List of United States Senators from Nebraska
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Nebraska was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, and elects its United States Senators to Class I and Class II. Ben Nelson and Mike Johanns are Nebraska's current senators.
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[edit] Class I
| Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Other offices/Notes | |
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| Thomas Tipton |  |
Republican | March 1, 1867 | March 4, 1875 | ||
| Algernon Paddock |  |
Republican | March 4, 1875 | March 4, 1881 | Lost re-election | |
| Charles Van Wyck |  |
Republican | March 4, 1881 | March 4, 1887 | Lost re-election | U.S. Representative (1859–1863; 1867–1869; 1870–1871) |
| Algernon S. Paddock | |
Republican | March 4, 1887 | March 4, 1893 | ||
| William V. Allen |  |
Populist | March 4, 1893 | March 4, 1899 | Lost re-election | |
| Monroe Hayward |  |
Republican | March 8, 1899 | December 5, 1899 | Died | Hayward died before qualifying |
| William V. Allen | |
Populist | December 13, 1899 | March 28, 1901 | Successor qualified[1] | |
| Charles H. Dietrich |  |
Republican | March 28, 1901 | March 4, 1905 | Retired | Governor of Nebraska (1901) |
| Elmer Burkett |  |
Republican | March 4, 1905 | March 4, 1911 | Lost renomination | U.S. Representative (1899–1905) |
| Gilbert Hitchcock |  |
Democratic | March 4, 1911 | March 4, 1923 | Lost re-election | U.S. Representative (1903–1905; 1907–1911) |
| Robert B. Howell |  |
Republican | March 4, 1923 | March 11, 1933 | Died | |
| William H. Thompson | Democratic | May 24, 1933 | November 26, 1934 | Successor qualified[2] | Judge of the Nebraska Supreme Court (1924–1931) | |
| Richard C. Hunter | Democratic | November 7, 1934 | January 3, 1935 | Term expired[3] | ||
| Edward R. Burke |  |
Democratic | January 3, 1935 | January 3, 1941 | Lost renomination | U.S. Representative (1933–1935) |
| Hugh A. Butler |  |
Republican | January 3, 1941 | July 1, 1954 | Died | |
| Samuel W. Reynolds |  |
Republican | July 3, 1954 | November 7, 1954 | Successor qualified[4] | |
| Roman Hruska |  |
Republican | November 8, 1954 | December 27, 1976 | Resigned[5] | U.S. Representative (1953–1954) |
| Edward Zorinsky |  |
Democratic | December 28, 1976 | March 6, 1987 | Died | |
| David K. Karnes |  |
Republican | March 11, 1987 | January 3, 1989 | Lost re-election[6] | |
| Bob Kerrey |  |
Democratic | January 3, 1989 | January 3, 2001 | Retired | Governor of Nebraska (1983–1987) Congressional Medal of Honor recipient (1969) |
| Ben Nelson |  |
Democratic | January 3, 2001 | Present | Incumbent | Governor of Nebraska (1991–1999) |
[edit] Class II
| Senator | Party | Took office | Left office | Reason | Other offices/Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Thayer |  |
Republican | March 1, 1867 | March 4, 1871 | Lost re-election | Governor of Nebraska (1887–1891) Governor of the Wyoming Territory (1875–1879) |
| Phineas Hitchcock |  |
Republican | March 4, 1871 | March 4, 1877 | Lost re-election | Nebraska Territory's Delegate to Congress (1865–1867) |
| Alvin Saunders |  |
Republican | March 5, 1877 | March 4, 1883 | Governor of the Nebraska Territory (1861–1867) | |
| Charles F. Manderson |  |
Republican | March 4, 1883 | March 4, 1895 | President pro tempore (1891–1893) | |
| John Mellen Thurston |  |
Republican | March 4, 1895 | March 4, 1901 | Retired | Commissioner, St. Louis Exposition (1901) |
| Joseph Millard |  |
Republican | March 28, 1901 | March 4, 1907 | Retired | |
| Norris Brown |  |
Republican | March 4, 1907 | March 4, 1913 | Lost re-election | U.S. Representative (1903–1913) "Father of the TVA" |
| George W. Norris |  |
Republican | March 4, 1913 | January 3, 1943 | ||
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| Kenneth S. Wherry |  |
Republican | January 3, 1943 | November 29, 1951 | Died | Senate Republican Leader (1949–1952) Senate Republican Whip (1944–1949) |
| Fred Andrew Seaton |  |
Republican | December 10, 1951 | November 4, 1952 | Successor elected[7] | Secretary of the Interior (1956–1961) |
| Dwight P. Griswold |  |
Republican | November 5, 1952 | April 12, 1954 | Died | Governor of Nebraska (1940–1946) |
| Eva Bowring |  |
Republican | April 16, 1954 | November 7, 1954 | Successor elected[8] | |
| Hazel Abel | Republican | November 8, 1954 | December 31, 1954 | Resigned | ||
| Carl Curtis |  |
Republican | January 1, 1955 | January 3, 1979 | Retired | U.S. Representative (1939–1954) |
| J. James Exon |  |
Democratic | January 3, 1979 | January 3, 1997 | Retired | Governor of Nebraska (1971-1979) |
| Chuck Hagel |  |
Republican | January 3, 1997 | January 3, 2009 | Retired | |
| Mike Johanns |  |
Republican | January 3, 2009 | Incumbent | United States Secretary of Agriculture (2005–2007) Governor of Nebraska (1999-2005) |
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[edit] See also
- United States congressional delegations from Nebraska
- List of United States Representatives from Nebraska
[edit] References
- ^ Allen was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Monroe Hayward, but was not a candidate in the election to fill the vacancy.
- ^ Thompson was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Robert Howell, but was not a candidate in the special election.
- ^ Hunter was appointed to fill the remainder of the term, but was not a candidate for election to the term beginning January 3, 1935.
- ^ Reynolds was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hugh Butler, but was not a candidate in the special election to fill remainder of the term.
- ^ Hruska was not a candidate for re-election in 1976, and resigned early.
- ^ Karnes was appointed to the seat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward Zorinsky, but lost the election for the subsequent six-year term.
- ^ Seaton was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Kenneth Wherry, but was not a candidate in the special election.
- ^ Bowring was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dwight Griswold, but was not a candidate in the special election.
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