List of lieutenant governors of Nevada

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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
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
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

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