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 Jeff Fortenberry (NE-1), having served in the House since 2005.
U.S. House of Representatives[]
Current members[]
List of members, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has 3 members, all Republicans.
District | Member (Residence) |
Party | First seated | CPVI | District map |
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1st | Jeff Fortenberry (Lincoln) |
Republican | January 3, 2005 | R+10 | |
2nd | Don Bacon (Papillion) |
Republican | January 3, 2017 | R+1 | |
3rd | Adrian Smith (North Platte) |
Republican | January 3, 2007 | R+30 |
Delegate from Nebraska Territory[]
Congress | Delegate |
---|---|
33rd (1853–1855) | Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (D) |
34th (1855–1857) | Bird Beers Chapman (D) |
35th (1857–1859) | Fenner Ferguson (D) |
36th (1859–1861) | Experience Estabrook (D) |
Samuel Gordon Daily (R) | |
37th (1861–1863) | |
38th (1863–1865) | |
39th (1865–1867) | Phineas Hitchcock (R) |
1867–1883: One seat[]
Congress | At-large |
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39th (1867)[2] | Turner M. Marquett (R) |
40th (1867–1869) | John Taffe (R) |
41st (1869–1871) | |
42nd (1871–1873) | |
43rd (1873–1875) | Lorenzo Crounse (R) |
44th (1875–1877) | |
45th (1877–1879) | Frank Welch (R) |
Thomas Jefferson Majors (R) | |
46th (1879–1881) | Edward K. Valentine (R) |
47th (1881–1883) |
1883–1893: Three seats[]
Congress | District | ||
---|---|---|---|
1st | 2nd | 3rd | |
48th (1883–1885) | Archibald J. Weaver (R) | James Laird (R) | Edward K. Valentine (R) |
49th (1885–1887) | George Washington Emery Dorsey (R) | ||
50th (1887–1889) | John A. McShane (D) | ||
51st (1889–1891) | William James Connell (R) | ||
Gilbert L. Laws (R) | |||
52nd (1891–1893) | William Jennings Bryan (D) | William A. McKeighan (Pop) | Omer Madison Kem (Pop) |
1893–1933: Six seats[]
Congress | District | |||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | 6th | |
53rd (1893–1895) |
William Jennings Bryan (D) |
David Henry Mercer (R) |
George de Rue Meiklejohn (R) |
Eugene Jerome Hainer (R) |
William A. McKeighan (Pop) |
Omer Madison Kem (Pop) |
54th (1895–1897) |
Jesse Burr Strode (R) |
William E. Andrews (R) | ||||
55th (1897–1899) |
Samuel Maxwell (Pop) | William Ledyard Stark (Pop) |
Roderick Dhu Sutherland (Pop) |
William Laury Greene (Pop) | ||
56th (1899–1901) |
Elmer Burkett (R) | John Seaton Robinson (D) | ||||
William Neville (Pop) | ||||||
57th (1901–1903) |
Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) | |||||
58th (1903–1905) |
Gilbert Hitchcock (D) | John McCarthy (R) | Edmund H. Hinshaw (R) | George W. Norris (R) | Moses Kinkaid (R) | |
59th (1905–1907) |
John L. Kennedy (R) | |||||
Ernest M. Pollard (R) | ||||||
60th (1907–1909) |
Gilbert Hitchcock (D) | John Frank Boyd (R) | ||||
61st (1909–1911) |
John A. Maguire (D) | James P. Latta (D) | ||||
62nd (1911–1913) |
Charles O. Lobeck (D) | Charles Henry Sloan (R) | ||||
Dan V. Stephens (D) | ||||||
63rd (1913–1915) |
Silas Reynolds Barton (R) | |||||
64th (1915–1917) |
C. Frank Reavis (R) | Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) | ||||
65th (1917–1919) | ||||||
66th (1919–1921) |
Albert W. Jefferis (R) | Robert E. Evans (R) | Melvin O. McLaughlin (R) |
