NEVADA
U.S. STATE OF NEVADA
In 1861 the western parts of the U.S. Territory of Utah - augmented with some parts of New Mexico Territory - were organised as the new U.S. Territory of Nevada, which three years later became a State of the Union. (1) (1) The creation of the territory was linked to the "gold rush" of 1859 which had been followed by the founding of many lawless mining towns ____________________________________________________________________________STATE OFFICERS
Governors 1865 - 1871 Henry Goode Blasdel 1825 - 1900 1871 - 1879 Lewis Rice Bradley 1805 - 1879 1879 - 1883 John Henry Kinkead 1826 - 1904 1883 - 1886 Jewett Williams Adams 1835 - 1920 1887 - 1890 Charles Clark Stevenson 1826 - 1890 1890 - 1891 Francis Jardine Bell* 1840 - 1927 1891 - 1895 Roswell Keyes Colcord 1839 - 1939 1895 - 1896 John Edward Jones 1840 - 1896 1896 - 1903 Reinhold Sadler 1848 - 1906 1903 - 1908 John Sparks 1843 - 1908 1908 - 1911 Denver Sylvester Dickerson 1872 - 1925 1911 - 1915 Tasker Lowndes Oddie 1870 - 1950 1915 - 1923 Emmet Derby Boyle 1879 - 1926 1923 - 1927 James Graves Scrugham 1880 - 1945 1927 - 1934 Fredrick Bennett Balzar 1880 - 1934 1934 - 1935 Morley Isaac Griswold* 1890 - 1951 1935 - 1939 Richard Kirman Sr. 1877 - 1959 1939 - 1945 Edward Peter Carville 1885 - 1956 1945 - 1951 Vail Montgomery Pittman 1883 - 1964
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