Nebraska's 1st congressional district

Nebraska's 1st congressional district
Nebraska's 1st congressional district since January 3, 2013
Representative	Jeff Fortenberry R–Lincoln
Distribution	65.21% urban 34.79% rural
Population (2019)	651,958
Median household income	$63,921[1]
Ethnicity	83.0% White 8.4% Hispanic 2.9% Black 2.4% Asian 2.1% Two or more races 1.2% other
Cook PVI	R+11[2]

Nebraska's 1st congressional district (from 2023)

Nebraska's 1st congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Nebraska that encompasses most of its eastern quarter, except for Omaha and some of its suburbs, which are part of the 2nd congressional district. It includes the state capital Lincoln, as well as the cities of Bellevue, Fremont, and Norfolk. Following the 2010 United States Census, the 1st congressional district was changed to include an eastern section of Sarpy County; Dakota County was moved to the 3rd congressional district.

It has been represented in the United States House of Representatives since 2005 by Jeff Fortenberry, a member of the Republican Party. The Cook Partisan Voting Index (CPVI) for the 1st congressional district is R+11.

List of members representing the district[]

Member (District Home)	Party	Term	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1883
Archibald J. Weaver	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1887	48th 49th	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Retired.
John A. McShane	Democratic	March 4, 1887 – March 3, 1889	50th	Elected in 1886. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
William J. Connell	Republican	March 4, 1889 – March 3, 1891	51st	Elected in 1888. Lost re-election.
William Jennings Bryan	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1895	52nd 53rd	Elected in 1890. Re-elected in 1892. Retired to run for U.S. senator.
Jesse B. Strode	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 3, 1899	54th 55th	Elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Retired.
Elmer Burkett	Republican	March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1905	56th 57th 58th	Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904 but declined the election when elected U.S. Senator.
Vacant		March 4, 1905 – July 18, 1905	59th
Ernest M. Pollard	Republican	July 18, 1905 – March 3, 1909	59th 60th	Elected to finish Burkett's term. Re-elected in 1906. Lost re-election.
John A. Maguire	Democratic	March 4, 1909 – March 3, 1915	61st 62nd 63rd	Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Re-elected in 1912. Lost re-election.
C. Frank Reavis	Republican	March 4, 1915 – June 3, 1922	64th 65th 66th 67th	Elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Resigned when appointed special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General.
Vacant		June 3, 1922 – November 7, 1922	67th
Roy H. Thorpe	Republican	November 7, 1922 – March 3, 1923		Elected to finish Reavis's term. Retired.
John H. Morehead	Democratic	March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935	68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd	Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Retired.
Henry C. Luckey	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939	74th 75th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election.
George H. Heinke	Republican	January 3, 1939 – January 2, 1940	76th	Elected in 1938. Died.
Vacant		January 2, 1940 – April 19, 1940
John H. Sweet	Republican	April 19, 1940 – January 3, 1941		Elected to finish Heinke's term. Retired.
Oren S. Copeland	Republican	January 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943	77th	Elected in 1940. Lost renomination.
Carl Curtis (Minden)	Republican	January 3, 1943 – December 31, 1954	78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd 83rd	Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Re-elected in 1952. Resigned when appointed U.S. Senator.
Vacant		December 31, 1954 – January 3, 1955	83rd
Phillip H. Weaver (Falls City)	Republican	January 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963	84th 85th 86th 87th	Elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Re-elected in 1958. Re-elected in 1960. Lost renomination.
Ralph F. Beermann (Dakota City)	Republican	January 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965	88th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1962. Lost re-election.
Clair A. Callan (Odell)	Democratic	January 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967	89th	Elected in 1964. Lost re-election.
Robert V. Denney (Fairbury)	Republican	January 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971	90th 91st	Elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Retired.
Charles Thone (Lincoln)	Republican	January 3, 1971 – January 3, 1979	92nd 93rd 94th 95th	Elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Re-elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Retired to run for Governor of Nebraska.
Doug Bereuter (Cedar Bluffs)	Republican	January 3, 1979 – August 31, 2004	96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th 108th	Elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Re-elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Resigned to become president of The Asia Foundation.
Vacant		August 31, 2004 – January 3, 2005	108th
Jeff Fortenberry (Lincoln)	Republican	January 3, 2005 – Present	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020.

Recent election results[]

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Recent results in presidential elections[]

Historical district boundaries[]

2003–2013

See also[]

• Nebraska's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References[]

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

Coordinates: 41°10′N 96°45′W / 41.167°N 96.750°W / 41.167; -96.750