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History of the District Attorney's Office
Updated on 07/25/2019 11:27 AM
A District Attorney has served Carson City since the first appointment of Dighton Carson as prosecuting attorney on December 18, 1861. The table below provides additional information. Special thanks to Alan Glover, Carson City Clerk-Recorder for the election results. If anyone has additional information, anecdotes or photos that we might share on these pages, please contact: Jason Woodbury.
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Date |
Won |
Aff |
Lost |
Aff |
Vote |
Remarks |
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12/1861 |
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Appointed |
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9/1863 |
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A.F. Patrick |
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496/253 |
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King resigned after one month and T.D. Edwards was appointed 10/2/1863. |
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9/1864 |
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?? |
Records missing. |
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9/1866 |
(U) |
William Patterson |
(D) |
400/343 |
(U) is Union Party |
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9/1868 |
Samuel C. Denson |
(U) |
William Patterson |
(D) |
489/432 |
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| Denson later resigned and Thomas Wells was appointed on 4/6/1870. William Patterson replaced Wells later that year by appointment. |
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11/1870 |
(D) |
J.B. Hereford |
(R) |
493/362 |
Hereafter, elections in November. |
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1872 |
William Patterson |
(D) |
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823 |
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1874 |
William Patterson |
(D) |
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1,147 |
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1876 |
(R) |
William Patterson |
(D) |
703/625 |
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1878 |
(C) |
Trenmor Coffin |
(R) |
534/435 |
(C) is Citizen's Party |
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1880 |
(R) |
N. Soderberg |
(D) |
707/335 |
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1882 |
(R) |
H.F. Bartine |
(R) |
475/397 |
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1884 |
James D. Torreyson |
(R) |
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1886 |
James D. Torreyson |
(R) |
C.M. Harris |
(D) |
540/352 |
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1888 |
James D. Torreyson |
(R) |
Sam Lee |
(D) |
571/5 |
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| From 1888 until about 1930, the DA was also Superintendent of Schools in Ormsby County (now Carson City). | ||||||
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1890 |
(R) |
James R. Budge |
(D) |
670/234 |
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1892 |
(SP) |
S. Summerfield |
(R) |
497/336 |
(SP) is believed to be Silver Party? |
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1894 |
A.J. McGowan |
(SP) |
George W. Keith |
(R) |
437/413 |
24 vote margin. |
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1896 |
A.J. McGowan |
(SP) |
O.H. Grey |
(R) |
505/343 |
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1898 |
(SP) |
(R) |
494/340 |
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1900 |
(R) |
J. Emmett Walsh |
(SP) |
370/360 |
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1902 |
Edwin E. Roberts |
(R) |
George W. Keith |
(SP) |
541/197 |
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1904 |
Edwin E. Roberts |
(R) |
J. Poujade |
(I) |
464/225 |
(I) is Independent |
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1906 |
Edwin E. Roberts |
(R) |
J. Poujade |
(I) |
449/219 |
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1908 |
Edwin E. Roberts |
(R) |
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552 |
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1910 |
(R) |
William Woodburn |
(I) |
534/240 |
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1912 |
(P) |
P.B. Ellis and James D. Finch |
(I) |
420/212/28 |
(P) is Populist |
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1914 |
John M. Chartz |
(I) |
William M. Griffin |
(D) |
473/202 |
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1916 |
(R) |
John M. Chartz |
(D) |
609/587 |
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1918 |
John M. Chartz |
(D) |
W.E. Baldy |
(R) |
549/407 |
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1920 |
John M. Chartz |
(D) |
W.E. Baldy |
(R) |
562/471 |
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1922 |
John M. Chartz |
(D) |
W.E. Baldy |
(R) |
562/486 |
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| With the 1922 election, four-year terms of office begin. | ||||||
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1926 |
John M. Chartz |
(D) |
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608 |
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1930 |
John M. Chartz |
(D) |
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664 |
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1934 |
John M. Chartz |
(D) |
E.J. Cahill |
(D) |
636/535 |
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1938 |
(D) |
John M. Chartz |
(D) |
839/561 |
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1942 |
(R) |
Edward A. Ducker, Jr. |
(D) |
851/526 |
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1946 |
(D) |
Frank B. Gregory |
(R) |
835/814 |
21 votes decide it. |
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1952 |
(R) |
Richard L. Waters, Jr. |
(D) |
1,107/827 |
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1954 |
(R) |
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1,838 |
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1958 |
(R) |
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2,323 |
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1962 |
(R) |
J.C. (Jim) Martin |
(R) |
1,908/1,431 |
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1966 |
(R) |
J. McArthur Wright |
(D) |
3,706/1,614 |
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| Ormsby County and Carson City were consolidated by act of the Nevada Legislature effective July 1, 1969. | ||||||
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1970 |
(D) |
William Crowell, Jr. |
(D) |
3,324/2,034 |
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1974 |
Michael E. Fondi |
(D) |
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6,890 |
Fondi moves to the bench and Dave Small is appointed 11/77. |
| Office is non-partisan effective June 5, 1979. | ||||||
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1978 |
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Terry Graham Friedman |
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4,965/4,743 |
Small resigns and Bill Maddox is appointed 1/80. |
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1982 |
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Ralph Crow |
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7,749/4,000 |
Maddox resigns and Noel Waters is appointed 4/85. |
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1986 |
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William T.O. Aird |
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8,477/3,473 |
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1990 |
Noel S. Waters |
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11,777 |
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1994 |
Noel S. Waters |
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Patrick B. Walsh |
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8,297/6,723 |
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| 1998 |
Noel S. Waters |
12,984 |
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2002 |
Noel S. Waters |
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13,367 |
Most votes ever received in DA race. |
| 2006 | Neil Rombardo | Michael Suglia | 10,152/5,812 | |||
| 2010 | Neil Rombardo | 10,474 | ||||
| 2014 | Jason D. Woodbury | Mark Krueger | 7,622/6,676 | |||
| 2018 | Jason D. Woodbury | 7941 | ||||
| 2022 | Jason D. Woodbury | 10226 | ||||