Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...
was admitted to the
Union
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* Trade union, an organization of workers
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on March 1, 1867, and elects its
United States senators
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and powe ...
to Class 1 and Class 2. Nebraska's current Senators are Republicans
Deb Fischer
Debra Lynelle Fischer (; born March 1, 1951) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nebraska, a seat she has held since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Fischer was the first woman elected to a full te ...
and
Ben Sasse
Benjamin Eric Sasse ( ; born February 22, 1972) is an American politician and academic administrator serving as the junior United States senator for Nebraska since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Plainview, Nebraska, Sass ...
Thomas Tipton
Thomas Weston Tipton (August 5, 1817November 26, 1899) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Biography
Tipton was born in Cadiz, Ohio, and attended Allegheny College, Meadville, Pennsylvania. He pursued classical studies and graduated from Madison Col ...
, rowspan=5 , Republican
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Mar 1, 1867 – Mar 3, 1875
, rowspan=2 , Elected in 1867.
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, rowspan=3 , 1
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1867.Lost re-election.
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 1, 1867 – Mar 3, 1871
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 align=right , John Thayer
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1869.
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, rowspan=3 , 2
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1870.Lost re-election.
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 3, 1877
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
Phineas Hitchcock
Phineas Warren Hitchcock (November 30, 1831July 10, 1881) was an American Delegate and a Senator from Nebraska. Hitchcock County, Nebraska, is named after him.
Early life
He was born in New Lebanon, Columbia County, New York, the son of Gad ...
Algernon Paddock
Algernon Sidney Paddock (November 9, 1830October 17, 1897) was an American politician who was a United States Republican Party, Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood.
Biography
Paddock was born ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1875 – Mar 3, 1881
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1875.Lost re-election.
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, rowspan=3 , 3
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1877.
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 5, 1877 – Mar 3, 1883
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
Alvin Saunders
Alvin Saunders (July 12, 1817November 1, 1899) was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska, as well as the final and longest-serving governor of the Nebraska Territory, a tenure he served during most of the American Civil War.
Education
Saunders was bor ...
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! rowspan=3 , 3
, rowspan=3 align=left , Charles Van Wyck
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1881 – Mar 3, 1887
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1880.Lost re-election.
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, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1883.
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1883 – Mar 3, 1895
, rowspan=6 , Republican
, rowspan=6 align=right , Charles F. Manderson
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, rowspan=3 align=left ,
Algernon Paddock
Algernon Sidney Paddock (November 9, 1830October 17, 1897) was an American politician who was a United States Republican Party, Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood.
Biography
Paddock was born ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1887 – Mar 3, 1893
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1886.Retired.
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, rowspan=3 , 5
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1888.
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, rowspan=3 align=left , William V. Allen
, rowspan=3 , Populist
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1893 – Mar 3, 1899
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1893.Lost re-election.
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, rowspan=6 , Elected in 1895.Retired.
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1895 – Mar 3, 1901
, rowspan=6 , Republican
, rowspan=6 align=right ,
John Mellen Thurston
John Mellen Thurston (August 21, 1847August 9, 1916) was a United States Senator from Nebraska.
Thurston was born in Montpelier, Vermont, the son of Daniel Sylvester Thurston and Ruth (née Mellen). He moved with his parents to Madison, Wisc ...
Monroe Hayward
Monroe Leland Hayward (December 22, 1840December 5, 1899) was a politician from Nebraska. He was elected to become a Senator of Nebraska in 1899, dying before taking the oath of office.
Life and career
Hayward was born in Willsboro, New York. He ...
, , Republican
, nowrap , Mar 8, 1899 – Dec 5, 1899
, Elected late.Died before qualifying.
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, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , Dec 5, 1899 – Dec 13, 1899
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! rowspan=2 , 7
, rowspan=2 align=left , William V. Allen
, rowspan=2 , Populist
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Dec 13, 1899 – Mar 28, 1901
, rowspan=2 , Appointed to continue Hayward's term.Lost election to finish Hayward's term.
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, rowspan=2
, rowspan=4 , 7
, Legislature failed to elect
, nowrap , Mar 4, 1901 – Mar 28, 1901
, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
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! rowspan=2 , 8
, rowspan=2 align=left ,
Charles H. Dietrich
Charles Henry Dietrich (November 26, 1853April 10, 1924) was the 11th Governor of Nebraska. Dietrich in mercantile pursuits and in banking. After serving as governor, he was elected U.S. Senator from May 1, 1901 to March 3, 1905.
Personal life ...
, rowspan=2 , Republican
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Mar 28, 1901 – Mar 3, 1905
, rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Hayward's term.Retired.
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1901 to finish vacant term.Retired.
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 28, 1901 – Mar 3, 1907
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
Joseph Millard
Joseph Hopkins Millard (April 20, 1836January 13, 1922) was a Canadian-American businessman and politician from Nebraska. He served in the United States Senate and as mayor of Omaha, and was an anti-suffrage activist.
Life
Millard was born in ...
Elmer Burkett
Elmer Jacob Burkett (December 1, 1867May 23, 1935) was a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska.
