List of justices of the Supreme Court of Nevada explained

Territorial Supreme Court

• George Turner (1861–1864)
• Horatio M. Jones (1861–1864)
• Gordon N. Mott (1861–1864)
• Powhatan B. Locke (1864–1864)
• John W. North (1864–1864)

Statehood

Following is a list of the Supreme Court of Nevada justices.

Years			Seat 1	Seat 2	Seat 3
1864	seats established in 1967	H. O. Beatty^[1] ^[2]	Cornelius M. Brosnan^[3]	James F. Lewis	seats established in 1999
1865
1866
1867
	J. Neely Johnson^[4]
1868
1869	Bernard C. Whitman^[5]
1870
1871	John Garber^[6]
1872
1873	Charles H. Belknap^[7]	Thomas P. Hawley^[8]
1874
1875	William H. Beatty	Warner Earll^[9]
1876
1877	Orville R. Leonard
1878
1879
1880
1881	Charles H. Belknap
1882
1883
1884
1885
1886
1887
1888
1889	Michael A. Murphy
1890
1891	Rensselaer R. Bigelow^[10]
1892
1893
1894
1895	McKaskia Stearns Bonnifield
1896
1897	William A. Massey^[11]
1898
1899
1900
1901	Adolphus L. Fitzgerald
1902
1903	George F. Talbot
1904
1905	Frank H. Norcross
1906
1907	James G. Sweeney
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913	Patrick McCarran
1914
1915	Benjamin W. Coleman^[12]
1916
1917	John A. Sanders
1918
1919	Edward A. Ducker^[13]
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935	E. J. L. Taber^[14]
1936
1937
1938
1939
	William Edwin Orr^[15] ^[16]
1940
1941
1942
1943
1944
1945
	Charles Lee Horsey^[17]
1946
	Edgar Eather^[18] ^[19]
1947
	Milton B. Badt^[20] ^[21]
1948
1949
1950
1951	Charles M. Merrill^[22]
1952
1953
1954
1955
1956
1957
1958
1959	Frank McNamee^[23] ^[24]
	Miles N. Pike^[25] ^[26]
1960
1961
	Gordon R. Thompson^[27]
1962
1963
1964
1965
	David Zenoff^[28] ^[29]
1966
	Jon R. Collins^[30]
1967
	John C. Mowbray^[31]	Cameron McV. Batjer^[32]
1968
1969
1970
1971	Elmer M. Gunderson
1972
1973
1974
1975
1976
1977
	Noel E. Manoukian^[33]
1978
1979
1980
1981	Charles E. Springer
1982	Thomas L. Steffen^[34]
1983
1984
1985	C. Clifton Young
1986
1987
1988
1989	Robert E. Rose
1990
1991
1992
1993	Miriam Shearing
1994
1995
1996
1997	A. William Maupin
1998
1999	Deborah Agosti	Myron E. Leavitt^[35]	Nancy A. Becker
2000
2001
2002
2003	Mark Gibbons
2004	Michael L. Douglas^[36]
2005	James Hardesty	Ron Parraguirre
2006
2007	Michael Cherry	Nancy Saitta^[37]
2008
2009	Kristina Pickering
2010
2011
2012
2013
2014
2015
2016
2017	Lidia S. Stiglich^[38]
2018
2019	Elissa F. Cadish	Abbi Silver^[39]
2020
2021	Douglas W. Herndon
2022
2023	Linda M. Bell	Patricia Lee^[40]
Years	Seat A	Seat B	Seat C	Seat D	Seat E	Seat F	Seat G

Chief justices

The Chief Justice rotates on the Supreme Court of Nevada, almost always to a judge who is in their final two years of their term. Following the expansions of the court in 1967 and 1999, judges began to split what had traditionally been a two-year term between two or three justices, allowing each justice the opportunity to be Chief Justice during their six-year term. For many chief justices, the date of dates of tenure are drawn from the dates of court terms in the Nevada Judicial History Database.

