{{Short description|American attorney and politician|bot=PearBOT 5}} {{BLP sources|date=May 2016}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Robert List | image = Robert List in 2010.jpg | order = 24th Governor of Nevada | lieutenant = Myron E. Leavitt | term_start = January 1, 1979 | term_end = January 3, 1983 | predecessor = Mike O'Callaghan | successor = Richard Bryan | office1 = 26th Attorney General of Nevada | governor1 = Mike O'Callaghan | term_start1 = January 4, 1971 | term_end1 = January 1, 1979 | predecessor1 = Harvey Dickerson | successor1 = Richard Bryan | birth_name = Robert Frank List | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1936|9|1}} | birth_place = Visalia, California, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | party = Republican (1970–present) | spouse = {{marriage|Polly Minor|1991}} | children = 5 | education = {{ubl |Utah State University (BA) |University of California, Hastings (JD)}} }} '''Robert Frank List''' (born September 1, 1936) is an American attorney and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the 24th governor of Nevada from 1979 to 1983, as Nevada Attorney General from 1971 to 1979, and as Carson City District Attorney from 1967 to 1971.<ref>[https://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_nevada/col2-content/main-content-list/title_list_robert.default.html National Governors Association biography]</ref> Currently List practices law in Las Vegas with the law firm Kolesar & Leatham, Chtd.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lvlegalnews.com/news/4294.html|title = St. Louis Divorce Lawyers}}</ref> He was the last Governor to serve from outside Clark County until Jim Gibbons' election. After his term ended, he became a supporter of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.lvrj.com/news/11232406.html|title = Las Vegas News | Breaking News & Headlines}}</ref> List was defeated for re-election in 1982 by Nevada Attorney General Richard Bryan. He was the last Governor of Nevada to lose reelection until Democrat Steve Sisolak lost reelection to Republican Joe Lombardo in 2022.
== Childhood == Robert Frank List was born in Exeter, California, to Frank and Alice List.<ref>{{cite web |title=Robert Frank List |url=https://www.nga.org/governor/robert-frank-list/ |website=National Governors Association |access-date=6 February 2026 |date=7 January 2019}}</ref>
==Education== List received his J.D. and LL.D. degrees from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in 1962. He is licensed with the State Bar of Nevada, District of Columbia Bar, and U.S. Supreme Court. He is a member of the American Bar Association, Nevada State Bar Association, Society of Attorneys General Emeritus and Past Governors' Association.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rlistco.com/robertlist.htm |title=The Robert List Company - Robert List |accessdate=2015-01-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715190935/http://rlistco.com/robertlist.htm |archive-date=2011-07-15 }}</ref>
==Current practice== thumb|left|200px|List in 2016 On December 1, 2010, List joined Kolesar & Leatham, Chtd., a Las Vegas business law firm, as a senior partner. He is also the chief executive officer of The Robert List Company, a lobbying firm. 140px|thumb|right|List as governor. List served as Carson City, Nevada District Attorney from 1966 to 1970 and Attorney General of Nevada from 1970 to 1978. In 1978, he was elected Governor, serving in that capacity until 1983. He served as Chairman of both the Western Governors Association and the Conference of Western Attorneys General.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rlistco.com/robertlist.htm |title=The Robert List Company - Robert List |accessdate=2015-01-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715190935/http://rlistco.com/robertlist.htm |archive-date=2011-07-15 }}</ref>
==Personal life== He is married to Mary Ann (Polly) Minor List<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/02/24/style/robert-list-weds-mary-ann-minor.html |title=Robert List Weds Mary Ann Minor |date=February 24, 1991 |accessdate=June 30, 2018 |newspaper=New York Times }}</ref> and they have two children, Robert and Elizabeth. He also has three adult children; Suzanne, Hank, and Michelle.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://rlistco.com/robertlist.htm |title=The Robert List Company - Robert List |accessdate=2015-01-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715190935/http://rlistco.com/robertlist.htm |archive-date=2011-07-15 }}</ref>
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