WBrigadier General Darr Hayes Alkire (1903-1977) was a pilot for the United States Army Air Service, United States Army Air Corps, the United States Army Air Forces, and the United States Air Force. He was the senior officer in command of the West Compound at Stalag Luft III prisoner of war camp after being shot down and captured in 1944.
WMark Eugene Amodei is an American politician serving as the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 2nd congressional district since 2011. Currently the only Republican in Nevada's congressional delegation, he previously served in the Nevada Assembly from 1997 to 1999 and in the Nevada Senate, representing the Capital District, from 1999 to 2011.
WSamuel Shaw (Ulysses) Arentz was a United States Representative from Nevada. A Republican, he served 10 years in Congress.
WWalter Stephan Baring Jr. was a United States Representative from Nevada.
WJames Hubert Bilbray is an American politician, lawyer and postal executive from Nevada.
WErnest S. Brown served briefly as a United States Senator from Nevada in 1954.
WHoward Walter Cannon was an American politician. He served as a United States senator from Nevada from 1959 until 1983 as a member of the Democratic Party.
WRobert Lamson Crowell was an American attorney and politician. He was elected Mayor of Carson City, Nevada in 2008, and served from January 5, 2009 until his death. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
WDenver Sylvester Dickerson was an American politician. He was the 11th Governor of Nevada from 1908 to 1911. A member of the Silver – Democratic coalition party, he had previously held office as the 13th Lieutenant Governor of Nevada from 1907 to 1908. During his governorship, Dickerson worked to reform the state prison system.
WAdmiral James Fife Jr. was a United States Navy admiral who was promoted to four star rank after retirement as a "tombstone admiral".
WLloyd Dee George was a United States District Judge of the United States District Court for the District of Nevada and the namesake of the Lloyd D. George Federal Courthouse in Las Vegas, Nevada.
WJames Arthur Gibbons is an American attorney, aviator, geologist, hydrologist, and politician. He served as the 28th Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada from 2007 to 2011. He is a former member of the United States House of Representatives, having served from 1997 to 2006. He is a member of the Republican Party.
WMorley Isaac Griswold was an American politician. He was the 16th Governor of Nevada. He was a member of the Republican Party.
WMayer Jacob "Chic" Hecht was a Republican United States Senator from Nevada from 1983 to 1989 and U.S. Ambassador to the Bahamas from 1989 to 1993.
WJoseph John Heck is an American U.S. Army Brigadier General, physician, and politician who served as the U.S. Representative for Nevada's 3rd congressional district from 2011 to 2017. Heck, a Republican, is a board-certified physician and served as a Nevada State Senator from 2004 to 2008. He ran for the United States Senate in 2016.
WAdam Paul Laxalt is an American attorney and Republican Party politician who served as the 33rd Nevada Attorney General from 2015 to 2019. He unsuccessfully ran for Governor of Nevada, losing to Democrat Steve Sisolak in the 2018 gubernatorial election.
WPaul Dominique Laxalt was an American attorney and politician who was Governor of Nevada from 1967 to 1971 and a United States Senator from 1974 to 1987. He was one of Ronald Reagan's closest friends in politics. After Reagan was elected President in 1980, many in the national press referred to Laxalt as "The First Friend." He was the older brother of Robert Laxalt, who was a noted and prolific writer. He was a member of the Republican Party.
WRobert Joseph Miller is an American former attorney and politician who served as the 26th Governor of Nevada from 1989 to 1999. He is a member of the Democratic Party.
WDonal Neil "Mike" O'Callaghan was an American politician. He was the 23rd Governor of Nevada from 1971 to 1979, and a member of the Democratic Party.
WJames David Santini was a United States Representative from Nevada.
WFrank Grant Sawyer was an American politician. He was the 21st Governor of Nevada from 1959 to 1967. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
WJames Graves Scrugham was an American politician. He was a Representative, a Senator, and the 14th Governor of the U.S. state of Nevada. He was a member of the Democratic Party.
WPerry Edward Smith was one of two career criminals convicted of murdering the four members of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, United States, on November 15, 1959, a crime that was made famous by Truman Capote in his 1966 non-fiction novel In Cold Blood. Along with Richard Hickock, Smith took part in the burglary and multiple murder at the Clutter family farmhouse.
WDavid Gilmer Towell served a single term as a U.S. Representative from Nevada, representing the state's at-large district. He was a Republican.
WClarence Clifton "Cliff" Young, known as C. Clifton Young, was a United States congressman from Nevada.