List of United States Senators from Nebraska

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List of United States Senators from Nebraska

Nebraska was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, and elects its United States Senators to Class 1 and Class 2. Nebraska's current senators are Republican Mike Johanns and Democrat Ben Nelson.

1 Class 1
2 Class 2
3 See also

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Thomas Tipton	Republican	March 1, 1867 – March 4, 1875		39	1	Elected in 1867
					40	1	Elected in 1867
					41	2	Re-elected in 1869
					42
					43
2	Algernon Paddock	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881	Secretary of the Nebraska Territory	44	3	Elected in 1875 Lost re-election
					45
					46
3	Charles Van Wyck	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887	U.S. House of Representatives	47	4	Elected in 1881 Lost re-election
					48
					49
4	Algernon S. Paddock	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1893	Secretary of the Nebraska Territory	50	5	Elected in 1887
					51
					52
5	William V. Allen	Populist	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899		53	6	Elected in 1893 Lost re-election
					54
					55
			March 4, 1899 – March 8, 1899		56	7	Legislature failed to elect
6	Monroe Hayward	Republican	March 8, 1899 – December 5, 1899				Elected to fill vacancy Died before qualifying
			December 5, 1899 – December 13, 1899
7	William V. Allen	Populist	December 13, 1899 – March 28, 1901		56 (continued)		Appointed to continue Hayward's vacancy Retired when successor qualified
7	William V. Allen	Populist	December 13, 1899 – March 28, 1901		57
8	Charles H. Dietrich	Republican	March 28, 1901 – March 4, 1905	Governor of Nebraska	57 (continued)		Elected to finish Hayward's term Retired
8	Charles H. Dietrich	Republican	March 28, 1901 – March 4, 1905	Governor of Nebraska	58		Elected to finish Hayward's term Retired
9	Elmer Burkett	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911	U.S. House of Representatives	59	8	Elected in 1904 Lost renomination
					60
					61
10	Gilbert Hitchcock	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923	U.S. House of Representatives	62	9	Elected in 1910
					63
					64
					65	10	Re-elected in 1916 Lost re-election
					66
					67
11	Robert B. Howell	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 11, 1933		68	11	Elected in 1922
					69
					70
					71	12	Re-elected in 1928 Died
					72
					73
			March 11, 1933 – May 24, 1933
12	William H. Thompson	Democratic	May 24, 1933 – November 6, 1934	Nebraska Supreme Court			Appointed to continue Howell's term Retired when successor qualified
13	Richard C. Hunter	Democratic	November 7, 1934 – January 3, 1935				Elected to finish Howell's term Retired
14	Edward R. Burke	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1941	U.S. House of Representatives	74	13	Elected in 1934 Lost renomination
					75
					76
15	Hugh A. Butler	Republican	January 3, 1941 – July 1, 1954		77	14	Elected in 1940
					78
					79
					80	15	Re-elected in 1946
					81
					82
					83	16	Re-elected in 1952 Died
			July 1, 1954 – July 3, 1954
16	Samuel W. Reynolds	Republican	July 3, 1954 – November 7, 1954				Appointed to continue Butler's term Retired when successor qualified
17	Roman Hruska	Republican	November 8, 1954 – December 27, 1976	U.S. House of Representatives	83 (continued)		Elected to finish Butler's term
					84
					85
					86	17	Elected to full term in 1958
					87
					88
					89	18	Re-elected in 1964
					90
					91
					92	18	Re-elected in 1970 Retired and resigned early
					93
					94
18	Edward Zorinsky	Democratic	December 28, 1976 – March 6, 1987		94		Appointed to finish Hruska's term, having been elected to the next term
					95	19	Elected in 1976
					96
					97
					98	20	Re-elected in 1982 Died
					99
					100
			March 6, 1987 – March 11, 1987
19	David K. Karnes	Republican	March 11, 1987 – November 8, 1988				Appointed to finish Zorinsky's term Lost election to full term and resigned early
			November 8, 1988 – January 3, 1989
