List of United States senators from Nebraska
Current delegation
Nebraska was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, and elects its United States senators to class 1 and class 2. George W. Norris was the state’s longest serving senator (served 1913–1943). Nebraska's current senators are Republicans Deb Fischer (since 2013) and Pete Ricketts (since 2023).[1]
List of senators[edit]
Class 1Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2000, 2006, 2012, and 2018. The next election will be in 2024. | C | Class 2Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2002, 2008, 2014, and 2020. The next election will be in 2024 (special) and 2026. | ||||||||||
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# | Senator | Party | Dates in office | Electoral history | T | T | Electoral history | Dates in office | Party | Senator | # | |
1 | Thomas Tipton | Republican | Mar 1, 1867 – Mar 3, 1875 | Elected in 1867. | 1 | 39th | 1 | Elected in 1867.Lost re-election. | Mar 1, 1867 – Mar 3, 1871 | Republican | John Thayer | 1 |
40th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1869.[data missing] | 2 | 41st | ||||||||||
42nd | 2 | Elected in 1870.Lost re-election. | Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 3, 1877 | Republican | Phineas Hitchcock | 2 | ||||||
43rd | ||||||||||||
2 | Algernon Paddock | Republican | Mar 4, 1875 – Mar 3, 1881 | Elected in 1875.Lost re-election. | 3 | 44th | ||||||
45th | 3 | Elected in 1877.[data missing] | Mar 4, 1877 – Mar 3, 1883 | Republican | Alvin Saunders | 3 | ||||||
46th | ||||||||||||
3 | Charles Van Wyck | Republican | Mar 4, 1881 – Mar 3, 1887 | Elected in 1880.Lost re-election. | 4 | 47th | ||||||
48th | 4 | Elected in 1883. | Mar 4, 1883 – Mar 3, 1895 | Republican | Charles F. Manderson | 4 | ||||||
49th | ||||||||||||
4 | Algernon Paddock | Republican | Mar 4, 1887 – Mar 3, 1893 | Elected in 1886.Retired. | 5 | 50th | ||||||
51st | 5 | Re-elected in 1888.[data missing] | ||||||||||
52nd | ||||||||||||
5 | William V. Allen | Populist | Mar 4, 1893 – Mar 3, 1899 | Elected in 1893.Lost re-election. | 6 | 53rd | ||||||
54th | 6 | Elected in 1895.Retired. | Mar 4, 1895 – Mar 3, 1901 | Republican | John M. Thurston | 5 | ||||||
55th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | Mar 4, 1899 – Mar 8, 1899 | Legislature failed to elect. | 7 | 56th | ||||||||
6 | Monroe Hayward | Republican | Mar 8, 1899 – Dec 5, 1899 | Elected late.Died before qualifying. | ||||||||
Vacant | Dec 5, 1899 – Dec 13, 1899 | |||||||||||
7 | William V. Allen | Populist | Dec 13, 1899 – Mar 28, 1901 | Appointed to continue Hayward's term.Lost election to finish Hayward's term. | ||||||||
57th | 7 | Legislature failed to elect | Mar 4, 1901 – Mar 28, 1901 | Vacant | ||||||||
8 | Charles H. Dietrich | Republican | Mar 28, 1901 – Mar 3, 1905 | Elected to finish Hayward's term.Retired. | Elected in 1901 to finish vacant term.Retired. | Mar 28, 1901 – Mar 3, 1907 | Republican | Joseph Millard | 6 | |||
58th | ||||||||||||
9 | Elmer Burkett | Republican | Mar 4, 1905 – Mar 3, 1911 | Elected in 1905.Lost renomination. | 8 | 59th | ||||||
60th | 8 | Elected in 1907.[2]Lost renomination. | Mar 4, 1907 – Mar 3, 1913 | Republican | Norris Brown | 7 | ||||||
61st | ||||||||||||
10 | Gilbert Hitchcock | Democratic | Mar 4, 1911 – Mar 3, 1923 | Elected in 1911. | 9 | 62nd | ||||||
63rd | 9 | Elected in 1913. | Mar 4, 1913 – Jan 3, 1937 | Republican | George W. Norris | 8 | ||||||
64th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1916.Lost re-election. | 10 | 65th | ||||||||||
66th | 10 | Re-elected in 1918. | ||||||||||
67th | ||||||||||||
11 | Robert B. Howell | Republican | Mar 4, 1923 – Mar 11, 1933 | Elected in 1922. | 11 | 68th | ||||||
69th | 11 | Re-elected in 1924. | ||||||||||
70th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1928.Died. | 12 | 71st | ||||||||||
72nd | 12 | Re-elected in 1930. | ||||||||||
73rd | ||||||||||||
Vacant | Mar 11, 1933 – May 24, 1933 | |||||||||||
12 | William H. Thompson | Democratic | May 24, 1933 – Nov 6, 1934 | Appointed to continue Howell's term.Retired when successor qualified. | ||||||||
13 | Richard C. Hunter | Democratic | Nov 7, 1934 – Jan 3, 1935 | Elected to finish Howell's term.Retired. | ||||||||
14 | Edward R. Burke | Democratic | Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 3, 1941 | Elected in 1934.Lost renomination. | 13 | 74th | ||||||
75th | 13 | Re-elected in 1936.Lost re-election. | Jan 3, 1937 – Jan 3, 1943 | Independent | ||||||||
76th | ||||||||||||
15 | Hugh A. Butler | Republican | Jan 3, 1941 – Jul 1, 1954 | Elected in 1940. | 14 | 77th | ||||||
