Religious Minorities

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Legislator Party District/Area Represented Assembly Term Senate Term Notes
Herman Bien Republican Storey County 1864-1865 - Jewish[1]
Henry Bergstein National Union Storey County 1674-1876 - Jewish[2]
Jacob Tobriner Republican Ormsby County 1872-1874 - Jewish
Frank Boskowitz Republican Ormsby County 1882-1884 - Jewish
Hirsch Harris Populist Douglas County 1892-1884 - Jewish
Al Livingston Silver Ormsby County - 1888-1902 Jewish[3]
Samuel Platt Republican Ormsby County 1900-1902
1904-1906
- Jewish[4]
Became Speaker of the Assembly in 1905
Candidate for Attorney General in 1902
Candidate for United State Senator in 1916, 1928, and 1940
Phil Jacobs Silver Washoe County 1900-1902 - Jewish
Herman Freudenthal Independent Lincoln County 1900-1904 - Jewish
John Sinai Republican Washoe County - 1918-1920 Jewish
George Rudiak Democratic Clark County 1952-1954 - Jewish
Stan Irwin Democratic Clark County 1954-1956 - Jewish
Bud Garfinkle Democratic Reno-N. Tahoe-Verdi-Storey 1954-1956 - Jewish
Chic Hecht Republican Clark County - 1966-1974 Jewish
Served as a United States Senator from 1983-1989
Flora Dungan Democratic Clark County 1962-1964
1966-1968
- Jewish[5]
Regent for the Nevada System of Higher Education 1972-1973
Bernard Posin Democratic Clark County 1960-1964 - Jewish
Eileen Brookman Democratic Clark County 1966-1978
1986-1990
- Jewish
William Hernstadt Democratic Clark County - 1976-1984 Jewish
Shelley Berkley Democratic Clark County 1982-1984 - Jewish
Renee Diamond Democratic Clark County 1988-1990 - Jewish
Myrna Williams Democratic Clark County 1984-1994 - Jewish
Served on the Clark County Commission 1994-2006
Marcia de Braga Democratic Churchill County 1992-2002 - Bahá'í Faith[6]


The Arentzes

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  • Samuel S. Arentz (1879–1934), U.S. Representative from Nevada 1921–1923 1925–1933, candidate for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate from Nevada 1922, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1928 1932. Father of Samuel S. Arentz.[7]
  • Harriet K Arentz (nee Keep) (1886–1980), Wife of Samuel Arentz, Republican Candidate for State Treasurer in 1934
    • Sam Arentz (1913–1994), delegate to the Republican National Convention 1952. Son of Samuel S. Arentz.[8]

The Averills

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  • Mark Averill (1866-1934), Republican member of the Nevada Assembly from 1902-1904. District Court Judge 1909-1923.
    • Ruth Averill (1897-?), Youngest woman ever elected to the Nevada Assembly at age 23, served 1920-1922. Daughter of Mark Averill.

The Bells and Segerbloms

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  • William J. Bell (?-1935), Nevada State Senator, 1906-1914.
    • Hazel Wines (née Bell) (1885-1949), Nevada Assemblywoman, 1934-1936. Daughter of William J. Bell, mother of Gene Segerblom.
      • Gene Segerblom (née Wines) (1918-2012), Nevada Assemblywoman, 1992-2000. Daughter of Hazel Wines, mother of Tick Segerblom.
        • Tick Segerblom (1948-), Nevada Assemblyman, 2006-2012. Nevada State Senator, 2012-. Son of Gene Segerblom.

The Bilbrays

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The Bradleys and Hendersons

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  • Lewis R. Bradley (1805–1879), delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1860, California Assemblyman 1861-1862, Governor of Nevada 1871-1879. Grandfather of Charles B. Henderson.[11]
    • Charles B. Henderson (1873–1954), Nevada State Representative 1905-1907, U.S. Senator from Nevada 1918-1921, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1928 1936. Grandson of Lewis R. Bradley.[12]

The Vucanoviches

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  • Thomas Farrell, (1891-1967), Major General in the United States Army, Deputy Commanding General and Chief of Field Operations of the Manhattan Project.
    • Barbara Vucanovich (née) Farrell (1921-), U.S. Representative from Nevada 1983-1997. Daughter of Thomas Farrell]]
      • Patricia Dillon Cafferata, Treasurer of Nevada (1983-1987), District Attorney in Nevada, Nevada Assemblywoman (1981-1983). Daughter of Barbara Vucanovich.
        • Elisa Cafferata, President & CEO of Nevada Advocates for Planned Parenthood Affiliates. Daughter of Patricia Dillon Cafferata.
        • J. Farrell Cafferata-Jenkins, Plantiff in Sevcik v. Sandoval, challenging Nevada's ban on same-sex marriage[13]. Daughter of Patricia Dillon Cafferata.
        • Caren Cafferata-Jenkins, Executive Director of the Nevada Commission on Ethics, Plantiff in Sevcik v. Sandoval, challenging Nevada's ban on same-sex marriage[14]. Daughter of Patricia Dillon Cafferata. Wife of Farrell Cafferata-Jenkins.

