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Governors of Nevada

The only governor of Nevada Territory was James W. Nye, a Republican who served from 1861 until statehood in 1864

Name and Term
Henry G. Blasdel 1864–1871
Lewis R. Bradley 1871–1879
John H. Kinkead 1879–1883
Jewett W. Adams 1883–1887
Charles C. Stevenson 1887–1890
Frank Bell 1890–1891
Roswell K. Colcord 1891–1895
John E. Jones 1895–1896
Reinhold Sadler 1896–1903
John Sparks 1903–1908
Denver S. Dickerson 1908–1911
Tasker L. Oddie 1911–1915
Emmet D. Boyle 1915–1923
James G. Scrugham 1923–1927
Fred B. Balzar 1927–1934
Morley Griswold 1934–1935
Richard Kirman, Sr. 1935–1939
Edward P. Carville 1939–1945
Vail M. Pittman 1945–1951
Charles H. Russell 1951–1959
Grant Sawyer 1959–1967
Paul Laxalt 1967–1971
Mike O'Callaghan 1971–1979
Robert List 1979–1983
Richard Hudson Bryan 1983–1989
Bob Miller 1989–1999
Kenny Guinn 1999—

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