Burkett was born on a farm near Glenwood, Iowa. He attended the public schools and graduated from Tabor College in 1890 and from the University ...
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1905 – Mar 3, 1911
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1905.Lost renomination.
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, rowspan=3 , 8
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1907.Lost renomination.
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Mar 4, 1907 – Mar 3, 1913
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
Norris Brown
Norris Brown (May 2, 1863January 5, 1960) was a Senator from Nebraska.
Brown was born in Maquoketa, Iowa. The son of William Henry Harrison and Eliza Ann Phelps Brown, he attended Jefferson Iowa Academy and graduated with a law degree from the Un ...
Gilbert Hitchcock
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock (September 18, 1859February 3, 1934) was an American congressman and U.S. Senator from Nebraska, and the founder of the ''Omaha World-Herald'' newspaper.
Life and career
Born in Omaha, Nebraska, Hitchcock was the son ...
, rowspan=6 , Democratic
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1911 – Mar 3, 1923
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1911.
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, rowspan=3 , 9
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1913.
, rowspan=15 nowrap , Mar 4, 1913 – Jan 3, 1937
, rowspan=15 , Republican
, rowspan=18 align=right ,
George W. Norris
George William Norris (July 11, 1861September 2, 1944) was an American politician from the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States. He served five terms in the United States House of Representatives as a Republican, from 1903 until 1913 ...
Robert B. Howell
Robert Beecher Howell (January 21, 1864 March 11, 1933) was an American politician. He was born in Adrian, Michigan. He graduated from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 1885. Afterwards, he went to the Detroit School of ...
, rowspan=6 , Republican
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Mar 4, 1923 – Mar 11, 1933
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1922.
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1924.
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1928.Died.
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, rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1930.
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, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
, nowrap , Mar 11, 1933 – May 24, 1933
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! 12
, align=left , William H. Thompson
, , Democratic
, nowrap , May 24, 1933 – Nov 6, 1934
, Appointed to continue Howell's term.Retired when successor qualified.
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! 13
, align=left , Richard C. Hunter
, , Democratic
, nowrap , Nov 7, 1934 – Jan 3, 1935
, Elected to finish Howell's term.Retired.
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, rowspan=3 align=left ,
Edward R. Burke
Edward Raymond Burke (November 28, 1880November 4, 1968) was an American Democratic Party politician.
Burke moved to Sparta, Wisconsin with his parents and then Beloit, Wisconsin, where he went to Beloit College. Burke graduated in 1906, mov ...
Hugh A. Butler
Hugh Alfred Butler (February 28, 1878July 1, 1954) was an American United States Republican Party, Republican politician from Nebraska
Life and career
Hugh Butler was born on a farm near Missouri Valley, Iowa on February 28, 1878. He graduated ...
, rowspan=12 , Republican
, rowspan=12 nowrap , Jan 3, 1941 – Jul 1, 1954
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1940.
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, rowspan=3 , 14
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1942.
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 3, 1943 – Nov 29, 1951
, rowspan=5 , Republican
, rowspan=5 align=right ,
Kenneth S. Wherry
Kenneth Spicer Wherry (February 28, 1892November 29, 1951) was an American businessman, attorney, and politician. A member of the Republican Party, he served as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1943 until his death in 1951; he was the minorit ...
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, rowspan=6 , Re-elected in 1946.
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, rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 1948.Died.
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, nowrap , Nov 29, 1951 – Dec 10, 1951
, colspan=3 , ''Vacant''
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, Appointed to continue Wherry's term.Retired when successor elected.
, nowrap , Dec 10, 1951 – Nov 4, 1952
, , Republican
, align=right , Fred A. Seaton
! 10
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, rowspan=2 , Elected to finish Wherry's term.Died.
, rowspan=2 nowrap , Nov 5, 1952 – Apr 12, 1954
, rowspan=2 , Republican
, rowspan=2 align=right ,
Dwight Griswold
Dwight Palmer Griswold (November 27, 1893April 12, 1954) was an American publisher and politician from the U.S. state of Nebraska. He served as the 25th governor of Nebraska from 1941 to 1947, and in the United States Senate from 1952 until his ...
Eva Bowring
Eva Bowring (née Kelly; January 9, 1892January 8, 1985) was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska. Bowring was born in Nevada, Missouri. In 1928, she married Arthur Bowring. They made their home at the Bowring Ranch near Merriman in Cherry County, Nebr ...
Hazel Abel
Hazel Abel (née Hempel; July 10, 1888July 30, 1966) was an American educator and politician in the U.S. state of Nebraska, who served as a member of the United States Senate for fifty-four days in 1954. She was the first woman elected to the Sena ...
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! 16
, align=left , Samuel W. Reynolds
, , Republican
, nowrap , Jul 3, 1954 – Nov 7, 1954
, Appointed to continue Butler's term.Retired when successor qualified.
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, rowspan=13 align=left ,
Roman Hruska
Roman Lee Hruska () (August 16, 1904April 25, 1999) was an American attorney and politician who served as a Republican U.S. senator from the state of Nebraska. Hruska was known as one of the most vocal conservatives in the Senate during the 1960 ...
