United States congressional delegations from Nebraska explained

These are tables of congressional delegations from Nebraska to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

The current dean of the Nebraska delegation is Representative Adrian Smith (NE-3), having served in the House since 2007.

U.S. House of Representatives

See main article: List of United States representatives from Nebraska.

Current members

List of members, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has 3 members, all Republicans.

Delegate from Nebraska Territory

CongressDelegate
33rd (1853–1855)Napoleon Bonaparte
Giddings
(D)
34th (1855–1857)Bird Beers Chapman (D)
35th (1857–1859)Fenner Ferguson (D)
36th (1859–1861)Experience Estabrook (D)
rowspan=3 Samuel Gordon Daily (R)
37th (1861–1863)
38th (1863–1865)
39th (1865–1867)Phineas Hitchcock (R)

1867–1883: One seat

Congress
39th (1867)Turner M. Marquett (R)
40th (1867–1869)John Taffe (R)
41st (1869–1871)
42nd (1871–1873)
43rd (1873–1875)Lorenzo Crounse (R)
44th (1875–1877)
45th (1877–1879)Frank Welch (R)
Thomas Jefferson Majors (R)
46th (1879–1881)Edward K. Valentine (R)
47th (1881–1883)

1883–1893: Three seats

Congress
48th (1883–1885)Archibald J. Weaver (R)James Laird (R)Edward K. Valentine (R)
49th (1885–1887)George W. E. Dorsey (R)
50th (1887–1889)John A. McShane (D)
51st (1889–1891)William James Connell (R)
Gilbert L. Laws (R)
52nd (1891–1893)William Jennings Bryan (D)William A. McKeighan (Pop)Omer M. Kem (Pop)

1893–1933: Six seats

1933–1943: Five seats

Congress
73rd (1933–1935)John H. Morehead (D)Edward R. Burke (D)Edgar Howard (D)Ashton C.
Shallenberger
(D)
Terry Carpenter (D)
74th (1935–1937)Henry C. Luckey (D)Charles F.
McLaughlin
(D)
Karl Stefan (R)Charles Binderup (D)Harry B. Coffee (D)
75th (1937–1939)
76th (1939–1941)George H. Heinke (R)Carl Curtis (R)
John Hyde Sweet (R)
77th (1941–1943)Oren S. Copeland

1943–1963: Four seats

Congress
78th (1943–1945)Carl Curtis (R)Howard Buffett (R)Karl Stefan (R)Arthur L. Miller (R)
79th (1945–1947)
80th (1947–1949)
81st (1949–1951)Eugene D. O'Sullivan (D)
82nd (1951–1953)Howard Buffett (R)
R. D. Harrison (R)
83rd (1953–1955)Roman Hruska (R)
vacant
84th (1955–1957)Phil Weaver (R)Jackson B. Chase (R)
85th (1957–1959)Glenn Cunningham (R)
86th (1959–1961)Lawrence Brock (D)Donald McGinley (D)
87th (1961–1963)Ralph F. Beermann (R)David Martin (R)

1963–present: Three seats

U.S. Senate

Current U.S. senators from Nebraska


Class I senatorClass II senator

Deb Fischer


Pete Ricketts

Party
Incumbent sinceJanuary 3, 2013January 12, 2023

See main article: List of United States senators from Nebraska.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List. 2023-01-07. Cook Political Report. en.
  2. Nebraska became a state so late that its first representative and senators were only able to serve for the final two days of the 39th Congress.