20	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001	Governor of Nebraska	101	21	Elected in 1988
					102
					103
					104	22	Re-elected in 1994 Retired
					105
					106
21	Ben Nelson	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – Present	Governor of Nebraska	107	24	Elected in 2000
					108
					109
					110	25	Re-elected in 2006 Incumbent
					111
					112
#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	John Thayer	Republican	March 1, 1867 – March 4, 1871	Governor of Nebraska Governor of the Wyoming Territory	39	1	Elected in 1867 Lost re-election
					40
					41
2	Phineas Hitchcock	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1877	Nebraska Territory's Delegate to Congress	42	2	Elected in 1871 Lost re-election
					43
					44
3	Alvin Saunders	Republican	March 5, 1877 – March 4, 1883	Governor of the Nebraska Territory	45	3	Elected in 1877
					46
					47
4	Charles F. Manderson	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1895	President pro tempore	48	4	Elected in 1883
					49
					50
					51	5	Re-elected in 1889
					52
					53
5	John Mellen Thurston	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	Commissioner of the St. Louis Exposition	54	6	Elected in 1895 Retired
					55
					56
			March 4, 1901 – March 28, 1901		57	7	Legislature failed to elect
6	Joseph Millard	Republican	March 28, 1901 – March 4, 1907		57		Elected in 1901 to finish vacant term Retired
					58
					59
7	Norris Brown	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1913	U.S. House of Representatives	60	8	Elected in 1906 Lost re-election
					61
					62
8	George W. Norris	Republican	March 4, 1913 – January 3, 1937		63	9	Elected in 1912
					64
					65
					66	10	Re-elected in 1918
					67
					68
					69	11	Re-elected in 1924
					70
					71
					72	12	Re-elected in 1930
					73
					74
		Independent	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943		75	13	Re-elected in 1936 Lost re-election
					76
					77
9	Kenneth S. Wherry	Republican	January 3, 1943 – November 29, 1951	Senate Republican Whip Senate Republican Leader	78	14	Elected in 1942
					79
					80
					81	15	Re-elected in 1948 Died
					82
			November 29, 1951 – December 10, 1951		82 (continued)
10	Fred Andrew Seaton	Republican	December 10, 1951 – November 4, 1952	U.S. Secretary of the Interior	82 (continued)		Appointed to continue Wherry's term Retired when successor elected
11	Dwight P. Griswold	Republican	November 5, 1952 – April 12, 1954	Governor of Nebraska	82 (continued)		Elected to finish Wherry's term Died
11	Dwight P. Griswold	Republican	November 5, 1952 – April 12, 1954	Governor of Nebraska	83		Elected to finish Wherry's term Died
			April 12, 1954 – April 16, 1954
12	Eva Bowring	Republican	April 16, 1954 – November 7, 1954				Appointed to continue Griswold's term Retired when successor elected
13	Hazel Abel	Republican	November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1954				Resigned
14	Carl Curtis	Republican	January 1, 1955 – January 3, 1979	U.S. House of Representatives			Appointed to finish Griswold's term, having already been elected to the next term
					84	16	Elected in 1954
					85
					86
					87	17	Re-elected in 1960
					88
					89
					90	18	Re-elected in 1966
					91
					92
					93	19	Re-elected in 1972 Retired
					94
					95
15	J. James Exon	Democratic	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997	Governor of Nebraska	96	20	Elected in 1978
					97
					98
					99	21	Re-elected in 1984
					100
					101
					102	22	Re-elected in 1990 Retired
					103
					104
16	Chuck Hagel	Republican	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009		105	23	Elected in 1996
					106
					107
					108	24	Re-elected in 2002 Retired
					109
					110
17	Mike Johanns	Republican	January 3, 2009 – Present	Governor of Nebraska U.S. Secretary of Agriculture	111	25	Elected in 2008 Incumbent
17	Mike Johanns	Republican	January 3, 2009 – Present	Governor of Nebraska U.S. Secretary of Agriculture	112	25	Elected in 2008 Incumbent
#	Senator	Party	Years	Other offices	Congress	Term	Electoral history

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