, rowspan=13 , Republican
, rowspan=13 nowrap , Nov 8, 1954 – Dec 27, 1976
, rowspan=4 , Elected to finish Butler's term.
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, Appointed to finish Griswold's term, having already been elected to the next term.
, rowspan=14 nowrap , Jan 1, 1955 – Jan 3, 1979
, rowspan=14 , Republican
, rowspan=14 align=right , Carl Curtis
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, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1954.
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1958.
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1960.
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1964.
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1966.
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1970.Retired and resigned early.
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, rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 1972.Retired.
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, rowspan=7 align=left ,
Edward Zorinsky
Edward Zorinsky (November 11, 1928March 6, 1987) was an American politician who served as a Democrat in the U.S. Senate from 1976 until his death in 1987. He represented Nebraska and had previously served as mayor of Omaha, elected as a Republic ...
, rowspan=7 , Democratic
, rowspan=7 nowrap , Dec 28, 1976 – Mar 6, 1987
, Appointed to finish Hruska's term, having been elected to the next term.
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, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1976.
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, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1978.
, rowspan=11 nowrap , Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 3, 1997
, rowspan=11 , Democratic
, rowspan=11 align=right ,
J. James Exon
John James "Jim" Exon (August 9, 1921June 10, 2005) was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Par ...
David Karnes
David Kemp Karnes (December 12, 1948 – October 25, 2020) was an American politician, businessman, and attorney. He was a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1987 to 1989, and was president and chief executive officer of The Fairmon ...
, , Republican
, nowrap , Mar 11, 1987 – Jan 3, 1989
, Appointed to finish Zorinsky's term.Lost election to full term.
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, rowspan=6 align=left ,
Bob Kerrey
Joseph Robert Kerrey (born August 27, 1943) is an American politician who served as the 35th Governor of Nebraska from 1983 to 1987 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 1989 to 2001. Before entering politics, he served in the Vietna ...
, rowspan=6 , Democratic
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 2001
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1988.
, rowspan=3 , 21
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1990.Retired.
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 1994.Retired.
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, rowspan=3 , Elected in 1996.
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 1997 – Jan 3, 2009
, rowspan=6 , Republican
, rowspan=6 align=right ,
Chuck Hagel
Charles Timothy Hagel ( born October 4, 1946)
Ben Nelson
Earl Benjamin Nelson (born May 17, 1941) is an American attorney, businessman, and politician who served as the 37th governor of Nebraska from 1991 to 1999 and as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 2001 to 2013. He is a member of the Demo ...
, rowspan=6 , Democratic
, rowspan=6 nowrap , Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2013
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 2000.
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, rowspan=3 , 24
, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2002.Retired.
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, rowspan=3 , Re-elected in 2006.Retired.
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, rowspan=3 , 25
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 2008.Retired.
, rowspan=3 nowrap , Jan 3, 2009 – Jan 3, 2015
, rowspan=3 , Republican
, rowspan=3 align=right ,
Mike Johanns
Michael Owen Johanns ( ; born June 18, 1950) is an American attorney and politician who served as a United States Senator from Nebraska from 2009 to 2015. He served as the 38th governor of Nebraska from 1999 until 2005, and was chair of the Mi ...
Deb Fischer
Debra Lynelle Fischer (; born March 1, 1951) is an American politician serving as the senior United States senator from Nebraska, a seat she has held since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Fischer was the first woman elected to a full te ...
, rowspan=7 , Republican
, rowspan=7 nowrap , Jan 3, 2013 – Present
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 2012.
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, rowspan=3 , 26
, rowspan=3 , Elected in 2014.
, rowspan=5 nowrap , Jan 3, 2015 – Present
, rowspan=5 , Republican
, rowspan=5 align=right ,
Ben Sasse
Benjamin Eric Sasse ( ; born February 22, 1972) is an American politician and academic administrator serving as the junior United States senator for Nebraska since 2015. He is a member of the Republican Party.
Born in Plainview, Nebraska, Sass ...
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, rowspan=4 , Re-elected in 2018.
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, rowspan=4 , 27
, rowspan=2 , Re-elected in 2020.Resigning January 8, 2023 to become President of the
University of Florida
The University of Florida (Florida or UF) is a public land-grant research university in Gainesville, Florida. It is a senior member of the State University System of Florida, traces its origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its ...
.
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, Incoming senator to be appointed to continue Sasse's term.
, TBD
, , TBD
, align=right , TBA
! 19
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, rowspan=2 colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 election.
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, colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2024 special election.
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, colspan=5 , To be determined in the 2026 election.
See also
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United States congressional delegations from Nebraska
These are tables of congressional delegations from Nebraska to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
The current dean of the Nebraska delegation is Representative Adrian Smith (NE-3), having served in the Hou ...
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List of United States representatives from Nebraska
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Nebraska. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), ...
United States Senators
The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, with the House of Representatives being the lower chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.
The composition and powe ...
Nebraska
Nebraska () is a state in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is bordered by South Dakota to the north; Iowa to the east and Missouri to the southeast, both across the Missouri River; Kansas to the south; Colorado to the southwe ...