List of United States Senators from Nevada

Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864. Its current senators are Democrat Harry Reid (Class 3) and Republican Dean Heller (Class 1).

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	William Stewart	Republican	February 1, 1865 – March 4, 1875	38	1	Elected in 1865
				39
				40
				41	2	Re-elected in 1869 Retired
				42
				43
2	William Sharon	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881	44	3	Elected in 1875 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!
				45
				46
3	James Graham Fair	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887	47	3	Elected in 1881 Lost re-election
				48
				49
4	William Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1905	50	4	Elected in 1887
				51
				52
		Silver Republican		53	5	Re-elected in 1893
				54
				55
				56	6	Re-elected in 1899 Retired
		Republican		57
				58
5	George S. Nixon	Republican	March 4, 1905 – June 5, 1912	59	7	Elected in 1905
				60
				61
				62	8	Re-elected in 1910 Died
Vacant			June 5, 1912 – July 1, 1912
6	William A. Massey	Republican	July 1, 1912 – January 29, 1913			Appointed to continue Nixon's term Lost election to finish Nixon's term
7	Key Pittman	Democratic	January 29, 1913 – November 10, 1940	62 (Continued)		Elected to finish Nixon's term
				63
				64
				65	9	Elected to full term in 1916
				66
				67
				68	10	Re-elected in 1922
				69
				70
				71	11	Re-elected in 1928
				72
				73
				74	12	Re-elected in 1934 Died, having been elected to the next term
				75
				76
Vacant			November 10, 1940 – November 27, 1940
8	Berkeley L. Bunker	Democratic	November 27, 1940 – December 6, 1942			Appointed to finish Pittman's previous term
				77	13	Appointed to start Pittman's next term Lost nomination to finish Pittman's next term
9	James G. Scrugham	Democratic	December 7, 1942 – June 23, 1945	77 (Continued)		Elected to finish Pittman's term Died
				78
				79
Vacant			June 23, 1945 – July 24, 1945
10	Edward P. Carville	Democratic	July 24, 1945 – January 3, 1947			Appointed to finish Scrugham's term Lost nomination to full term
11	George W. Malone	Republican	January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959	80	15	Elected in 1946
				81
				82
				83	16	Re-elected in 1952 Lost re-election
				84
				85
12	Howard Cannon	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1983	86	17	Elected in 1958
				87
				88
				89	18	Re-elected in 1964
				90
				91
				92	19	Re-elected in 1970
				93
				94
				95	20	Re-elected in 1976 Lost re-election
				96
				97
13	Chic Hecht	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989	98	21	Elected in 1982 Lost re-election
				99
				100
14	Richard Bryan	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001	101	22	Elected in 1988
				102
				103
				104	23	Re-elected in 1994 Retired
				105
				106
15	John Ensign	Republican	January 3, 2001 – May 3, 2011	107	24	Elected in 2000
				108
				109
				110	25	Re-elected in 2006 Resigned
				111
				112
Vacant			May 3, 2011 – May 9, 2011
16	Dean Heller	Republican	May 9, 2011 – Present			Appointed to finish Ensign's term
				113	26	Elected to full term in 2012
				114
				115
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 3

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	James W. Nye	Republican	February 1, 1865 – March 4, 1873	38	1	Elected in 1865
				39
				40	2	Re-elected in 1867 Lost re-election
				41
				42
2	John P. Jones	Republican	March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1903	43	3	Elected in 1873
				44
				45
				46	4	Re-elected in 1879
				47
				48
				49	5	Re-elected in 1885
				50
				51
				52	6	Re-elected in 1891
				53
		Silver		54
				55	7	Re-elected in 1897 Retired
				56
		Republican		57
3	Francis G. Newlands	Democratic	March 4, 1903 – December 24, 1917	58	8	Elected in 1902
				59
				60
				61	9	Re-elected in 1908
				62
				63
				64	10	Re-elected in 1914 Died
				65
Vacant			December 24, 1917 – January 12, 1918
4	Charles Henderson	Democratic	January 12, 1918 – March 4, 1921	65 (Continued)		Appointed to continue Newlands's term Elected to finish Newlands's term Lost election to full term
				66
5	Tasker Oddie	Republican	March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1933	67	11	Elected in 1920
				68
				69
				70	12	Re-elected in 1926 Lost re-election
				71
				72
6	Pat McCarran	Democratic	March 4, 1933 – September 28, 1954	73	13	Elected in 1932
				74
				75
				76	14	Re-elected in 1938
				77
				78
				79	15	Re-elected in 1944
				80
				81
				82	16	Re-elected in 1950 Died
				83
Vacant			September 28, 1954 – October 1, 1954
7	Ernest S. Brown	Republican	October 1, 1954 – December 1, 1954			Appointed to continue McCarran's term Lost election to finish McCarran's term
8	Alan Bible	Democratic	December 2, 1954 – December 17, 1974	83 (continued)		Elected to finish McCarran's term
				84
				85	17	Elected to full term in 1956
				86
				87
				88	18	Re-elected in 1962
				89
				90
				91	19	Re-elected in 1968 Retired, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority
				92
				93
9	Paul Laxalt	Republican	December 18, 1974 – January 3, 1987			Appointed early to finish Bible's term, having already been elected to the next term
				94	20	Elected in 1974
				95
				96
				97	21	Re-elected in 1980 Retired
				98
				99
10	Harry Reid	Democratic	January 3, 1987 – Present	100	22	Elected in 1986
				101
				102
				103	23	Re-elected in 1992
				104
				105
				106	24	Re-elected in 1998
				107
				108
				109	25	Re-elected in 2004
				110
				111
				112	26	Re-elected in 2010
				113
				114
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

See also

• United States congressional delegations from Nevada
• List of United States Representatives from Nevada