List of United States senators from Nevada

Current delegation

Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864 and has been represented in the United States Senate by 28 people. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto (class 3, serving since 2017) and Jacky Rosen (class 1, serving since 2019), making it one of only four states alongside Minnesota, New Hampshire and Washington to have two female U.S. senators. Nevada has been represented by 14 Republicans and 14 Democrats. Harry Reid was Nevada's longest-serving senator (1987–2017). Nevada is one of fifteen states alongside Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Indiana, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, South Dakota and Utah to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.

List of senators

#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1 Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2024. The next election will be in 2030.						C	Class 3 Class 3 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2004, 2010, 2016, and 2022. The next election will be in 2028.
1	William M. Stewart	Republican	Feb 1, 1865 – Mar 3, 1875	Elected in 1865.	1	38th	1	Elected in 1865.	Feb 1, 1865 – Mar 3, 1873	Republican	James W. Nye	1
						39th	1	Elected in 1865.
						40th	2	Re-elected in 1867. Lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1869. Retired.	2	41st
						42nd
						43rd	3	Elected in 1873.	Mar 4, 1873 – Mar 3, 1903	Republican	John P. Jones	2
2	William Sharon	Republican	Mar 4, 1875 – Mar 3, 1881	Elected in 1875.^[1] Retired or lost renomination.^[2]	3	44th
						45th
						46th	4	Re-elected in 1879.
3	James G. Fair	Democratic	Mar 4, 1881 – Mar 3, 1887	Elected in 1881.^[2] Lost re-election.	3	47th
						48th
						49th	5	Re-elected in 1885.
4	William M. Stewart	Republican	Mar 4, 1887 – Mar 3, 1905	Elected in 1887.	4	50th
						51st
						52nd	6	Re-elected in 1891.
		Silver		Re-elected in 1893.	5	53rd
						54th				Silver
						55th	7	Re-elected in 1897. Retired.
				Re-elected in 1899. Retired.	6	56th
		Republican				57th				Republican
		Republican				58th	8	Elected in 1903.	Mar 4, 1903 – Dec 24, 1917	Democratic	Francis G. Newlands	3
5	George S. Nixon	Republican	Mar 4, 1905 – June 5, 1912	Elected in 1905.	7	59th
						60th
						61st	9	Re-elected in 1909.
				Re-elected in 1911. Died.	8	62nd
Vacant			June 5, 1912 – July 1, 1912
6	William A. Massey	Republican	July 1, 1912 – Jan 29, 1913	Appointed to continue Nixon's term. Lost election to finish Nixon's term.
7	Key Pittman	Democratic	Jan 29, 1913 – Nov 10, 1940	Elected in 1913 to finish Nixon's term.
						63rd
						64th	10	Re-elected in 1914. Died.
				Elected in 1916 to full term.	9	65th		Re-elected in 1914. Died.
									Dec 24, 1917 – Jan 12, 1918	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Newlands's term. Elected in 1918 to finish Newlands's term.^[3] Lost election to full term.	Jan 12, 1918 – Mar 3, 1921	Democratic	Charles Henderson	4
						66th			Jan 12, 1918 – Mar 3, 1921	Democratic	Charles Henderson	4
						67th	11	Elected in 1920.	Mar 4, 1921 – Mar 3, 1933	Republican	Tasker Oddie	5
				Re-elected in 1922.	10	68th
						69th
						70th	12	Re-elected in 1926. Lost re-election.
				Re-elected in 1928.	11	71st
						72nd
						73rd	13	Elected in 1932.	Mar 4, 1933 – Sep 28, 1954	Democratic	Pat McCarran	6
				Re-elected in 1934. Died, having been elected to the next term.	12	74th
						75th
						76th	14	Re-elected in 1938.
Vacant			Nov 10, 1940 – Nov 27, 1940
8	Berkeley L. Bunker	Democratic	Nov 27, 1940 – Dec 6, 1942	Appointed to finish Pittman's term.
8	Berkeley L. Bunker	Democratic	Nov 27, 1940 – Dec 6, 1942	Appointed to start Pittman's next term. Lost nomination to finish Pittman's next term.	13	77th
9	James G. Scrugham	Democratic	Dec 7, 1942 – Jun 23, 1945	Elected in 1942 to finish Pittman's term. Died.		77th
						78th
						79th	15	Re-elected in 1944.
Vacant			Jun 23, 1945 – July 24, 1945
10	Edward P. Carville	Democratic	July 24, 1945 – Jan 3, 1947	Appointed to finish Scrugham's term. Lost nomination to full term.
11	George W. Malone	Republican	Jan 3, 1947 – Jan 3, 1959	Elected in 1946.	15	80th
						81st
						82nd	16	Re-elected in 1950. Died.
				Re-elected in 1952. Lost re-election.	16	83rd		Re-elected in 1950. Died.
									Sep 28, 1954 – Oct 1, 1954	Vacant
								Appointed to continue McCarran's term. Lost election to finish McCarran's term.	Oct 1, 1954 – Dec 1, 1954	Republican	Ernest S. Brown	7
								Elected in 1954 to finish McCarran's term.	Dec 2, 1954 – Dec 17, 1974	Democratic	Alan Bible	8
						84th		Elected in 1954 to finish McCarran's term.
						85th	17	Re-elected in 1956.
12	Howard Cannon	Democratic	Jan 3, 1959 – Jan 3, 1983	Elected in 1958.	17	86th
						87th
						88th	18	Re-elected in 1962.
				Re-elected in 1964.	18	89th
						90th
						91st	19	Re-elected in 1968. Retired, then resigned early to give successor preferential seniority.
				Re-elected in 1970.	19	92nd
						93rd
						93rd		Appointed to finish Bible's term, having already been elected to the next term.	Dec 18, 1974 – Jan 3, 1987	Republican	Paul Laxalt	9
						94th	20	Elected in 1974.
				Re-elected in 1976. Lost re-election.	20	95th
						96th
						97th	21	Re-elected in 1980. Retired.
13	Chic Hecht	Republican	Jan 3, 1983 – Jan 3, 1989	Elected in 1982. Lost re-election.	21	98th
						99th
						100th	22	Elected in 1986.	Jan 3, 1987 – Jan 3, 2017	Democratic	Harry Reid	10
14	Richard Bryan	Democratic	Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 2001	Elected in 1988.	22	101st
						102nd
						103rd	23	Re-elected in 1992.
				Re-elected in 1994. Retired.	23	104th
						105th
						106th	24	Re-elected in 1998.
15	John Ensign	Republican	Jan 3, 2001 – May 3, 2011	Elected in 2000.	24	107th
						108th
						109th	25	Re-elected in 2004.
				Re-elected in 2006. Resigned.	25	110th
						111th
						112th	26	Re-elected in 2010. Retired.^[4]
Vacant			May 3, 2011 – May 9, 2011
16	Dean Heller	Republican	May 9, 2011 – Jan 3, 2019	Appointed to finish Ensign's term.
				Elected in 2012 to a full term. Lost re-election.	26	113th
						114th
						115th	27	Elected in 2016.	Jan 3, 2017 – present	Democratic	Catherine Cortez Masto	11
17	Jacky Rosen	Democratic	Jan 3, 2019 – present	Elected in 2018.^[5]	27	116th
						117th
						118th	28	Re-elected in 2022.
				Re-elected in 2024.	28	119th
						120th
						121st	29	To be determined in the 2028 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1						C	Class 3

