Above the Speaker is a large gavel, which is engraved with the name of Speaker Joe Dini; the longest serving Speaker of the Nevada Assembly. Above the gavel is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln, who was President when Nevada became a State in 1864.
A substantial gavel, inscribed with Speaker Joe Dini's name and positioned above it, displays a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. This portrait signifies the president during Nevada's statehood year of 1864.