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 Republicans Mike Johanns and Deb Fischer.

Class 1

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	Thomas Tipton	Republican	March 1, 1867 – March 4, 1875	39	1	Elected in 1867
				40
				41	2	Re-elected in 1869 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				42
				43
2	Algernon Paddock	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881	44	3	Elected in 1875 Lost re-election
				45
				46
3	Charles Van Wyck	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887	47	4	Elected in 1881 Lost re-election
				48
				49
4	Algernon S. Paddock	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1893	50	5	Elected in 1887 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				51
				52
5	William V. Allen	Populist	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899	53	6	Elected in 1893 Lost re-election
				54
				55
Vacant			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
Vacant			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
				57
8	Charles H. Dietrich	Republican	March 28, 1901 – March 4, 1905	57 (continued)		Elected to finish Hayward's term Retired
				58
9	Elmer Burkett	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911	59	8	Elected in 1904 Lost renomination
				60
				61
10	Gilbert Hitchcock	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923	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
Vacant			March 11, 1933 – May 24, 1933
12	William H. Thompson	Democratic	May 24, 1933 – November 6, 1934			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	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
Vacant			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	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			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
Vacant			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
Vacant			November 8, 1988 – January 3, 1989
20	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	January 3, 1989 – January 3, 2001	101	21	Elected in 1988
				102
				103
				104	22	Re-elected in 1994 Retired
				105
				106
21	Ben Nelson	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013	107	24	Elected in 2000
				108
				109
				110	25	Re-elected in 2006 Retired
				111
				112
22	Deb Fischer	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	113	26	Elected in 2012
				114
				115
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

Class 2

#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history
1	John Thayer	Republican	March 1, 1867 – March 4, 1871	39	1	Elected in 1867 Lost re-election
				40
				41
2	Phineas Hitchcock	Republican	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1877	42	2	Elected in 1871 Lost re-election
				43
				44
3	Alvin Saunders	Republican	March 5, 1877 – March 4, 1883	45	3	Elected in 1877 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				46
				47
4	Charles F. Manderson	Republican	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1895	48	4	Elected in 1883
				49
				50
				51	5	Re-elected in 1889 [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
				52
				53
5	John Mellen Thurston	Republican	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	54	6	Elected in 1895 Retired
				55
				56
Vacant			March 4, 1901 – March 28, 1901	57	7	Legislature failed to elect
6	Joseph Millard	Republican	March 28, 1901 – March 4, 1907			Elected in 1901 to finish vacant term Retired
				58
				59
7	Norris Brown	Republican	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1913	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	78	14	Elected in 1942
				79
				80
				81	15	Re-elected in 1948 Died
				82
Vacant			November 29, 1951 – December 10, 1951	82 (continued)
10	Fred Andrew Seaton	Republican	December 10, 1951 – November 4, 1952			Appointed to continue Wherry's term Retired when successor elected
11	Dwight P. Griswold	Republican	November 5, 1952 – April 12, 1954	82 (continued)		Elected to finish Wherry's term Died
				83
Vacant			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			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	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	111	25	Elected in 2008
				112
				113
#	Senator	Party	Years	Congress	Term	Electoral history

See also

• United States congressional delegations from Nebraska
• List of United States Representatives from Nebraska