List of members of the US House of Representatives from Nebraska

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This list shows all politicians who since 1854 for Nebraska to the United States House of Representatives have listened.

Nebraska Territory (1854–1867)

The Nebraska Territory dispatched 6 congressmen from 1854 to 1867:

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings 1855 democrat January 2, 1816 - August 3, 1897
Bird Beers Chapman 1855-1857 democrat August 24, 1821 - September 21, 1871
Fenner Ferguson 1857-1859 democrat April 25, 1814 - October 11, 1859
Experience Estabrook 1859-1860 April 30, 1813 - March 26, 1894
Samuel Gordon Daily 1860-1865 republican 1823 - August 15, 1866
Phineas Warren Hitchcock 1865-1867 republican November 30, 1831 - July 10, 1881

State of Nebraska (since 1867)

Jeff Fortenberry, current representative of Nebraska's first congressional constituency
Don Bacon, current representative of the Nebraska Second Congressional Constituency
Adrian M. Smith, current Nebraska Third Congressional Constituency Representative

1st district

So far, District 1 has sent the following congressmen:

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Turner Mastin Marquette 1867 republican July 19, 1831 - December 22, 1894
John Taffe 1867-1873 republican January 30, 1827 - March 14, 1884
Lorenzo Crounse 1873-1877 republican January 27, 1834 - May 13, 1909
Frank Welch 1877-1878 republican February 10, 1835 - September 4, 1878
Thomas Jefferson Majors 1878-1879 republican June 25, 1841 - July 11, 1932
Edward Kimble Valentine 1879-1883 republican June 1, 1843 - April 11, 1916
Archibald Jerard Weaver 1883-1887 republican April 15, 1843 - April 18, 1887
John Albert McShane 1887-1889 democrat August 25, 1850 - November 10, 1923
William James Connell 1889-1891 republican July 6, 1846 - August 16, 1924
William Jennings Bryan 1891-1895 democrat March 19, 1860 - July 26, 1925
Jesse Burr Strode 1895-1899 republican February 18, 1845 - November 1, 1924
Elmer Jacob Burkett 1899-1905 republican December 1, 1867 - May 23, 1935
Ernest Mark Pollard 1905-1909 republican April 15, 1869 - September 24, 1939
John Arthur Maguire 1909-1915 democrat November 29, 1870 - July 1, 1939
Charles Frank Reavis 1915-1922 republican September 5, 1870 - May 26, 1932
Roy Henry Thorpe 1922-1923 republican December 13, 1874 - September 19, 1951
John Henry Morehead 1923-1935 democrat December 3, 1861 - May 30, 1942
Henry Carl Luckey 1935-1939 democrat November 22, 1868 - December 31, 1956
George Henry Heinke 1939-1940 republican July 22, 1882 - January 2, 1940
John Hyde Sweet 1940-1941 republican September 1, 1880 - April 4, 1964
Oren Sturman Copeland 1941-1943 republican March 16, 1887 - April 10, 1958
Carl Thomas Curtis 1943-1954 republican March 15, 1905 - January 24, 2000
Phillip Hart Weaver 1955-1963 republican April 9, 1919 - April 16, 1989
Ralph Frederick Beermann 1963-1965 republican August 13, 1912 - February 17, 1977
Clair Armstrong Callan 1965-1967 democrat March 29, 1920 - May 28, 2005
Robert Vernon Denney 1967-1971 republican April 11, 1916 - June 26, 1981
Charles Thone 1971-1979 republican * January 4, 1924
Douglas Kent Bereuter 1979-2004 republican * October 6, 1939
Jeffrey Lane Fortenberry since 2005 republican * December 27, 1960

2. District

So far, District 2 has sent the following congressmen:

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
James Laird 1883-1889 republican June 20, 1849 - August 17, 1889
Gilbert Lafayette Laws 1889-1891 republican March 11, 1838 - April 25, 1907
William Arthur McKeighan 1891-1893 Populist party January 19, 1842 - December 15, 1895
David Henry Mercer 1893-1903 republican July 9, 1857 - January 10, 1919
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock 1903-1905 democrat September 18, 1859 - February 3, 1934
John Lauderdale Kennedy 1905-1907 republican October 27, 1854 - August 30, 1946
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock 1907-1911 democrat September 18, 1859 - February 3, 1934
Charles Otto Lobeck 1911-1919 democrat April 6, 1852 - January 30, 1920
Albert Webb Jefferis 1919-1923 republican December 7, 1868 - September 14, 1942
Willis Gratz Sears 1923-1931 republican August 16, 1860 - June 1, 1949
Howard Malcolm Baldrige 1931-1933 republican June 23, 1894 - January 19, 1985
Edward Raymond Burke 1933-1935 democrat November 28, 1880 - November 4, 1968
Charles Francis McLaughlin 1935-1943 democrat June 19, 1887 - February 5, 1976
Howard Homan Buffett 1943-1949 republican August 13, 1903 - April 30, 1964
Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan 1949-1951 democrat May 31, 1883 - February 7, 1968
Howard Homan Buffett 1951-1953 republican August 13, 1903 - April 30, 1964
Roman Lee Hruska 1953-1954 republican August 16, 1904 - April 25, 1999
Jackson Burton Chase 1955-1957 republican August 19, 1890 - May 4, 1974
Glenn Clarence Cunningham 1957-1971 republican September 10, 1912 - December 18, 2003
John Yetter McCollister 1971-1977 republican June 10, 1921 - November 1, 2013
John Joseph Cavanaugh 1977-1981 democrat * August 1, 1945
Harold John Daub 1981-1989 republican * April 23, 1941
Peter D. Hoagland 1989-1995 democrat November 17, 1941 - October 30, 2007
Jon Lynn Christensen 1995-1999 republican * February 20, 1963
Lee Raymond Terry 1999-2015 republican * January 29, 1962
Brad Ashford 2015-2017 democrat * November 10, 1949
Don Bacon since 2017 republican * August 16, 1963

