Nebraska House of Representatives explained

Nebraska House of Representatives
Legislature:Nebraska Legislature
Coa Pic:Nebraska-StateSeal.svg
House Type:Lower house
Members:26 (18541858)
39 (18581875)
84 (18761880)
100 (18811936)
Authority:Article III, Nebraska Constitution (pre-1936)
Term Length:2 years
Salary:$800/year (1936)
Leader1 Type:First Territorial Speaker
Leader1:Andrew J. Hanscom
Leader2 Type:First Speaker
Leader2:William A. Pollock
Meeting Place:West Chamber, Nebraska State Capitol
Omaha (1854 - 1867)
Lincoln (1867 - 1936)
Established:1854
Disbanded:1936
Succeeded By:Nebraska Legislature

The Nebraska House of Representatives was the lower house of the Nebraska Legislature during the days when Nebraska was a territory from 1854 to 1867 and then again when Nebraska was a state from 1867 until 1936. In 1934, Nebraska voters amended the Nebraska Constitution to reconfigure the Nebraska Legislature to a unicameral system. This system became effective for the 1937 legislative session. Beginning as a territorial lower house in 1854, it had 26 members; this number was raised to 39 members in 1858. The second state constitution in 1875 limited membership in the House at 100 members, a limit which would be filled by 1881. The last representatives were elected to a two-year term in 1934 and began their service with the final legislative session in 1935.

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