John Gregovich Explained

John Gregovich
State Senate:Nevada
District:19th
Term Start:November 1894
Term End:November 1898
Birth Date:1847
Birth Place:Petrovac, Montenegro
Death Place:Tonopah, Nevada, U.S.
Party:Silver Party

John Gregovich (1847May 14, 1912) was a Serbian American merchant and Nevada Senator in the late 19th century. A member of the Silver Party during his tenure as senator, Gregovich later helped take on the cases of various Serbian immigrants living in Tonopah after a mine fire in 1911.

He was stabbed to death on May 14, 1912, by fellow immigrant Andriza Mircovich,[1] who remains the only person executed by firing squad in the state of Nevada.[2]

His house in Tonopah, the John Gregovich House, is a historic home listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Most Brutal Murder. Tonopah Daily Bonanza. Newspapers.com. May 14, 1912. October 21, 2020.
  2. Web site: Nevada State Prison Inmate Case Files: Andriza Mircovich. Nevada State Library and Archives. November 8, 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100406062256/http://nsla.nevadaculture.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1691&Itemid=95. 2010-04-06. dead.