John Gregovich (1847May 14, 1912) was a
Serbian American
Serbian Americans () or American Serbs (), are Americans of ethnic Serb ancestry. As of 2023, there were slightly more than 181,000 American citizens who identified as having Serb ancestry. However, the number may be significantly higher, as ...
merchant and
Nevada Senator in the late 19th century. A member of the
Silver Party
The Silver Party was a political party in the United States active from 1892 until 1911 and most successful in Nevada which supported a platform of bimetallism and free silver.
In 1892, several Silver Party candidates were elected to Nevada pu ...
during his tenure as senator, Gregovich later helped take on the cases of various
Serbian
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* Pertaining to Serbia in Southeast Europe; in particular
**Serbs, a South Slavic ethnic group native to the Balkans
** Serbian language
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immigrants living in
Tonopah after a mine fire in 1911.
He was stabbed to death on May 14, 1912, by fellow immigrant
Andriza Mircovich
Andriza (or Andrew) Mircovich (, 1879 – May 14, 1913) was an Austria-Hungary, Austro-Hungarian national of Serbs, Serb descent. He was the only prisoner ever to be execution by shooting, executed by shooting in the US state of Nevada. He h ...
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who remains the only person executed by firing squad in the state of Nevada.
His house in Tonopah, the
John Gregovich House, is a historic home listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
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.
See also
*
List of homicides in Nevada
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References
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1847 births
1912 deaths
Nevada state senators
Nevada Silverites
American people of Serbian descent
Emigrants from Austria-Hungary to the United States
Deaths by stabbing in Nevada
People murdered in Nevada
19th-century members of the Nevada Legislature
People murdered in 1912
American murder victims