3. District

So far, the 3rd district has sent the following congressmen:

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Edward Kimble Valentine 1883-1885 republican June 1, 1843 - April 11, 1916
George Washington Emery Dorsey 1885-1891 republican January 25, 1842 - June 12, 1911
Omer Madison Kem 1891-1893 Populist party November 13, 1855 - February 13, 1942
George de Rue Meiklejohn 1893-1897 republican August 26, 1857 - April 19, 1929
Samuel Maxwell 1897-1899 Populist party May 20, 1825 - February 11, 1901
John Seaton Robinson 1899-1903 democrat May 4, 1856 - May 25, 1903
John Jay McCarthy 1903-1907 republican July 19, 1857 - March 30, 1943
John Frank Boyd 1907-1909 republican August 8, 1853 - May 28, 1945
James Polk Latta 1909-1911 democrat October 31, 1844 - September 11, 1911
Dan Voorhees Stephens 1911-1919 democrat November 4, 1868 - January 13, 1939
Robert Emory Evans 1919-1923 republican July 15, 1856 - July 8, 1925
Edgar Howard 1923-1935 democrat September 16, 1858 - July 19, 1951
Karl Stefan 1935-1951 republican March 1, 1884 - October 2, 1951
Robert Dinsmore Harrison 1951-1959 republican January 26, 1897 - June 11, 1977
Lawrence Brock 1959-1961 democrat August 16, 1906 - August 28, 1968
Ralph Frederick Beermann 1961-1963 republican August 13, 1912 - February 17, 1977
David Thomas Martin 1963-1974 republican July 9, 1907 - May 15, 1997
Virginia Dodd Smith 1975-1991 republican June 30, 1911 - January 23, 2006
William E. Barrett 1991-2001 republican February 9, 1929 - September 20, 2016
Thomas William Osborne 2001-2007 republican * February 23, 1937
Adrian M. Smith since 2007 republican * December 19, 1970

4. District

The 4th District was established after the 1890 census and sent 12 congressmen from 1893 to 1963:

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Eugene Jerome Hainer 1893-1897 republican August 16, 1851 - March 17, 1929
William Ledyard Stark 1897-1903 Populist party July 29, 1853 - November 11, 1922
Edmund Howard Hinshaw 1903-1911 republican December 8, 1860 - June 15, 1932
Charles Henry Sloan 1911-1919 republican May 2, 1863 - June 2, 1946
Melvin Orlando McLaughlin 1919-1927 republican August 8, 1876 - June 18, 1928
John Nathaniel Norton 1927-1929 democrat May 12, 1878 - October 5, 1960
Charles Henry Sloan 1929-1931 republican May 2, 1863 - June 2, 1946
John Nathaniel Norton 1931-1933 democrat May 12, 1878 - October 5, 1960
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger 1933-1935 democrat December 23, 1862 - February 22, 1938
Charles Gustav Binderup 1935-1939 democrat March 5, 1873 - August 19, 1950
Carl Thomas Curtis 1939-1943 republican March 15, 1905 - January 24, 2000
Arthur Lewis Miller 1943-1959 republican May 24, 1892 - March 16, 1967
Donald Francis McGinley 1959-1961 democrat June 30, 1920 - July 6, 2005
David Thomas Martin 1961-1963 republican July 9, 1907 - May 15, 1997

5. District

The 5th District was established after the 1890 census and sent 10 congressmen from 1893 to 1943:

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
William Arthur McKeighan 1893-1895 Populist party January 19, 1842 - December 15, 1895
William Ezekiel Andrews 1895-1897 republican December 17, 1854 - January 19, 1942
Roderick Dhu Sutherland 1897-1901 Populist party April 27, 1862 - October 18, 1915
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger 1901-1903 democrat December 23, 1862 - February 22, 1938
George William Norris 1903-1913 republican July 11, 1861 - September 2, 1944
Silas Reynolds Barton 1913-1915 republican May 21, 1872 - November 7, 1916
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger 1915-1919 democrat December 23, 1862 - February 22, 1938
William Ezekiel Andrews 1919-1923 republican December 17, 1854 - January 19, 1942
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger 1923-1929 democrat December 23, 1862 - February 22, 1938
Fred Gustus Johnson 1929-1931 republican October 16, 1876 - April 30, 1951
Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger 1931-1933 democrat December 23, 1862 - February 22, 1938
Terry McGovern Carpenter 1933-1935 democrat March 28, 1900 - April 27, 1978
Harry Buffington Coffee 1935-1943 democrat March 16, 1890 - October 3, 1972

6. District

The 6th District was established after the 1890 census and sent 6 congressmen from 1893 to 1933:

Surname Term of office Political party Life dates
Omer Madison Kem 1893-1897 Populist party November 13, 1855 - February 13, 1942
William Laury Greene 1897-1899 Populist party October 3, 1849 - March 11, 1899
William Neville 1899-1903 Populist party December 29, 1843 - April 5, 1909
Moses Pierce Kinkaid 1903-1922 republican January 24, 1856 - July 6, 1922
Augustin Reed Humphrey 1922-1923 republican February 18, 1859 - December 10, 1937
Robert Glenmore Simmons 1923-1933 republican December 25, 1891 - December 27, 1969

See also

Web links

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