The Norcrosses and Carpenters

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  • Frank Norcross (1869-1952), District Attorney for Washoe County 1894-1898. Nevada Assembly 1896-1900. Nevada Supreme Court 1904-1916. Federal Judge 1945-1952.
    • Charles Norcross. Nevada Assembly 1892-1894.

The Densons

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  • William H. Beatty (1838–1914), District Court Judge in Nevada 1864–1874, Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court 1875–1878, Chief Justice of the Nevada Supreme Court 1879–1880, Chief Justice of the California Supreme Court 1888–1914. Brother-in-law of Samuel Crawford Denson.[15]
  • Samuel Crawford Denson (1839–1917), District Court Judge in California 1876–1881, Superior Court Judge in California 1881–1883, Nevada State Representative 1885–1886, District Attorney of Ormsby County, Nevada 1886–1888. Brother-in-law of William H. Beatty.[16]
  • William Henry Denson (1846–1906), Alabama State Representative 1876, U.S. Attorney in Alabama 1885–1889, U.S. Representative from Alabama 1893–1895. Fourth cousin once removed of Samuel Crawford Denson.[17]
  • N. D. Denson (1856–1927), Alabama State Senator 1884–1888, Circuit Court Judge in Alabama 1892–1904, Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court 1904–1909, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1916. Fourth cousin once removed of Samuel Crawford Denson.[18]
    • John Vernon Denson II, delegate to the Republican National Convention 1972. Grandson of N. D. Denson.[19]

The Dickersons of Nevada

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The Foleys

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  • Thomas L. Foley (?-?), attorney and judge.
    • Roger Thomas Foley (1886-1974), attorney and District Court Judge 1939-1941. Son of Thomas L. Foley.
      • Roger D. Foley (1917-1996), Nevada Attorney General 1959-1962. Federal judge. Son of Roger T. Foley.
      • Thomas A. Foley (?-?), attorney and Clark County District Judge 1983-1994. Son of Roger T. Foley.
      • John P. Foley (1927-?), member of the Nevada Senate 1970-1974. Son of Roger T. Foley.
      • Joe Foley (1924-2002), member of the Nevada Board of Regents for Higher Education. Son of Roger T. Foley.
        • Helen Foley (1953-), member of the Nevada Assembly 1980-1982; member of the Nevada Senate 1982-1986. Daughter of Joe Foley.
      • George Foley, Sr. (1922-2010), Member of the Nevada State Athletic Commission; Clark County District Attorney (1958-1960). Son of Roger T. Foley.
        • George Foley, Jr. (?-?), Federal Magistrate. Son of George Foley, Sr.

The Leavitts

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  • Myron E. Leavitt (1930-2004), Democratic Clark County Commissioner 1971-1974, Las Vegas City Councilman 1975-1978, Lt. Governor of Nevada 1979-1983, District Court Judge 1984-1998, Supreme Court of Nevada 1998-2004.
    • Michelle Leavitt, Clark County District Court Judge 2002-present. Daughter of Myron Leavitt.
    • Tony Abbatangelo, Las Vegas Municipal Court Judge 1993-1996, Las Vegas Justice of the Peace 1996-2010. Was married to Sue (Leavitt) Abbatangelo, daughter of Myron Leavitt.

The Newlands and Sharons

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  • William Sharon (1821–1885), U.S. Senator from Nevada 1875–1881. Father-in-law of Francis G. Newlands.[26]
    • Francis G. Newlands (1848–1917), U.S. Representative from Nevada 1983–1903, U.S. Senator from Nevada 1903–1917, delegate to the Democratic National Convention 1916. Son-in-law of William Sharon.[27]

The Pittmans

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  • Key Pittman (1872–1940), candidate for U.S. Senate from Nevada 1910, U.S. Senator from Nevada 1913-1940. Brother of Vail M. Pittman.[28]
  • Vail M. Pittman (1880–1964), Lieutenant Governor of Nevada 1943-1945, Governor of Nevada 1945-1951, candidate for Democratic nomination for U.S. Senate from Nevada 1944. Brother of Key Pittman.[29]

The Reids

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  • Harry Reid (1939-), Nevada Assemblyman 1967-1971, Lieutenant Governor of Nevada 1971-1975, candidate for U.S. Senator from Nevada 1974, U.S. Senator from Nevada 1987–present. Father of Rory Reid.

The Stevensons of California, Idaho, and Nevada

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  3. ^ Marschall, John. "Al Livinston". Online Nevada Encyclopedia.
  4. ^ Marschall, John. "Samuel Platt". Online Nevada Encyclopedia.
  5. ^ Moore, Angela. "Flora Dungan". Online Nevada Encyclopedia.
  6. ^ Clanton, Carol. "Marcia de Braga". Nevada Women's History Project.
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  16. ^ Index to Politicians: Denniston to Denson. The Political Graveyard. Retrieved on 19 October 2011.
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  32. ^ http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/stevenson-steward.html#RLI13OYLN
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