Capital: Carson City

State Nickname: Silver State

State Bird: Mountain Bluebird

State Flower: Sagebrush

Admitted to the Union: October 31, 1864

December 5, 1864 to January 2, 1871:

H. G. Blasdel

January 3, 1871 to January 6, 1879:

L. R. Bradley

January 7, 1879 to January 1, 1883:

John H. Kinkhead

January 2, 1883 to January 3, 1887:

Jewett W. Adams

January 4, 1887 to September 2, 1890:

C. C. Stevenson*

* Became ill and left office - Died September 20, 1890

September 21, 1890 to January 5, 1891:

Frank Bell

January 6, 1891 to January 7, 1895:

R. K. Colcord

January 8, 1895 to April 10, 1896:

John S. Jones

April 10, 1896 to January 1, 1903:

Reinhold Sadler

January 1, 1903 to May 20, 1908:

John Sparks

May 22, 1908 to January 2, 1911:

Denver S. Dickerson

January 2, 1911 to January 4, 1915:

Tasker L. Oddie

January 4, 1915 to January 1, 1923:

Emmet D. Boyle

January 1, 1923 to March 21, 1927:

James G. Scrugham

January 3, 1927 to March 21, 1934:

Frederick B. Balzar*

March 21, 1934 to January 7, 1935:

Morley I. Griswold

January 7, 1935 to January 2, 1939:

Richard Kirman, Sr.

January 2, 1939 to July 24, 1945:

Edward P. Carville*

July 24, 1945 to January 1, 1951:

Vail M. Pittman

January 1, 1951 to January 5, 1959:

Charles H. Russell

January 5, 1959 to January 2, 1967:

Grant Sawyer

January 2, 1967 to Januay 4, 1971:

Paul D. Laxalt

January 4, 1971 to January 1, 1979:

Mike O'Callaghan

January 1, 1979 to January 3, 1983::

Robert F. List

January 3, 1983 to January 3, 1989:

Richard H. Bryan

January 3, 1989 to 1999:

Bob J. Miller

1999 --

Kenny Guinn

Lyrics and Music by Bertha Raffetto

1860: 6,848

1870: 42,491

1880: 62,266

1890: 45,761

1900: 42,335

1910: 81,875

1920: 77,407

1930: 91,058

1940: 110,247

1950: 160,083

1960: 285,278

1970: 480,738

1980: 800,492

1990: 1,201,833

2000: 1,998,257