945 –
Jan 3, 1947 		Appointed to finish Scrugham's term.
Lost nomination to full term.
11 File:George malone.jpg
George W. Malone 		Republican Jan 3, 1947 –
Jan 3, 1959 		Elected in 1946. 15 80th
81st
82nd 16 Re-elected in 1950.
Died.
Re-elected in 1952.
Lost re-election. 		16 83rd
  Sep 28, 1954 –
Oct 1, 1954 		Vacant
Appointed to continue McCarran's term.
Lost election to finish McCarran's term. 		Oct 1, 1954 –
Dec 1, 1954 		Republican File:Ernest S. Brown, 1954.jpg
Ernest S. Brown 		7
Elected in 1954 to finish McCarran's term. Dec 2, 1954 –
Dec 17, 1974 		Democratic File:Alan Harvey Bible.jpg
Alan Bible 		8
84th
85th 17 Re-elected in 1956.
12 File:Howard Cannon.jpg
Howard Cannon 		Democratic Jan 3, 1959 –
Jan 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
Appointed to finish Bible's term, having already been elected to the next term. Dec 18, 1974 –
Jan 3, 1987 		Republican File:Paul Laxalt (colorized).jpg
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 File:Chic Hecht.JPG
Chic Hecht 		Republican Jan 3, 1983 –
Jan 3, 1989 		Elected in 1982.
Lost re-election. 		21 98th
99th
100th 22 Elected in 1986. Jan 3, 1987 –
Jan 3, 2017 		Democratic File:Harry Reid official portrait 2009 crop.jpg
Harry Reid 		10
14 File:Richard Bryan (colorized).jpg
Richard Bryan 		Democratic Jan 3, 1989 –
Jan 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 File:Sen John Ensign official(2).jpg
John Ensign 		Republican Jan 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 File:Dean Heller, Official Senate Portrait, 112th Congress.jpg
Dean Heller 		Republican May 9, 2011 –
Jan 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. Jan 3, 2017 –
present 		Democratic File:Catherine Cortez Masto official portrait.jpg
Catherine Cortez Masto 		11
17 File:Jacky Rosen, official portrait, 116th congress.jpg
Jacky Rosen 		Democratic Jan 3, 2019 –
present 		Elected in 2018.[5] 27 116th
117th
118th 28 Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024. 28 119th
120th
121st 29 To be determined in the 2028 election.
# Senator Party Years in office Electoral history T C T Electoral history Years in office Party Senator #
Class 1 Class 3

See also

References

  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.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 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.
  3. ↑ Byrd, p. 137.
  4. ↑ "REID RETIRING". POLITICO. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Democrats pick up Senate seat in Nevada with Rosen win". November 7, 2018.
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