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.