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Capital: Carson City
State Nickname: Silver State
State Bird: Mountain Bluebird
State Flower: Sagebrush
Admitted to the Union: October 31, 1864
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| Governors |
December 5, 1864 to January 2, 1871:
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H. G. Blasdel
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January 3, 1871 to January 6, 1879:
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L. R. Bradley
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January 7, 1879 to January 1, 1883:
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John H. Kinkhead
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January 2, 1883 to January 3, 1887:
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Jewett W. Adams
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January 4, 1887 to September 2, 1890:
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C. C. Stevenson*
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* Became ill and left office - Died September 20, 1890
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September 21, 1890 to January 5, 1891:
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Frank Bell
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January 6, 1891 to January 7, 1895:
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R. K. Colcord
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January 8, 1895 to April 10, 1896:
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John S. Jones
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April 10, 1896 to January 1, 1903:
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Reinhold Sadler
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January 1, 1903 to May 20, 1908:
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John Sparks
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May 22, 1908 to January 2, 1911:
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Denver S. Dickerson
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January 2, 1911 to January 4, 1915:
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Tasker L. Oddie
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January 4, 1915 to January 1, 1923:
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Emmet D. Boyle
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January 1, 1923 to March 21, 1927:
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James G. Scrugham
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January 3, 1927 to March 21, 1934:
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Frederick B. Balzar*
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| * Died in office |
March 21, 1934 to January 7, 1935:
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Morley I. Griswold
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January 7, 1935 to January 2, 1939:
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Richard Kirman, Sr.
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January 2, 1939 to July 24, 1945:
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Edward P. Carville*
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| * Resigned |
July 24, 1945 to January 1, 1951:
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Vail M. Pittman
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January 1, 1951 to January 5, 1959:
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Charles H. Russell
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January 5, 1959 to January 2, 1967:
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Grant Sawyer
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January 2, 1967 to Januay 4, 1971:
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Paul D. Laxalt
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January 4, 1971 to January 1, 1979:
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Mike O'Callaghan
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January 1, 1979 to January 3, 1983::
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Robert F. List
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January 3, 1983 to January 3, 1989:
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Richard H. Bryan
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January 3, 1989 to January 4, 1999:
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Bob J. Miller
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January 4, 1999 to January 1, 2007:
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Kenny Guinn
January 1, 2007 –
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Jim Gibbons
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| Senators - Class I |
December 15, 1864 – March 4, 1875
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William Morris Stewart
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March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881
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William Sharon
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March 4, 1905 – June 5, 1912
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George Stuart Nixon * Died in office
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July 1, 1912 – January 29, 1913
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William Alexander Massey
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January 29, 1913 – November 10, 1940
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Key Pittman * Died in office
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November 27, 1940 – December 6, 1942
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Berkeley Lloyd Bunker
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December 7, 1942 – June 23, 1945
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James Graves Scrugham * Died in office
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July 24, 1945 – January 3, 1947
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Edward Peter Carville
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January 3, 1947 – January 3, 1959
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George Wilson Malone
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January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1983
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Howard Cannon
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January 3, 1983 – January 3, 1989
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Chic Hecht
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January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001
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Richard Bryan
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January 3, 2001 –
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John Ensign
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| Senators - Class III |
December 16, 1864 – March 4, 1873
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James Warren Nye
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March 4, 1873 – March 4, 1903
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John Percival Jones
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March 4, 1903 – December 24, 1917
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Francis Griffith Newlands * Died in office
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January 12, 1918 – March 4, 1921
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Charles Belknap Henderson
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March 4, 1921 – March 4, 1933
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Tasker Oddie
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March 4, 1933 – September 28, 1954
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Pat McCarran * Died in office
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October 1, 1954 – December 1, 1954
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Ernest S. Brown
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December 2, 1954 – December 17, 1974
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Alan Bible
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December 18, 1974 – January 3, 1987
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Paul Laxalt
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January 3, 1987 –
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Harry Reid
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| State Song |
Home Means Nevada
Lyrics and Music by Bertha Raffetto |
Way out in the land of the setting sun,
Where the wind blows wild and free,
There's a lovely spot, just the only one
That means home sweet home to me.
If you follow the old Kit Carson trail,
Until desert meets the hills,
Oh you certainly will agree with me,
It's the place of a thousand thrills.
Home means Nevada
Home means the hills,
Home means the sage and the pine.
Out by the Truckee, silvery rills,
Out where the sun always shines,
Here is the land which I love the best,
Fairer than all I can see.
Deep in the heart of the golden west
Home means Nevada to me.
Whenever the sun at the close of day,
Colors all the western sky,
Oh my heart returns to the desert grey
And the mountains tow'ring high.
Where the moon beams play in shadowed glen,
With the spotted fawn and doe,
All the live long night until morning light,
Is the loveliest place I know.Home means Nevada
Home means the hills,
Home means the sage and the pines.
Out by the Truckee's silvery rills,
Out where the sun always shines,
There is the land that I love the best,
Fairer than all I can see.
Right in the heart of the golden west
Home means Nevada to me.
The song was adopted in 1933 as offical state song.
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State Population
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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 |
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State Capitol Building 1913
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