78th | 14 | Elected in 1942. | Jan 3, 1943 – Nov 29, 1951 | Republican | Kenneth S. Wherry | 9 | ||||||
79th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1946. | 15 | 80th | ||||||||||
81st | 15 | Re-elected in 1948.Died. | ||||||||||
82nd | ||||||||||||
Nov 29, 1951 – Dec 10, 1951 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Wherry's term.Retired when successor elected. | Dec 10, 1951 – Nov 4, 1952 | Republican | Fred A. Seaton | 10 | ||||||||
Elected to finish Wherry's term.Died. | Nov 5, 1952 – Apr 12, 1954 | Republican | Dwight Griswold | 11 | ||||||||
Re-elected in 1952. Died. | 16 | 83rd | ||||||||||
Apr 12, 1954 – Apr 16, 1954 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Wherry's term.Retired when successor elected. | Apr 16, 1954 – Nov 7, 1954 | Republican | Eva Bowring | 12 | ||||||||
Vacant | Jul 1, 1954 – Jul 3, 1954 | |||||||||||
Elected to finish Wherry's term.Resigned. | Nov 8, 1954 – Dec 31, 1954 | Republican | Hazel Abel | 13 | ||||||||
16 | Samuel W. Reynolds | Republican | Jul 3, 1954 – Nov 7, 1954 | Appointed to continue Butler's term.Retired when successor qualified. | ||||||||
17 | Roman Hruska | Republican | Nov 8, 1954 – Dec 27, 1976 | Elected to finish Butler's term. | ||||||||
Appointed to finish Wherry's term, having already been elected to the next term. | Jan 1, 1955 – Jan 3, 1979 | Republican | Carl Curtis | 14 | ||||||||
84th | 16 | Elected in 1954. | ||||||||||
85th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1958. | 17 | 86th | ||||||||||
87th | 17 | Re-elected in 1960. | ||||||||||
88th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1964. | 18 | 89th | ||||||||||
90th | 18 | Re-elected in 1966. | ||||||||||
91st | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1970.Retired and resigned early. | 18 | 92nd | ||||||||||
93rd | 19 | Re-elected in 1972.Retired. | ||||||||||
94th | ||||||||||||
18 | Edward Zorinsky | Democratic | Dec 28, 1976 – Mar 6, 1987 | Appointed to finish Hruska's term, having been elected to the next term. | ||||||||
Elected in 1976. | 19 | 95th | ||||||||||
96th | 20 | Elected in 1978. | Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 3, 1997 | Democratic | J. James Exon | 15 | ||||||
97th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1982.Died. | 20 | 98th | ||||||||||
99th | 21 | Re-elected in 1984. | ||||||||||
100th | ||||||||||||
Vacant | Mar 6, 1987 – Mar 11, 1987 | |||||||||||
19 | David Karnes | Republican | Mar 11, 1987 – Jan 3, 1989[3] | Appointed to finish Zorinsky's term.Lost election to full term. | ||||||||
20 | Bob Kerrey | Democratic | Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 2001 | Elected in 1988. | 21 | 101st | ||||||
102nd | 22 | Re-elected in 1990.Retired. | ||||||||||
103rd | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 1994.Retired. | 22 | 104th | ||||||||||
105th | 23 | Elected in 1996. | Jan 3, 1997 – Jan 3, 2009 | Republican | Chuck Hagel | 16 | ||||||
106th | ||||||||||||
21 | Ben Nelson | Democratic | Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2013 | Elected in 2000. | 24 | 107th | ||||||
108th | 24 | Re-elected in 2002.Retired. | ||||||||||
109th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2006.Retired. | 25 | 110th | ||||||||||
111th | 25 | Elected in 2008.Retired. | Jan 3, 2009 – Jan 3, 2015 | Republican | Mike Johanns | 17 | ||||||
112th | ||||||||||||
22 | Deb Fischer | Republican | Jan 3, 2013 – present | Elected in 2012. | 26 | 113th | ||||||
114th | 26 | Elected in 2014. | Jan 3, 2015 – Jan 8, 2023 | Republican | Ben Sasse | 18 | ||||||
115th | ||||||||||||
Re-elected in 2018. | 27 | 116th | ||||||||||
117th | 27 | Re-elected in 2020.Resigned to become President of the University of Florida. | ||||||||||
118th | ||||||||||||
Jan 8, 2023 – Jan 12, 2023 | Vacant | |||||||||||
Appointed to continue Sasse's term. | Jan 12, 2023 – present | Republican | Pete Ricketts | 19 | ||||||||
To be determined in the 2024 election. | 28 | 119th | To be determined in the 2024 special election. | |||||||||
120th | 28 | To be determined in the 2026 election. | ||||||||||
# | Senator | Party | Years in office | Electoral history | T | C | T | Electoral history | Years in office | Party | Senator | # |
Class 1 | Class 2 |
See also[edit]
- United States congressional delegations from Nebraska
- List of United States representatives from Nebraska
- Elections in Nebraska
References[edit]
- ^ "States in the Senate: Nebraska". United States Senate.
- ^ The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1908. New York: The Tribune Association. 1908. p. 259.
- ^ "Nebraska Senators". United States Senate. Retrieved October 25, 2020.