List of justices of the Supreme Court of Nevada

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. BeattyTook office (December 5, 1864).Resigned (November 9, 1868). Cornelius M. BrosnanDied (April 21, 1867). James F. Lewis seats established in 1999 1865 1866 1867 J. Neely JohnsonAppointed to fill vacancy left by Brosnan's death; subsequently elected. 1868 1869 Bernard C. WhitmanAppointed to fill vacancy left by Beatty's resignation; subsequently elected. 1870 1871 John GarberResigned (November 7, 1872). 1872 1873 Charles H. BelknapAppointed to fill vacancy left by Garber's resignation. Thomas P. HawleyResigned (September 27, 1890). 1874 1875 William H. Beatty Warner EarllElected to fill vacancy left by Garber's resignation. 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. BigelowAppointed to fill vacancy left by Beatty's resignation (December 2, 1890); elected to full term (November 4, 1890). 1892 1893 1894 1895 McKaskia Stearns Bonnifield 1896 1897 William A. MasseyResigned (September 1, 1902). 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. ColemanDied (February 25, 1939). 1916 1917 John A. Sanders 1918 1919 Edward A. DuckerDied (August 14, 1946). 1920 1921 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 E. J. L. TaberDied (February 6, 1947). 1936 1937 1938 1939 William Edwin OrrAppointed to fill vacancy left by Coleman's death (March 2, 1939); subsequently elected.Resigned (October 10, 1945). 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 Charles Lee HorseyAppointed to fill vacancy left by Orr's resignation (October 10, 1945); subsequently elected. 1946 Edgar EatherAppointed to fill vacancy left by Ducker's death (September 18, 1946); subsequently elected.Resigned (December 15, 1958). 1947 Milton B. BadtAppointed to fill vacancy left by Taber's death (March 26, 1947); subsequently elected.Died (April 2, 1966). 1948 1949 1950 1951 Charles M. MerrillResigned (October 1, 1959). 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 Frank McNameeAppointed to fill vacancy left by Eather's resignation (December 15, 1958); subsequently elected.Resigned (February 17, 1965). Miles N. PikeAppointed to fill vacancy left by Merrill's resignation (October 1, 1959); subsequently elected.Resigned (June 5, 1961). 1960 1961 Gordon R. ThompsonAppointed to fill vacancy left by Pike's resignation (June 5, 1961); subsequently elected. 1962 1963 1964 1965 David ZenoffAppointed to fill vacancy left by McNamee's resignation (May 1, 1965); subsequently elected.Resigned (May 2, 1977). 1966 Jon R. CollinsAppointed to fill vacancy left by Badt's death (June 5, 1966); subsequently elected. 1967 John C. MowbrayAppointed to newly established seat (October 1, 1967); subsequently elected. Cameron McV. BatjerResigned (November 4, 1981). 1968 1969 1970 1971 Elmer M. Gunderson 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 Noel E. ManoukianAppointed to fill vacancy left by Zenoff's resignation (May 2, 1977); subsequently elected. 1978 1979 1980 1981 Charles E. Springer 1982 Thomas L. SteffenAppointed to fill vacancy left by Batjer's resignation (April 26, 1982); subsequently elected. 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. LeavittDied (January 9, 2004). Nancy A. Becker 2000 2001 2002 2003 Mark Gibbons 2004 Michael L. DouglasAppointed to fill vacancy left by Leavitt's death (April 19, 2004); subsequently elected. 2005 James Hardesty Ron Parraguirre 2006 2007 Michael Cherry Nancy SaittaResigned (August 8, 2016). 2008 2009 Kristina Pickering 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 Lidia S. StiglichAppointed to fill vacancy left by Saitta's resignation (November 10, 2016); subsequently elected. 2018 2019 Elissa F. Cadish Abbi SilverResigned (September 30, 2022).20202021 Douglas W. Herndon20222023 Linda M. Bell Patricia LeeAppointed to fill vacancy left by Silver's resignation (November 21, 2022). 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 JusticeBeganEndedRef.— (territorial)112231435465768497106114128137149158167171018111912207211322142315241625142615271728182919302031183219332034183519362037183821392040224121422343244425452346264725482649275025512752285329543055285631573258335931603461356233633164366533663767386839693570377140724173397442753776407743784479458046814782488349844385448645874888468943904991449245935094519552present

Notes

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

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