List of lieutenant governors of Nevada
The office of Lieutenant Governor of Nevada (Lieutenant Governor of Nevada) was in the course of the transformation of the territory to a state of the United States created. The lieutenant governor replaces the governor when he is temporarily absent. If the governor is removed through death, resignation or removal from office, the lieutenant governor is promoted to governor for the remainder of the term of office.
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Remarks |
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John S. Crosman | 1864-1867 | republican | |
James S. Slingerland | 1867-1871 | republican | |
Frank Denver | 1871-1875 | democrat | |
Jewett William Adams | 1875-1883 | democrat | |
Charles E. Laughton | 1883-1887 | republican | |
Henry C. Davis | 1887-1889 | republican | Davis died in office on August 22, 1889. |
Samuel W. Chubbuck | 1889 | republican | Chubbuck was appointed lieutenant governor on September 9, 1889 and resigned on November 30, 1889. |
Francis Jardine Bell | 1889-1891 |
republican | Bell was appointed lieutenant governor on November 30, 1889. After the death of Governor Charles C. Stevenson , he was acting governor from September 21, 1890 to January 5, 1891. |
Joseph Poujade | 1891-1895 | republican | |
Reinhold Sadler | 1895-1899 | Silver Party | Sadler was acting governor from April 10, 1896 to January 2, 1899, and was later elected for a full term. |
James R. Judge | 1899-1903 | Silver Party | |
Lemuel Allen | 1903-1907 | Silver Party | |
Denver Sylvester Dickerson | 1907-1911 | Silver Party | Dickerson was acting governor from May 22, 1908 to January 2, 1911. |
Gilbert C. Ross | 1911-1915 | democrat | |
Maurice Joseph Sullivan | 1915-1927 | democrat | |
Morley Isaac Griswold | 1927-1935 | republican | Griswold was acting governor from March 21, 1934 to January 7, 1935. |
Fred S. Alward | 1935-1939 | democrat | |
Maurice Joseph Sullivan | 1939-1943 | democrat | |
Vail Montgomery Pittman | 1943-1945 | democrat | Pittman was acting governor from July 24, 1945 to January 1, 1951, and was later elected for a full term. |
Clifford Aaron Jones | 1947-1955 | democrat | |
Rex Bell | 1955-1962 | republican | Bell died in office on July 4, 1962. |
Maude Frazier | 1962-1963 | democrat | Maude Frazier was Lieutenant Governor from July 13, 1962 to January 7, 1963 and the first woman to hold that office in Nevada. |
Paul Dominique Laxalt | 1963-1967 | republican | |
Merlin Edward Fike | 1967-1971 | republican | |
Harry Mason Reid | 1971-1975 | democrat | |
Robert E. Rose | 1975-1979 | democrat | |
Myron E. Leavitt | 1979-1983 | democrat | |
Robert Alan Cashell | 1983-1987 | Democrat / Republican | Cashell was elected Lieutenant Governor as a Democrat, but switched to the Republican Party on August 12, 1983. |
Robert Joseph Miller | 1987-1991 | democrat | Miller was acting governor from January 3, 1989 to January 7, 1991, and was later elected for two full terms. |
Sue Ellen Wagner | 1991-1995 | republican | |
Lonnie Lee Hammargren | 1995-1999 | republican | |
Lorraine T. Hunt | 1999-2007 | republican | |
Brian K. Krolicki | 2007-2015 | republican | |
Mark Alan Hutchison | 2015-2019 | republican | |
Kate Marshall | since 2019 | democrat |
See also
- List of Nevada Governors
- List of United States Senators from Nevada
- List of members of the United States House of Representatives from Nevada
Web links
- Office of the Lieutenant Governor (Engl.)
- State Library and Archives (Engl.)
- Selected Officers of the Nevada Legislature (Engl.)
- The Political Graveyard (Engl.)