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Speaker of Nevada Assembly
Incumbent
Steve Yeager
since April 28, 2022
SeatNevada State Capitol
AppointerNevada Assembly
Inaugural holderCharles W. Tozer
Formation1864

The following is a list of speakers of the Nevada Assembly since statehood.

Speakers of the Nevada Assembly

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Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes
Charles W. Tozer 1864–1867 Union Storey
James A. Banks 1866–1867 Union Humboldt
Robert D. Ferguson 1867–1869 Union Storey
David O. Adkison 1869–1871 Union Storey
Robert E. Lowery 1871–1873 Democratic Storey
John Bowman 1873–1875 Republican Nye
W. C. Dovey 1875–1877 Republican Lyon
Henry Rust Mighels 1877–1879 Republican Ormsby
Henry A. Gaston 1879–1881 Republican Storey
George W. Merrill 1881–1883 Democratic Eureka
Charles S. Varian 1883–1885 [1] Republican Roop, Washoe
Edward T. George 1885–1887 Republican Lander
Archibald J. McDonell 1887–1889 Republican Storey
Trenmor Coffin 1889–1891 Republican Ormsby
Charles F. Bicknell 1891–1893 Republican Ormsby
Thomas J. Bell 1893–1895 Democratic Nye
Lemuel Allen 1895–1901 Democratic Churchill
Clarence D. Van Duzer 1901–1903 Democratic Humboldt
Marion S. Wilson 1903–1905 Democratic Elko
Samuel Platt 1905–1907 Republican Ormsby
Robert E. Skaggs 1907–1909 Democratic Elko
J. B. Giffen 1909–1911 Democratic Nye
August C. Frohlich 1911–1913 Republican Washoe
Thomas A. Brandon 1913–1915 Democratic Humboldt
Allen G. McBride 1915–1917 Republican Elko
Ben D. Luce 1917–1919 Democratic Nye
D. J. Fitzgerald 1919–1921 Democratic Nye
Charles S. Chandler 1921–1923 Republican White Pine
James M. Lockhart 1923–1925 Republican White Pine
Albert S. Henderson 1925–1926 Republican Clark
George G. Hussman 1926–1927 Republican Douglas
Doug Tandy 1927–1929 Republican Lander
Robert C. Turrittin 1929–1931 Republican Washoe
Doug Tandy 1931–1933 Republican Lander
Fred S. Alward 1933–1935 Democratic Clark
William Kennett 1935–1939 Democratic Nye
Berkeley L. Bunker 1939–1941 Democratic Clark
William J. Cashill 1941–1943 Democratic Washoe
Denver Dickerson 1943–1945 Democratic Ormsby
Peter A. Burke 1945–1947 Democratic Washoe
Harry E. Hazard 1947–1949 Democratic Clark
Peter A. Burke 1949–1951 Democratic Washoe
John M. Higgins 1951–1953 Democratic Clark
M. E. McCuistion 1953–1955 Democratic Elko
Cyril O. Bastian 1955–1957 Democratic Lincoln
William D. Swackhamer 1957–1959 Democratic Lander
Chester S. Christensen 1959–1960 Democratic Washoe
Bruce M. Parks 1960–1961 Democratic Mineral
Chester S. Christensen 1961–1963 Democratic Washoe
L. E. Tyson 1963–1964 Democratic Clark
Norman D. Glaser 1964–1965 Democratic Elko
William D. Swackhamer 1965–1967 Democratic Lander
Melvin D. Close Jr. 1967–1969 Democratic Clark
Howard F. McKissick Jr. 1969–1971 Republican Reno
Lawrence Jacobsen 1971–1973 Republican Minden
Keith Ashworth 1973–1977 Democratic Las Vegas
Joe Dini 1977–1979 Democratic Yerington
Paul W. May Jr. 1979–1981 Democratic North Las Vegas
Robert R. Barengo 1981–1983 Democratic Reno
Jack Vergiels 1983–1985 Democratic Las Vegas
Byron Bilyeu 1985–1987 Republican Elko
Joe Dini 1987–1995 Democratic Yerington
Lynn Hettrick 1995–1997 Republican Gardnerville Co-speaker
Joe Dini 1995–1997 Democratic Yerington Co-speaker
Joe Dini 1997–2001 Democratic Yerington
Richard D. Perkins 2001–2007 Democratic Henderson
Barbara Buckley 2007–2011 Democratic Las Vegas
John Oceguera 2011–2013 Democratic North Las Vegas
Marilyn Kirkpatrick 2013–2014 Democratic North Las Vegas
John Hambrick 2015–2017 Republican Las Vegas
Jason Frierson 2017–2022 Democratic Las Vegas
Steve Yeager 2022– Democratic Las Vegas

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Speakers of the Territorial House of Representatives

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Speaker Term Party County/Residence Notes
Miles N. Mitchell 1861 Union Virginia City
John H. Mills 1862 Union Storey
A. J. Simmons 1864 Union Humboldt

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nevada: State Government". Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-5. Chicago: Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser – via HathiTrust.
  2. ^ a b Research Division, Legislative Counsel Bureau (2017). "Nevada Legislators, 1861-2017" (PDF). State of Nevada. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
  3. ^ Research Division, Legislative Counsel Bureau (2018). Political History of Nevada (12th ed.). State of Nevada. Retrieved December 15, 2023.
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