William E. Andrews (R) | ||
67th (1921–1923) | ||||||
Roy H. Thorpe (R) | Augustin Reed Humphrey (R) | |||||
68th (1923–1925) |
John H. Morehead (D) | Willis G. Sears (R) | Edgar Howard (D) | Ashton C. Shallengerger (D) |
Robert G. Simmons (R) | |
69th (1925–1927) | ||||||
70th (1927–1929) |
John N. Norton (D) | |||||
71st (1929–1931) |
Charles Henry Sloan (R) |
Fred Gustus Johnson (R) | ||||
72nd (1931–1933) |
Howard M. Baldrige (R) | John N. Norton (D) | Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) |
1933–1943: Five seats[]
Congress | District | ||||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | |
73rd (1933–1935) | John H. Morehead (D) | Edward R. Burke (D) | Edgar Howard (D) | Ashton C. Shallenberger (D) |
Terry Carpenter (D) |
74th (1935–1937) | Henry Carl Luckey (D) | Charles F. McLaughlin (D) |
Karl Stefan (R) | Charles Gustav Binderup (D) |
Harry B. Coffee (D) |
75th (1937–1939) | |||||
76th (1939–1941) | George H. Heinke (R) | Carl Curtis (R) | |||
John Hyde Sweet (R) | |||||
77th (1941–1943) | Oren S. Copeland |
1943–1963: Four seats[]
Congress | District | |||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |
78th (1943–1945) | Carl Curtis (R) | Howard Buffett (R) | Karl Stefan (R) | Arthur L. Miller (R) |
79th (1945–1947) | ||||
80th (1947–1949) | ||||
81st (1949–1951) | Eugene D. O'Sullivan (D) | |||
82nd (1951–1953) | Howard Buffett (R) | |||
Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R) | ||||
83rd (1953–1955) | Roman Hruska (R) | |||
vacant | ||||
84th (1955–1957) | Phillip Hart Weaver (R) |
Jackson B. Chase (R) | ||
85th (1957–1959) | Glenn Cunningham (R) | |||
86th (1959–1961) | Lawrence Brock (D) | Donald McGinley (D) | ||
87th (1961–1963) | Ralph F. Beermann (R) | David Martin (R) |
1963–present: Three seats[]
Congress | District | |||
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1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
88th (1963–1965) | Ralph F. Beermann (R) | Glenn Cunningham (R) | David Martin (R) | |
89th (1965–1967) | Clair Armstrong Callan (D) | |||
90th (1967–1969) | Robert Vernon Denney (R) | |||
91st (1969–1971) | ||||
92nd (1971–1973) | Charles Thone (R) | John Y. McCollister (R) | ||
93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
94th (1975–1977) | Virginia D. Smith (R) | |||
95th (1977–1979) | John Joseph Cavanaugh III (D) | |||
96th (1979–1981) | Doug Bereuter (R) | |||
97th (1981–1983) | Hal Daub (R) | |||
98th (1983–1985) | ||||
99th (1985–1987) | ||||
100th (1987–1989) | ||||
101st (1989–1991) | Peter Hoagland (D) | |||
102nd (1991–1993) | Bill Barrett (R) | |||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
104th (1995–1997) | Jon Lynn Christensen (R) | |||
105th (1997–1999) | ||||
106th (1999–2001) | Lee Terry (R) | |||
107th (2001–2003) | Tom Osborne (R) | |||
108th (2003–2005) | ||||
vacant | ||||
109th (2005–2007) | Jeff Fortenberry (R) | |||
110th (2007–2009) | Adrian Smith (R) | |||
111th (2009–2011) | ||||
112th (2011–2013) | ||||
113th (2013–2015) | ||||
114th (2015–2017) | Brad Ashford (D) | |||
115th (2017–2019) | Don Bacon (R) | |||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||
117th (2021–2023) |
U.S. Senate[]
Current delegation
