List of United States Senators from Nevada

Current delegation

Senator Dean Heller (R)

Senator Catherine Cortez Masto (D)

since January 3, 2017

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

List of Senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C o n g r e s s	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1998, 2004, 2010, and 2016. The next election will be in 2022.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	William Stewart	Republican	February 1, 1865 – March 3, 1875	Elected in 1865.	1	38th Congress	1	Elected in 1865.	February 1, 1865 – March 3, 1873	Republican	James W. Nye	1
						39th Congress
						40th Congress	2	Re-elected in 1867. Lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1869. Retired.	2	41st Congress
						42nd Congress
						43rd Congress	3	Elected in 1873.	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1903	Republican	John P. Jones	2
2	William Sharon	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 3, 1881	Elected in 1875. Retired or lost renomination.	3	44th Congress
						45th Congress
						46th Congress	4	Re-elected in 1879.
3	James Graham Fair	Democratic	March 4, 1881 – March 3, 1887	Elected in 1881. Lost re-election.	3	47th Congress
						48th Congress
						49th Congress	5	Re-elected in 1885.
4	William Stewart	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1905	Elected in 1887.	4	50th Congress
						51st Congress
						52nd Congress	6	Re-elected in 1891.
		Silver		Re-elected in 1893.	5	53rd Congress
						54th Congress				Silver
						55th Congress	7	Re-elected in 1897. Retired.
				Re-elected in 1899. Retired.	6	56th Congress
		Republican				57th Congress				Republican
						58th Congress	8	Elected January 27, 1903.	March 4, 1903 – December 24, 1917	Democratic	Francis G. Newlands	3
5	George S. Nixon	Republican	March 4, 1905 – June 5, 1912	Elected in 1905.	7	59th Congress
						60th Congress
						61st Congress	9	Re-elected January 26, 1909.
				Re-elected in 1911. Died.	8	62nd Congress
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	Elected in 1913 to finish Nixon's term.
						63rd Congress
						64th Congress	10	Re-elected in 1914. Died.
				Elected in 1916 to full term.	9	65th Congress
									December 24, 1917 – January 12, 1918	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Newlands's term. Elected November 6, 1918 to finish Newlands's term. Lost election to full term.	January 12, 1918 – March 3, 1921	Democratic	Charles Henderson	4
						66th Congress
						67th Congress	11	Elected in 1920.	March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1933	Republican	Tasker Oddie	5
				Re-elected in 1922.	10	68th Congress
						69th Congress
						70th Congress	12	Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1928.	11	71st Congress
						72nd Congress
						73rd Congress	13	Elected in 1932.	March 4, 1933 – September 28, 1954	Democratic	Pat McCarran	6
				Re-elected in 1934. Died, having been elected to the next term.	12	74th Congress
						75th Congress
						76th Congress	14	Re-elected in 1938.
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.
				Appointed to start Pittman's next term. Lost nomination to finish Pittman's next term.	13	77th Congress
9	James G. Scrugham	Democratic	December 7, 1942 – June 23, 1945	Elected in 1942 to finish Pittman's term. Died.
						78th Congress
						79th Congress	15	Re-elected in 1944.
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	Elected in 1946.	15	80th Congress
						81st Congress
						82nd Congress	16	Re-elected in 1950. Died.
				Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election.	16	83rd Congress
									September 28, 1954 – October 1, 1954	Vacant
								Appointed to continue McCarran's term. Lost election to finish McCarran's term.	October 1, 1954 – December 1, 1954	Republican	Ernest S. Brown	7
								Elected in 1954 to finish McCarran's term.	December 2, 1954 – December 17, 1974	Democratic	Alan Bible	8
						84th Congress
						85th Congress	17	Elected in 1956 to full term.
12	Howard Cannon	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1983	Elected in 1958.	17	86th Congress
						87th Congress
						88th Congress	18	Re-elected in 1962.
				Re-elected in 1964.	18	89th Congress
						90th Congress
						91st Congress	19	Re-elected in 1968. Retired, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.
				Re-elected in 1970.	19	92nd Congress
						93rd Congress
								Appointed early to finish Bible's term, having already been elected to the next term.	December 18, 1974 – January 3, 1987	Republican	Paul Laxalt	9
						94th Congress	20	Elected in 1974.
				Re-elected in 1976. Lost re-election.	20	95th Congress
						96th Congress
						97th Congress	21	Re-elected in 1980. Retired.
13	Chic Hecht	Republican	January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989	Elected in 1982. Lost re-election.	21	98th Congress
						99th Congress
						100th Congress	22	Elected in 1986.	January 3, 1987 – January 3, 2017	Democratic	Harry Reid	10
14	Richard Bryan	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001	Elected in 1988.	22	101st Congress
						102nd Congress
						103rd Congress	23	Re-elected in 1992.
				Re-elected in 1994. Retired.	23	104th Congress
						105th Congress
						106th Congress	24	Re-elected in 1998.
15	John Ensign	Republican	January 3, 2001 – May 3, 2011	Elected in 2000.	24	107th Congress
						108th Congress
						109th Congress	25	Re-elected in 2004.
				Re-elected in 2006. Resigned.	25	110th Congress
						111th Congress
						112th Congress	26	Re-elected in 2010. Retired.
Vacant			May 3, 2011 – May 9, 2011
16	Dean Heller	Republican	May 9, 2011 – Present	Appointed to finish Ensign's term.
				Elected in 2012 to full term.	26	113th Congress
						114th Congress
						115th Congress	27	Elected in 2016.	January 3, 2017 – Present	Democratic	Catherine Cortez Masto	11
To be determined in the 2018 election.					40	116th Congress
						117th Congress
						118th Congress	40	To be determined in the 2022 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 3

Living former U.S. Senators from Nevada

As of January 2017, there are four former Senators from Nevada who are living, two from Class 1 and two from Class 3. The most recent senator to die was Chic Hecht of Class 1 (1983-1989) on May 15, 2006. The most recent Class 3 senator to die was Alan Bible (1954-1974) on September 12, 1988.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
Paul Laxalt	1974–1987	3	(1922-08-02) August 2, 1922
Richard Bryan	1989–2001	1	(1937-07-16) July 16, 1937
John Ensign	2001–2011	1	(1958-03-25) March 25, 1958
Harry Reid	1987-2017	3	(1939-12-02) December 2, 1939

See also

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

References

• Byrd, Robert C. (October 1, 1993). Wolff, Wendy, ed. "The Senate, 1789-1989: Historical Statistics, 1789-1992". United States Senate Historical Office (volume 4 Bicentennial ed.). Washington, D.C.: U.S. Government Printing Office.