List of United States Senators from Nebraska
The list of United States Senators from Nebraska lists everyone who has ever served in the United States Senate for that state , sorted by Senate class . One class shows when this senator will be re-elected. The elections for the class 1 senators took place in 2018; the class 2 senators were last re-elected in November 2014.
class 1
Nebraska has been a US state since March 1, 1867 and to date has had 20 class 1 senators in the US Senate, two of which, Algernon Paddock and William V. Allen, served two non-consecutive terms.
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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Thomas Weston Tipton | 1867-1875 | republican | August 5, 1817-26. November 1899 |
Algernon Sidney Paddock | 1875-1881 | republican | November 9, 1830-17. October 1897 |
Charles Henry Van Wyck | 1881-1887 | republican | May 10, 1824-24. October 1895 |
Algernon Sidney Paddock | 1887-1893 | republican | November 9, 1830-17. October 1897 |
William Vincent Allen | 1893-1899 | populist | January 28, 1847-12. January 1924 |
Monroe Leland Hayward | 1899 | republican | December 22, 1840-5. December 1899 |
William Vincent Allen | 1899-1901 | populist | January 28, 1847-12. January 1924 |
Charles Henry Dietrich | 1901-1905 | republican | November 26, 1853-10. April 1924 |
Elmer Jacob Burkett | 1905-1911 | republican | December 1, 1867-23. May 1935 |
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock | 1911-1923 | democrat | September 18, 1859–3. February 1934 |
Robert Beecher Howell | 1923-1933 | republican | January 21, 1864-11. March 1933 |
William Henry Thompson | 1933-1934 | democrat | December 14, 1853–6. June 1937 |
Richard Charles Hunter | 1934-1935 | democrat | December 3, 1884-23. January 1941 |
Edward Raymond Burke | 1935-1941 | democrat | November 28, 1880-4. November 1968 |
Hugh Alfred Butler | 1941-1954 | republican | February 28, 1878–1. July 1954 |
Samuel Williams Reynolds | 1954 | republican | August 11, 1890-20. March 1988 |
Roman Lee Hruska | 1954-1976 | republican | August 16, 1904-25. April 1999 |
Edward Zorinsky | 1976-1987 | democrat | November 11, 1928-6. March 1987 |
David Kemp Karnes | 1987-1989 | republican | * December 12, 1948 |
Joseph Robert Kerrey | 1989-2001 | democrat | * August 27, 1943 |
Earl Benjamin Nelson | 2001-2013 | democrat | * May 17, 1941 |
Debra Strobel Fischer | since 2013 | republican | * March 1, 1951 |
2nd grade
To date, Nebraska has 18 class 2 senators .
Surname | Term of office | Political party | Life dates |
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John Milton Thayer | 1867-1871 | republican | January 24, 1820-19. March 1906 |
Phineas Warren Hitchcock | 1871-1877 | republican | November 30, 1831-10. July 1881 |
Alvin Saunders | 1877-1883 | republican | July 12, 1817–1. November 1899 |
Charles Frederick Manderson | 1883-1895 | republican | February 9, 1837-28. September 1911 |
John Mellen Thurston | 1895-1901 | republican | August 21, 1847-9. August 1916 |
Joseph Hopkins Millard | 1901-1907 | republican | April 20, 1836-13. January 1922 |
Norris Brown | 1907-1913 | republican | May 2, 1863-5. January 1960 |
George William Norris | 1913-1943 | republican | July 11, 1861–2. September 1944 |
Kenneth Spicer Wherry | 1943-1951 | republican | February 28, 1892-29. November 1951 |
Frederick Andrew Seaton | 1951-1952 | republican | December 11, 1909-16. January 1974 |
Dwight Palmer Griswold | 1952-1954 | republican | November 27, 1893-12. April 1954 |
Eva Kelly Bowring | 1954 | republican | January 9, 1892–8. January 1985 |
Hazel Hempel Abel | 1954 | republican | July 10, 1888-30. July 1966 |
Carl Thomas Curtis | 1955-1979 | republican | March 15, 1905-24. January 2000 |
John James Exon | 1979-1997 | democrat | August 9, 1921-10. June 2005 |
Charles Timothy Hail | 1997-2009 | republican | * October 4, 1946 |
Michael Owen Johanns | 2009-2015 | republican | * June 18, 1950 |
Benjamin Eric Sasse | since 2015 | republican | * February 22, 1972 |