GRANT SAWYER, the twenty-first governor of Nevada, was born in Twin Falls, Idaho, on December 14, 1918. His education was attained at the University of Nevada, where he graduated in…

PAUL DOMINQUE LAXALT was born in Reno, Nevada, on August 2, 1922. He served as a medic in the Pacific Theater during World War II. He graduated from Santa Clara…

MIKE O'CALLAGHAN was born in Lacrosse, Wisconsin, on September 10, 1929. His parents lost their mortgaged farm during the Depression and took up subsistence farming on marginal land near Sparta,…

ROBERT FRANK LIST was born in Visalia, California, in 1936. He received his bachelor's degree from Utah State University and a law degree from Hastings School of Law, University of…

RICHARD H. BRYAN was born in Washington, D.C. He is a graduate of the University of Nevada at Reno, and served in the U.S. Army and Army Reserve. Bryan earned…

BOB MILLER was born in Chicago, Illinois, and moved to Nevada in 1955. He earned his bachelor's degree in political science from the University of Santa Clara in 1967 and…

KENNY C. GUINN was born in Garland, Arkansas and grew up in Exeter, California. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees in physical education from Fresno State University and a…

Jim Gibbons was born and raised in Sparks, Nevada, and attended Nevada public schools and universities. Gibbons earned a B.S. in Geology from the University of Nevada, Reno, and a…

Brian Sandoval was sworn in as governor of Nevada on January 3, 2011, and was sworn in for his second term on January 5, 2015. Prior to becoming governor, Sandoval…