List of speakers of the Nevada Assembly explained

Post:	Speaker
Body:	Nevada Assembly
Insignia:	Seal of Nevada.svg
Insigniasize:	110px
Incumbent:	Steve Yeager
Incumbentsince:	April 28, 2022
Appointer:	Nevada Assembly
Seat:	Nevada State Capitol
Formation:	1864
Inaugural:	Charles W. Tozer

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

Speakers of the Nevada Assembly

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

Sources:^{[2] [3]}

Speakers of the Territorial House of Representatives

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

• List of Nevada state legislatures

Notes and References

1. Book: Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Wyoming and Arizona Gazetteer and Business Directory 1884-5 . Polk & Co. and A.C. Danser . Chicago . Nevada: State Government . https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.$b725530&seq=475 . .
2. Web site: Nevada Legislators, 1861-2017. 2017. Research Division, Legislative Counsel Bureau. State of Nevada. December 15, 2023.
3. Book: Political History of Nevada. 12th. Research Division, Legislative Counsel Bureau. 2018. State of Nevada. December 15, 2023.