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.
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 |
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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 |
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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 | |
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39th (1865–1867) |
Turner M. Marquette (for two days[2]) (R) | |
40th (1867–1869) |
John Taffe (R) | |
41st (1869–1871) |
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42nd (1871–1873) |
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43rd (1873–1875) |
Lorenzo Crounse (R) | |
44th (1875–1877) |
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45th (1877–1879) |
Frank Welch (R) | |
Thomas Jefferson Majors (R) | ||
46th (1879–1881) |
Edward K. Valentine (R) | |
47th (1881–1883) |
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1883–1893: Three seats
Congress | District | ||||||
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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
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) |
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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 | ||||
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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) |
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80th (1947–1949) |
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81st (1949–1951) |
Eugene D. O'Sullivan (D) | ||||
82nd (1951–1953) |
Howard H. Buffett (R) | ||||
Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R) | |||||
83rd (1953–1955) |
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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 | ||||
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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) |
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92nd (1971–1973) |
Charles Thone (R) | John Y. McCollister (R) | |||
93rd (1973–1975) |
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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) |
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99th (1985–1987) |
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100th (1987–1989) |
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101st (1989–1991) |
Peter Hoagland (D) | ||||
102nd (1991–1993) |
Bill Barrett (R) | ||||
103rd (1993–1995) |
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104th (1995–1997) |
Jon L. Christensen (R) | ||||
105th (1997–1999) |
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106th (1999–2001) |
Lee Terry (R) | ||||
107th (2001–2003) |
Tom Osborne (R) | ||||
108th (2003–2005) |
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Vacant | |||||
109th (2005–2007) |
Jeff Fortenberry (R) | ||||
110th (2007–2009) |
Adrian Smith (R) | ||||
111th (2009–2011) |
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112th (2011–2013) |
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113th (2013–2015) |
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114th (2015–2017) |
Brad Ashford (D) | ||||
Congress | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | ||
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United States Senate
Current Delegation
Senator Deb Fischer (R) | 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 |
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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) |
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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) |
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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
- ↑ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
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