Class I senator | Congress | Class II senator | ||
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Thomas Tipton (R) | 39th (1867)[2] | John Milton Thayer (R) | ||
40th (1867–1869) | ||||
41st (1869–1871) | ||||
42nd (1871–1873) | Phineas Hitchcock (R) | |||
43rd (1873–1875) | ||||
Algernon Paddock (R) | 44th (1875–1877) | |||
45th (1877–1879) | Alvin Saunders (R) | |||
46th (1879–1881) | ||||
Charles Van Wyck (R) | 47th (1881–1883) | |||
48th (1883–1885) | Charles F. Manderson (R) | |||
49th (1885–1887) | ||||
Algernon Paddock (R) | 50th (1887–1889) | |||
51st (1889–1891) | ||||
52nd (1891–1893) | ||||
William V. Allen (Pop) | 53rd (1893–1895) | |||
54th (1895–1897) | John Mellen Thurston (R) | |||
55th (1897–1899) | ||||
Monroe Hayward (R) | 56th (1899–1901) | |||
William V. Allen (Pop) | ||||
57th (1901–1903) | Joseph Millard (R) | |||
Charles Henry Dietrich (R) | ||||
58th (1903–1905) | ||||
Elmer Burkett (R) | 59th (1905–1907) | |||
60th (1907–1909) | Norris Brown (R) | |||
61st (1909–1911) | ||||
Gilbert Hitchcock (D) | 62nd (1911–1913) | |||
63rd (1913–1915) | George W. Norris (R) | |||
64th (1915–1917) | ||||
65th (1917–1919) | ||||
66th (1919–1921) | ||||
67th (1921–1923) | ||||
Robert B. Howell (R) | 68th (1923–1925) | |||
69th (1925–1927) | ||||
70th (1927–1929) | ||||
71st (1929–1931) | ||||
72nd (1931–1933) | ||||
73rd (1933–1935) | ||||
William Henry Thompson (D) | ||||
Richard C. Hunter (D) | ||||
Edward R. Burke (D) | 74th (1935–1937) | |||
George W. Norris (I) | ||||
75th (1937–1939) | ||||
76th (1939–1941) | ||||
Hugh A. Butler (R) | 77th (1941–1943) | |||
78th (1943–1945) | Kenneth S. Wherry (R) | |||
79th (1945–1947) | ||||
80th (1947–1949) | ||||
81st (1949–1951) | ||||
82nd (1951–1953) | ||||
Fred A. Seaton (R) | ||||
Dwight Griswold (R) | ||||
83rd (1953–1955) | ||||
Eva Bowring (R) | ||||
Samuel W. Reynolds (R) | Hazel Abel (R) | |||
Roman Hruska (R) | Carl Curtis (R) | |||
84th (1955–1957) | ||||
85th (1957–1959) | ||||
86th (1959–1961) | ||||
87th (1961–1963) | ||||
88th (1963–1965) | ||||
89th (1965–1967) | ||||
90th (1967–1969) | ||||
91st (1969–1971) | ||||
92nd (1971–1973) | ||||
93rd (1973–1975) | ||||
94th (1975–1977) | ||||
Edward Zorinsky (D) | ||||
95th (1977–1979) | ||||
96th (1979–1981) | J. James Exon (D) | |||
97th (1981–1983) | ||||
98th (1983–1985) | ||||
99th (1985–1987) | ||||
100th (1987–1989) | ||||
David Karnes (R) | ||||
Bob Kerrey (D) | 101st (1989–1991) | |||
102nd (1991–1993) | ||||
103rd (1993–1995) | ||||
104th (1995–1997) | ||||
105th (1997–1999) | Chuck Hagel (R) | |||
106th (1999–2001) | ||||
Ben Nelson (D) | 107th (2001–2003) | |||
108th (2003–2005) | ||||
109th (2005–2007) | ||||
110th (2007–2009) | ||||
111th (2009–2011) | Mike Johanns (R) | |||
112th (2011–2013) | ||||
Deb Fischer (R) | 113th (2013–2015) | |||
114th (2015–2017) | Ben Sasse (R) | |||
115th (2017–2019) | ||||
116th (2019–2021) | ||||
117th (2021–2023) |
Key[]
Democratic (D) |
Populist (Pop) |
Republican (R) |
Independent (I) |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Nebraska became a state so late that its first representative and senators were only able to serve for the final two days of the 39th Congress.
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