List of governors of Nevada

Anyone who seeks to be elected Governor of Nevada must meet the following qualifications:[12]

• Be at least 25 years old
• Be a registered elector
• Be a resident of Nevada for at least two years

The first provisional governor of the proposed Territory of Nevada was Whig Isaac Roop, who was elected in September 1859 and took office on December 15 of that year in Genoa.[13] When the territory was incorporated on March 2, 1861, Republican James W. Nye was appointed Territorial Governor by President Abraham Lincoln and served until statehood in 1864. Mark Twain's brother Orion Clemens served as Territorial Secretary to Nye. Nevada became a state on October 31, 1864, and Nye remained acting governor until the first governor, Henry G. Blasdel, took office on December 5, 1864.

There have been 30 Governors of Nevada, eight of whom were actually born within state boundaries. The longest-serving Nevada Governor was Bob Miller, who served two and a half terms from 1989 to 1999. The shortest-serving Nevada Governor was Acting Governor Frank Bell, who served the remaining four months of Charles C. Stevenson's term upon the governor's death. The current governor is Joe Lombardo, who took office on January 2, 2023.

Prior to becoming a territory, parts of Nevada were part of Utah Territory and New Mexico Territory; see List of governors of Utah and List of governors of New Mexico.

Democratic (12)   Silver (4)   Republican (15)
Governor				Term in office	Party	Election	Lieutenant governor
1			Henry G. Blasdel     January 29, 1825 – July 26, 1900    (aged 75)	December 5, 1864 – January 2, 1871	Republican	1864		John S. Crosman
						1866		James S. Slingerland
2			Lewis R. Bradley February 18, 1805 – March 21, 1879 (aged 74)	January 2, 1871 – January 6, 1879	Democratic	1870		Frank Denver
								Pressly C. Hyman (Acting)
						1874		Jewett W. Adams
3			John H. Kinkead December 10, 1826 – August 15, 1904 (aged 77)	January 6, 1879 – January 1, 1883	Republican	1878
4			Jewett W. Adams August 6, 1835 – June 18, 1920 (aged 84)	January 1, 1883 – January 3, 1887 (lost election)	Democratic	1882		Charles E. Laughton
5			Charles C. Stevenson February 20, 1826 – September 21, 1890 (aged 64)	January 3, 1887 – September 21, 1890 (died)[N 1]	Republican	1886		Henry C. Davis[N 1]
								Samuel W. Chubbuck[N 2]
								Frank Bell
6			Frank Bell January 28, 1840 – February 13, 1927 (aged 87)	September 21, 1890 – January 5, 1891[N 3]	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant
7			Roswell K. Colcord April 25, 1839 – October 30, 1939 (aged 100)	January 5, 1891 – January 7, 1895 (not candidate for election)	Republican	1890		Joseph Poujade
8			John E. Jones December 5, 1840 – April 10, 1896 (aged 55)	January 7, 1895 – April 10, 1896 (died)[N 1]	Silver	1894		Reinhold Sadler
9			Reinhold Sadler January 10, 1848 - January 30, 1906 (aged 58)	April 10, 1896 – January 5, 1903 (not candidate for election)[N 4]	Silver	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant
						1898		James R. Judge
10			John Sparks August 30, 1843 – May 22, 1908 (aged 64)	January 5, 1903 – May 22, 1908 (died)[N 1]	Silver-Democratic	1902		Lemuel Allen
						1906		Denver S. Dickerson
11			Denver S. Dickerson January 24, 1872 – November 28, 1925 (aged 53)	May 22, 1908 – January 2, 1911 (lost election)[N 3]	Silver-Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant
12			Tasker L. Oddie October 20, 1870 – February 17, 1950 (aged 79)	January 2, 1911 – January 4, 1915 (lost election)	Republican	1910		Gilbert C. Ross
13			Emmet D. Boyle July 26, 1879 – January 3, 1926 (aged 46)	January 4, 1915 – January 1, 1923 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1914		Maurice J. Sullivan
						1918
14			James G. Scrugham January 19, 1880 – June 23, 1945 (aged 65)	January 1, 1923 – January 3, 1927 (lost election)	Democratic	1922
15			Fred B. Balzar June 15, 1880 – March 21, 1934 (aged 53)	January 3, 1927 – March 21, 1934 (died)[N 1]	Republican	1926		Morley Griswold
						1930
16			Morley Griswold October 10, 1890 – October 3, 1951 (aged 60)	March 21, 1934 – January 7, 1935 (lost election)[N 3]	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant
17			Richard Kirman Sr. January 14, 1877 – January 19, 1959 (aged 82)	January 7, 1935 – January 2, 1939 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1934		Fred S. Alward
18			Edward P. Carville May 14, 1885 – June 27, 1956 (aged 71)	January 2, 1939 – July 24, 1945 (resigned)[N 5]	Democratic	1938		Maurice J. Sullivan
						1942		Vail M. Pittman
19			Vail Pittman September 17, 1880 – January 29, 1964 (aged 83)	July 24, 1945 – January 1, 1951 (lost election)[N 4]	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant
						1946		Clifford A. Jones
20			Charles H. Russell December 27, 1903 – September 13, 1989 (aged 85)	January 1, 1951 – January 5, 1959 (lost election)	Republican	1950
						1954		Rex Bell[N 1]
21			Grant Sawyer December 14, 1918 – February 19, 1996 (aged 77)	January 5, 1959 – January 2, 1967 (lost renomination)	Democratic	1958		Maude Frazier
						1962		Paul Laxalt
22			Paul Laxalt August 2, 1922 – August 6, 2018 (aged 96)	January 2, 1967 – January 4, 1971 (lost election)	Republican	1966		Edward Fike
23			Mike O'Callaghan September 10, 1929 – March 5, 2004 (aged 74)	January 4, 1971 – January 1, 1979 (term limited)	Democratic	1970		Harry Reid
						1974		Robert E. Rose
24			Robert List (1936-09-01) September 1, 1936	January 1, 1979 – January 3, 1983 (lost election)	Republican	1978		Myron E. Leavitt
25			Richard Bryan (1937-07-16) July 16, 1937	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989 (resigned)[N 6]	Democratic	1982		Bob Cashell
						1986		Bob Miller
26			Bob Miller (1945-03-30) March 30, 1945	January 3, 1989 – January 4, 1999 (term limited)	Democratic	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant
						1990		Sue Wagner
						1994		Lonnie Hammargren
27			Kenny Guinn August 24, 1936 – July 22, 2010 (aged 73)	January 4, 1999 – January 1, 2007 (term limited)	Republican	1998		Lorraine Hunt
						2002
28			Jim Gibbons (1944-12-16) December 16, 1944	January 1, 2007 – January 3, 2011 (lost renomination)	Republican	2006		Brian Krolicki
29			Brian Sandoval (1963-08-05) August 5, 1963	January 3, 2011 – January 7, 2019 (term limited)	Republican	2010
						2014		Mark Hutchison
30			Steve Sisolak (1953-12-26) December 26, 1953	January 7, 2019 – January 2, 2023 (lost election)	Democratic	2018		Kate Marshall[N 7]
							Vacant
								Lisa Cano Burkhead
31			Joe Lombardo (1962-11-08) November 8, 1962	January 2, 2023 – Incumbent[N 8]	Republican	2022		Stavros Anthony

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