Roster of Early Jewish Nevada Officeholders

House Speaker

Samuel Platt (1874-1964), Reno, 1905.

Samuel Platt

Mayor

Sam Frank (1872-1937), Reno, 1933-1935.

State Senators

Gabriel Cohn (u.-u.), Elko, 1875-1876.

Hirsch Harris (1838-1910), Minden, 1887-1890.

Herman Freudenthal (1861-1926), Pioche, 1905.

Solomon Summerfield (1877-1935), Gold Hill, 1917-1920.

State Representatives

Herman Bien ( 1831-95), Virginia City, 1864-1865.

Henry Epstein (1838-1920), Minden, 1864-1865.

Mayer Rosenblatt (1841-88), Austin, 1864-1865.

Solomon Geller (u.-1894), Virginia City, 1867-1868.

Jacob Tobriner (1935-90), Reno, 1873-1874.

Henry Bergstein (1847-1930), Pioche, 1874-1875.

Frank Boskowitz (1850-1930), Reno, 1883-1884.

Bonham Galland, Virginia City, 1883-1884.

Bonham Galland

Herman Freudenthal, Pioche, 1900-1904.

Samuel Platt, Reno, 1901-1903, 1905-1906.

John Sinai (1892-1973), Reno, 1920.

Other offices

Mark Strouse (1845-92), Virginia City police chief, 1869, treasurer, 1874.

Mark Strouse

Jacob Tobriner, Reno treasurer, 1885-1890.

Michael Cohen (1838-aft. 1913), Ely county commissioner, 1913-1914.

Source

• Mark Rutzik, Breaking New Ground: The Untold Story of Early America’s Jewish Electoral Pioneers – 1788 to 1920, 2025.

Mark Rutzick is the curator of this Jewish Officeholders exhibit.