Nevada was admitted to the Union on October 31, 1864 and has been represented in the United States Senate by 28 people. Its current U.S. senators are Democrats Catherine Cortez Masto (class 3, serving since 2017) and Jacky Rosen (class 1, serving since 2019), making it one of only four states alongside Minnesota, New Hampshire and Washington to have two female U.S. senators. Nevada has been represented by 14 Republicans and 14 Democrats. Harry Reid was Nevada's longest-serving senator (1987–2017). Nevada is one of seventeen states alongside California, Colorado, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Utah and West Virginia to have a younger senior senator and an older junior senator.
List of senators
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| rowspan=6 align=left | 100px<br/>William M. Stewart<br />
| rowspan=6 | Republican
| rowspan=6 nowrap | Feb 1, 1865 –<br/>Mar 3, 1875
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1865.
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| rowspan=2 | 1
| rowspan=2 | Elected in 1865.
| rowspan=5 nowrap | Feb 1, 1865 –<br/>Mar 3, 1873
| rowspan=5 | Republican
| rowspan=5 align=right | 100px<br/>James W. Nye<br />
! rowspan=5 | 1
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| rowspan=3 | 2
| rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1867.Lost re-nomination.
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| rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1869.Retired.
| rowspan=3 | 2
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| rowspan=3 | 3
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1873.
| rowspan=15 nowrap | Mar 4, 1873 –<br/>Mar 3, 1903
| rowspan=11 | Republican
| rowspan=15 align=right | 100px<br/>John P. Jones<br />
! rowspan=15 | 2
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! rowspan=3 | 2
| rowspan=3 align=left | 100px<br/>William Sharon<br />
| rowspan=3 | Republican
| rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1875 –<br/>Mar 3, 1881
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1875.Retired or lost renomination.
| rowspan=3 | 3
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| rowspan=3 | 4
| rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1879.
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! rowspan=3 | 3
| rowspan=3 align=left | 100px<br/>James G. Fair<br />
| rowspan=3 | Democratic
| rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1881 –<br/>Mar 3, 1887
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 1881.
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| colspan=3 | Vacant
| nowrap | May 3, 2011 –<br/>May 9, 2011
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! rowspan=4 | 16
| rowspan=4 align=left | 100px<br/>Dean Heller<br />
| rowspan=4 | Republican
| rowspan=4 | May 9, 2011 –<br/>Jan 3, 2019
| Appointed to finish Ensign's term.
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| rowspan=3 | Elected in 2012 to a full term.Lost re-election.
| rowspan=3 | 26
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| rowspan=3 | 27
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 2016.
| rowspan=6 | Jan 3, 2017 –<br/>present
| rowspan=6 | Democratic
| rowspan=6 align=right | 100px<br/>Catherine Cortez Masto<br />
! rowspan=6 | 11
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! rowspan=6 | 17
| rowspan=6 align=left | 100px<br/>Jacky Rosen<br />
| rowspan=6 | Democratic
| rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 2019 –<br/>present
| rowspan=3 | Elected in 2018.
| rowspan=3 | 27
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| rowspan=3 | 28
| rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2022.
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| rowspan=3| Re-elected in 2024.
| rowspan=3| 28
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| 29
| colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2028 election.
See also
- Elections in Nevada
- List of United States representatives from Nevada
- Nevada's congressional delegations