Order (sequential)	Order (by first tenure)	Chief Justice	Began	Ended	Ref.
— (territorial)				^[41]
1	1
2	2				^[42]
3	1
4	3				^[43]
5	4
6	5
7	6
8	4				^[44]
9	7				^[45]
10	6				^[46]
11	4				^[47]
12	8				^[48]
13	7				^[49]
14	9				^[50]
15	8				^[51]
16	7				^[52]
17	10				^[53]
18	11				^[54]
19	12				^[55]
20	7				^[56]
21	13				^[57]
22	14				^[58]
23	15				^[59]
24	16				^[60]
25	14				^[61]
26	15				^[62]
27	17				^[63]
28	18				^[64]
29	19				^[65]
30	20				^[66]
31	18				^[67]
32	19				^[68]
33	20				^[69]
34	18				^[70]
35	19				^[71]
36	20				^[72]
37	18				^[73]
38	21				^[74]
39	20				^[75]
40	22				^[76]
41	21				^[77]
42	23				^[78]
43	24				^[79]
44	25
45	23
46	26
47	25
48	26				^[80]
49	27
50	25
51	27
52	28
53	29
54	30
55	28
56	31
57	32
58	33
59	31
60	34
61	35
62	33
63	31
64	36
65	33
66	37
67	38
68	39
69	35
70	37
71	40
72	41
73	39
74	42
75	37
76	40
77	43
78	44
79	45				^[81]
80	46				^[82]
81	47				^[83]
82	48
83	49				^[84]
84	43				^[85]
85	44				^[86]
86	45				^[87]
87	48				^[88]
88	46				^[89]
89	43				^[90]
90	49				^[91]
91	44				^[92]
92	45				^[93]
93	50				^[94]
94	51			present	^[95]

Sources

• Political History of Nevada. Chapter 6: The Nevada Judiciary
• Nevada Judicial Historical Society Memorials and Investitures

