United States congressional delegations from Nebraska

Nebraska's congressional districts since 2013^[1]

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
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)
36th (1859–1861)	Samuel Gordon Daily (R)
37th (1861–1863)
38th (1863–1865)
39th (1865–1867)	Phineas Hitchcock (R)

1867–1883: One seat[]

Congress	At-large
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)	Lorenzo Crounse (R)
45th (1877–1879)	Frank Welch (R)
45th (1877–1879)	Thomas Jefferson Majors (R)
46th (1879–1881)	Edward K. Valentine (R)
47th (1881–1883)	Edward K. Valentine (R)

1883–1893: Three seats[]

Congress	District
Congress	1st	2nd	3rd
48th (1883–1885)	Archibald J. Weaver (R)	James Laird (R)	Edward K. Valentine (R)
49th (1885–1887)	Archibald J. Weaver (R)		George Washington Emery Dorsey (R)
50th (1887–1889)	John A. McShane (D)
51st (1889–1891)	William James Connell (R)
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
Congress	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)		George de Rue Meiklejohn (R)	Eugene Jerome Hainer (R)	William E. Andrews (R)	Omer Madison Kem (Pop)
55th (1897–1899)	Jesse Burr Strode (R)		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 Laury Greene (Pop)
56th (1899–1901)						William Neville (Pop)
57th (1901–1903)					Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)	William Neville (Pop)
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)
59th (1905–1907)	Ernest M. Pollard (R)	John L. Kennedy (R)
60th (1907–1909)	Ernest M. Pollard (R)	Gilbert Hitchcock (D)	John Frank Boyd (R)
61st (1909–1911)	John A. Maguire (D)	Gilbert Hitchcock (D)	James P. Latta (D)
62nd (1911–1913)		Charles O. Lobeck (D)	James P. Latta (D)	Charles Henry Sloan (R)
62nd (1911–1913)			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)					Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
66th (1919–1921)		Albert W. Jefferis (R)	Robert E. Evans (R)	Melvin O. McLaughlin (R)	William E. Andrews (R)
67th (1921–1923)
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
Congress	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)	Henry Carl Luckey (D)			Charles Gustav Binderup (D)
76th (1939–1941)	George H. Heinke (R)			Carl Curtis (R)
76th (1939–1941)	John Hyde Sweet (R)
77th (1941–1943)	Oren S. Copeland

1943–1963: Four seats[]

Congress	District
Congress	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)
82nd (1951–1953)		Howard Buffett (R)	Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)
83rd (1953–1955)		Roman Hruska (R)
83rd (1953–1955)		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
Congress	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)	Robert Vernon Denney (R)
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)	John Joseph Cavanaugh III (D)
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)		Jon Lynn Christensen (R)
106th (1999–2001)		Lee Terry (R)
107th (2001–2003)			Tom Osborne (R)
108th (2003–2005)
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

Senator Deb Fischer
(R)

Senator Ben Sasse
(R)

Class I senator	Congress
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)	56th (1899–1901)
William V. Allen (Pop)	57th (1901–1903)	Joseph Millard (R)
Charles Henry Dietrich (R)	57th (1901–1903)
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)
	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)	Dwight Griswold (R)
		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)	94th (1975–1977)
	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)	100th (1987–1989)
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)

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.

[1] "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.

[RNB1-2] 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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