References

^ "William Sharon was chosen U.S. senator last Tuesday by the legislature of Nevada". Arizona Weekly Citizen. Tucson, AZ. January 16, 1875. p. 2.
^ ^a ^b The Journal of the Assembly of the Tenth Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada. Carson City, NV: State Printing Office. 1881. p. 30.
^ Byrd, p. 137.
^ "REID RETIRING". POLITICO. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
^ "Democrats pick up Senate seat in Nevada with Rosen win". November 7, 2018.

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. ISBN 9780160632563.

[1] "William Sharon was chosen U.S. senator last Tuesday by the legislature of Nevada". Arizona Weekly Citizen. Tucson, AZ. January 16, 1875. p. 2.

[Fair-2] The Journal of the Assembly of the Tenth Session of the Legislature of the State of Nevada. Carson City, NV: State Printing Office. 1881. p. 30.

[FOOTNOTEByrd137-3] Byrd, p. 137.

[4] "REID RETIRING". POLITICO. Retrieved March 28, 2016.

[5] "Democrats pick up Senate seat in Nevada with Rosen win". November 7, 2018.

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v t e United States senators from Nevada
Class 1	Stewart Sharon Fair Stewart Nixon Massey Pittman Bunker Scrugham Carville Malone Cannon Hecht Bryan Ensign Heller Rosen
Class 3	Nye Jones Newlands Henderson Oddie McCarran Brown Bible Laxalt Reid Cortez Masto

v t e Nevada's current delegation to the United States Congress
Senators	▌Catherine Cortez Masto (D) ▌Jacky Rosen (D)
Representatives (ordered by district)	▌Dina Titus (D) ▌Mark Amodei (R) ▌Susie Lee (D) ▌Steven Horsford (D)

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