Notes and References

1. Took office (December 5, 1864).
2. Resigned (November 9, 1868).
3. Died (April 21, 1867).
4. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Brosnan's death; subsequently elected.
5. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Beatty's resignation; subsequently elected.
6. Resigned (November 7, 1872).
7. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Garber's resignation.
8. Resigned (September 27, 1890).
9. Elected to fill vacancy left by Garber's resignation.
10. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Beatty's resignation (December 2, 1890); elected to full term (November 4, 1890).
11. Resigned (September 1, 1902).
12. Died (February 25, 1939).
13. Died (August 14, 1946).
14. Died (February 6, 1947).
15. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Coleman's death (March 2, 1939); subsequently elected.
16. Resigned (October 10, 1945).
17. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Orr's resignation (October 10, 1945); subsequently elected.
18. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Ducker's death (September 18, 1946); subsequently elected.
19. Resigned (December 15, 1958).
20. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Taber's death (March 26, 1947); subsequently elected.
21. Died (April 2, 1966).
22. Resigned (October 1, 1959).
23. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Eather's resignation (December 15, 1958); subsequently elected.
24. Resigned (February 17, 1965).
25. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Merrill's resignation (October 1, 1959); subsequently elected.
26. Resigned (June 5, 1961).
27. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Pike's resignation (June 5, 1961); subsequently elected.
28. Appointed to fill vacancy left by McNamee's resignation (May 1, 1965); subsequently elected.
29. Resigned (May 2, 1977).
30. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Badt's death (June 5, 1966); subsequently elected.
31. Appointed to newly established seat (October 1, 1967); subsequently elected.
32. Resigned (November 4, 1981).
33. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Zenoff's resignation (May 2, 1977); subsequently elected.
34. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Batjer's resignation (April 26, 1982); subsequently elected.
35. Died (January 9, 2004).
36. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Leavitt's death (April 19, 2004); subsequently elected.
37. Resigned (August 8, 2016).
38. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Saitta's resignation (November 10, 2016); subsequently elected.
39. Resigned (September 30, 2022).
40. Appointed to fill vacancy left by Silver's resignation (November 21, 2022).
41. Book: Angel, Myron. History of Nevada: with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers. 1881.
42. News: From Nevada. Harrisburg Telegraph. 1867-01-09.
43. Web site: Nevada Judicial History Database. Nevada Administrative Office of the Courts. 2021-04-05.
44. News: Nevada State Government. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1883-02-01.
45. News: The House. The Daily Appeal. 1885-01-06.
46. News: Assembly. The Daily Appeal. 1887-01-06.
47. News: The Carson Mint. The Weekly Gazette and Stockman. 1889-09-12.
48. News: The Legal Profession. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1890-12-24.
49. News: Sworn In. The Daily Appeal. 1891-01-06.
50. News: Nevada Legislature. The Daily Appeal. 1893-01-17.
51. News: Brevities. Weekly Nevada State Journal. 1895-01-12.
52. News: The Nevada Legislature. Nevada State Journal. 1897-01-19.
53. News: Official Register. The Daily Appeal. 1899-07-07.
54. News: Around the Corridors. Nevada State Journal. 1901-10-12.
55. News: Local and Otherwise. The Pioche Record. 1902-09-26.
56. News: Governor Sparks. The Daily Appeal. 1903-01-06.
57. News: Assembly. The Daily Appeal. 1905-01-17.
58. News: Justice Sweeney Inducted. The Daily Appeal. 1907-01-07.
59. News: Preston and Smith Case is Heard. The Daily Appeal. 1909-01-08.
60. News: New State Officers Take Official Oath. The Daily Appeal. 1911-01-02.
61. News: New Judge Takes Oath. The Daily Appeal. 1913-01-06.
62. News: Inauguration Attended by Simblest Kind of Ceremony. The Daily Appeal. 1915-01-04.
63. News: All Supreme Court Justices Democratic. The Sacramento Bee. 1917-01-03.
64. News: People and Matters of Interest. The Daily Appeal. 1919-01-11.
65. News: Hon. J. A. Sanders Becomes Chief Justice. The Daily Appeal. 1921-01-03.
66. News: Many are Present at Annual Club Banquet. Yerington Times. 1923-03-28.
67. News: Both Open for Business: Officials Chosen. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1925-01-19.
68. News: Others Take Oath. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1927-01-03.
69. News: News of Carson in Brief Form. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1929-01-10.
70. News: Nevada Officers to Take Oath. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1931-01-03.
71. News: Politics. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1932-12-31.
72. News: State Inaugural Ceremonies Set for Monday. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1935-01-05.
73. News: Coleman Becomes Court Head for 4th Time. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1937-01-04.
74. News: Chief Executive Introduced by Retiring Head of State. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1939-01-03.
75. News: Judge Ducker Chief Justice For 4th Time. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1941-01-04.
76. News: State Officials Take Oaths at Carson Today. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1943-01-04.
77. News: Attache Group is Sworn in by Justice Taber. Nevada State Journal. 1945-01-17.
78. News: Judges Perform 63 Per Cent Of All Marriages in County. Nevada State Journal. 1947-01-05.
79. Web site: The History of the Conference of Chief Justices. Conference of Chief Justices/National Center for State Courts. 2009.
80. News: Vegan Named Chief Justice. Reno Gazette-Journal. 1959-09-17.
81. News: Pacificare of Nevada, Inc. v. Griffiths. Supreme Court of Nevada. 2010-01-04.
82. News: Rookie governors facing unhappy new year. https://web.archive.org/web/20201030053219/https://www.nbcnews.com/id/wbna40898695. dead. October 30, 2020. NBC News. 2011-01-04.
83. News: Justice Michael Cherry Becomes Supreme Court Chief Justice. Supreme Court of Nevada. 2012-05-07.
84. News: Michael Cherry ends term as Nevada Supreme Court Chief Justice. Supreme Court of Nevada. 2012-12-31.
85. News: Justice Pickering completes term as Chief Justice. Supreme Court of Nevada. 2014-01-03.
86. News: James W. Hardesty to Become Chief Justice of Nevada Supreme Court. Supreme Court of Nevada. 2014-12-30.
87. News: Ron. D. Parraguirre Appointed as Chief Justice of Nevada Supreme Court. Supreme Court of Nevada. 2016-01-04.
88. News: Nevada Appellate Courts Change Leadership in 2017. Supreme Court of Nevada. 2016-12-16.
89. News: Retiring Justice Michael L. Douglas Selected to Serve as 2018 Chief Justice. Supreme Court of Nevada. 2017-12-04.
90. News: Justice Gibbons Begins Term as Chief Justice: Two Justices Join the Nevada Supreme Court. Supreme Court of Nevada. 2019-01-07.
91. News: Kristina Pickering Begins Term as 2020 Supreme Court Chief Justice. Supreme Court of Nevada. 2020-01-02.
92. News: Hardesty Begins Term as Chief Justice, Herndon Joins the Nevada Supreme Court. Supreme Court of Nevada. 2021-01-13.
93. Parraguirre Begins Term as Chief Justice of Nevada Supreme Court . January 5, 2022 . Supreme Court of Nevada . January 3, 2023.
94. Web site: Inauguration ceremonies for Nevada’s 31st Governor. January 26, 2023.
95. Web site: Elissa Cadish Assumes Role as Chief Justice of Nevada Supreme Court . . January 2, 2024.