Lieutenant Governor of Nevada explained

Post:	Lieutenant Governor
Body:	Nevada
Insignia:	Seal of Nevada.svg
Insigniasize:	120px
Insigniacaption:	Nevada state seal
Incumbent:	Stavros Anthony
Incumbentsince:	January 2, 2023
Style:	The Honorable
Termlength:	Four years, two term limit
Formation:	Constitution of Nevada
Inaugural:	John S. Crosman 1864
Website:	Office of the Lieutenant Governor

The lieutenant governor of Nevada is a constitutional officer in the executive branch of government of the U.S. state of Nevada. The lieutenant governor maintains an office in Carson City, Nevada at the Nevada State Capitol and is elected separately from the Governor, and may therefore be from a different party than the Governor. The incumbent lieutenant governor is Stavros Anthony, a Republican. He was sworn in in January 2023. The governor has the authority to appoint a replacement to fill the balance of the term in any vacant constitutional office, including that of the lieutenant governor, subject to Senate confirmation.^[1]

Powers and duties

Constitutionally, the lieutenant governor is first in the line of succession to the office of governor and is ex officio president of the Senate. In this capacity, the lieutenant governor serves as acting governor whenever the governor is out of state and succeeds to the executive office upon the permanent incapacitation of the governor.^[2] Moreover, as Senate president, the lieutenant governor presides over the Senate's daily proceedings whenever the Legislature is in session and may cast a tie-breaking vote.^[3] ^[4] However, given the Senate is currently composed of an odd number of senators, ties are a rare occurrence.

In addition, the lieutenant governor has a number of statutory duties. For example, the lieutenant governor chairs the Commission on Tourism and the Advisory Board on Outdoor Recreation and serves as vice chair of the Board of Directors of the Department of Transportation. Likewise, the lieutenant governor is a member on the governor's Cabinet, the Board of Economic Development, the Executive Branch Audit Committee, and the Commission on Homeland Security.^[5]

List of lieutenant governors of Nevada

	Name	Took office	Left office	Party
1	John S. Crosman	1864	1867		Republican
2	James S. Slingerland	1867	1871		Republican
3	Frank Denver	1871	1875		Democratic
4	Jewett W. Adams	1875	January 1, 1883		Democratic
5	Charles E. Laughton	January 1, 1883	January 3, 1887		Republican
6	Henry C. Davis	January 3, 1887	August 22, 1889		Republican
7	Samuel W. Chubbuck	September 1889	November 1889		Republican
8	Frank Bell	1889	1890		Republican
9	Joseph Poujade	1891	1895		Republican
10	Reinhold Sadler	1895	April 10, 1896		Silver
11	James R. Judge	1899	1903		Silver
12	Lemuel Allen	1903	1907	Silver-Democrat
13	Denver S. Dickerson	January 1907	May 22, 1908	Silver-Democrat
14	Gilbert C. Ross	1911	1915		Democratic
15	Maurice J. Sullivan	January 4, 1915	January 3, 1927		Democratic
16	Morley Griswold	January 3, 1927	March 21, 1934		Republican
17	Fred S. Alward	January 7, 1935	January 2, 1939		Democratic
18	Maurice J. Sullivan	January 2, 1939	January 3, 1943		Democratic
19	Vail Pittman	January 3, 1943	July 24, 1945		Democratic
20	Clifford A. Jones	January 1947	January 1, 1955		Democratic
21	Rex Bell	January 1, 1955	July 4, 1962		Republican
22	Maude Frazier	July 4, 1962	January 1, 1963		Democratic
23	Paul Laxalt	January 1, 1963	January 2, 1967		Republican
24	Edward Fike	January 2, 1967	January 4, 1971		Republican
25	Harry Reid	January 4, 1971	January 5, 1975		Democratic
26	Robert E. Rose	January 5, 1975	January 1, 1979		Democratic
27	Myron E. Leavitt	January 1, 1979	January 3, 1983		Democratic
28	Bob Cashell	January 3, 1983	January 5, 1987		Republican
29	Bob Miller	January 5, 1987	January 3, 1989		Democratic
30	Sue Wagner	January 7, 1991	January 2, 1995		Republican
31	Lonnie Hammargren	January 2, 1995	January 4, 1999		Republican
32	Lorraine Hunt	January 4, 1999	January 20, 2007		Republican
33	Brian Krolicki	January 20, 2007	January 5, 2015		Republican
34	Mark Hutchison	January 5, 2015	January 7, 2019		Republican
35	Kate Marshall	January 7, 2019	September 17, 2021		Democratic
36	Lisa Cano Burkhead	December 16, 2021	January 2, 2023		Democratic
37	Stavros Anthony	January 2, 2023	Incumbent		Republican

External links

Nevada Lieutenant Governor

Notes and References

Web site: Article 5, Section 8, Nevada Constitution. Nevada State Legislature. March 8, 2022.
Web site: Why hasn't a lieutenant governor been appointed in Nevada?. Jessica Hill. 5 December 2021 . Las Vegas Sun. April 3, 2022.
Web site: Article 5, Section 17, Nevada Constitution. Nevada State Legislature. March 8, 2022.
Web site: Article 5, Section 18, Nevada Constitution. Nevada State Legislature. March 8, 2022.
Web site: About the Office of the Lt. Governor. Nevada State Legislature. March 8, 2022.