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.

House of Representatives

Current Representatives

List of members of the Nebraskan United States House delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 3 members, two Republican and one Democrat.

District Representative Party CPVI Incumbent time in office District map
1st Jeff Fortenberry (R-Lincoln) Republican R+10 January 3, 2005 – present
2nd Brad Ashford (D-Omaha) Democrat R+4 January 3, 2015 – present
3rd Adrian Smith (R-North Platte) Republican R+23 January 3, 2007 – present

Delegation timeline (1853 – present)

Tables showing membership in the Nebraska federal House delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.


Delegates 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 Warren Hitchcock (R)

Members from Nebraska

1867–1883: One seat
Congress At-large
39th
(1865–1867)
  Turner M. Marquette
(for two days[2]) (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 W. E. 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
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 J. Burkett (R) John Seaton Robinson (D)
  William Neville (Pop)
57th
(1901–1903)
  Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
 
58th
(1903–1905)
  Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D) John J McCarthy (R) Edmund H. Hinshaw (R) George W. Norris (R) Moses P. Kinkaid (R)
 
59th
(1905–1907)
  John L. Kennedy (R)
  Ernest M. Pollard (R)
60th
(1907–1909)
  Gilbert M. 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. Shallenberger (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)
  H. Malcolm Baldrige (R) John N. Norton (D) Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
 
Congress 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
District
1933–1943: Five seats
Congress District
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 T. Curtis (R)
  John Hyde Sweet (R)
77th
(1941–1943)
  Oren S. Copeland
 
1943–1963: Four seats
Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd 4th
78th
(1943–1945)
  Carl T. Curtis (R) Howard H. 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 H. Buffett (R)
  Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)
83rd
(1953–1955)
 
  Vacant Roman Hruska (R)
84th
(1955–1957)
  Phillip Hart Weaver (R) Jackson B. Chase (R)
 
85th
(1957–1959)
  Glenn Cunningham (R)
 
86th
(1959–1961)
  Lawrence Brock (D) Donald Francis McGinley (D)
 
87th
(1961–1963)
  Ralph F. Beermann (R) David T. Martin (R)
 
1963–Present: Three seats
Congress District
1st 2nd 3rd
88th
(1963–1965)
  Ralph F. Beermann (R) Glenn Cunningham (R) David T. 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 Smith (R)
 
95th
(1977–1979)
  John Joseph Cavanaugh III (D)
 
96th
(1979–1981)
  Doug Bereuter (R)
 
97th
(1981–1983)
  Hal Daub, Jr. (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 L. 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)
 
Congress 1st 2nd 3rd
District
Key
Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress
American (Know-Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A),
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J),
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)
Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)


Independent,
None,
or Unaffiliated


United States Senate

Current Delegation

Fischer
Senator Deb Fischer
(R)
Sasse
Senator Ben Sasse
(R)

Senate timeline (1865 – Present)

Tables showing membership in the Nebraska federal Senate delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.

Class 1 Senators Congress Class 2 Senators
Thomas W. Tipton[2] (R) 39th
(1865–1867)
John M. Thayer[2] (R)
40th
(1867–1869)
41st
(1869–1871)
42nd
(1871–1873)
Phineas W. Hitchcock (R)
43rd
(1873–1875)
Algernon S. Paddock (R) 44th
(1875–1877)
45th
(1877–1879)
Alvin Saunders (R)
46th
(1879–1881)
Charles H. Van Wyck (R) 47th
(1881–1883)
48th
(1883–1885)
Charles F. Manderson (R)
49th
(1885–1887)
Algernon S. Paddock (R) 50th
(1887–1889)
51st
(1889–1891)
52nd
(1891–1893)
William V. Allen (Pop) 53rd
(1893–1895)
54th
(1895–1897)
John M. Thurston (R)
55th
(1897–1899)
Monroe L. Hayward (R) 56th
(1899–1901)
William V. Allen (Pop)
57th
(1901–1903)
Joseph H. Millard (R)
Charles H. Dietrich (R)
58th
(1903–1905)
Elmer J. Burkett (R) 59th
(1905–1907)
60th
(1907–1909)
Norris Brown (R)
61st
(1909–1911)
Gilbert M. 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 H. Thompson (D)
Richard C. Hunter (D)
Edward R. Burke (D) 74th
(1935–1937)
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)
Frederick A. Seaton (R)
Dwight P. Griswold (R)
83rd
(1953–1955)
Dwight P. Griswold (R)
Eva K. Bowring (R)
Samuel W. Reynolds (R) Hazel H. 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)
John James Exon (D)
97th
(1981–1983)
98th
(1983–1985)
99th
(1985–1987)
100th
(1987–1989)
David K. 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)

Key

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress
American (Know-Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A),
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J),
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Democratic (D)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Fusion (FU)
Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)


Independent,
None,
or Unaffiliated



Living former U.S. Senators from Nebraska

As of April 2015, there are five former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Nebraska who are currently living at this time, three from Class 1 and two from Class 2.

Senator Term of office Class Date of birth (and age)
David Karnes 1987–1988 1 December 12, 1948
Bob Kerrey 1989–2001 1 August 27, 1943
Chuck Hagel 1997–2009 2 October 4, 1946
Ben Nelson 2001–2013 1 May 17, 1941
Mike Johanns 1999–2015 2 June 18, 1950

See also


References

  1. "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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