United States congressional delegations from Nebraska
These are tables of congressional delegations from Nebraska to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.
House of Representatives
Current Representatives
List of members of the Nebraskan United States House delegation, their terms in office, district boundaries, and the district political ratings according to the CPVI. The delegation has a total of 3 members, all Republicans.
| District | Representative | Party | CPVI | Incumbent time in office | District map |
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| 1st |  Jeff Fortenberry (R-Lincoln)
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Republican | R+10 | January 3, 2005 – present | 
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| 2nd |  Don Bacon (R-Papillion)
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Republican | R+4 | January 3, 2017 – present | 
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| 3rd |  Adrian Smith (R-North Platte)
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Republican | R+23 | January 3, 2007 – present | 
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Delegation timeline (1853 – present)
Tables showing membership in the Nebraska federal House delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.
Delegates from Nebraska Territory
| Congress | Delegate |
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| 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) |
| Samuel Gordon Daily (R) | |
| 37th (1861–1863) | |
| 38th (1863–1865) | |
| 39th (1865–1867) |
Phineas Hitchcock (R) |
Members from Nebraska
1867–1883: One seat
| Congress | At-large | |
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| 39th (1865–1867) |
Turner M. Marquette (for two days[2]) (R) | |
| 40th (1867–1869) |
John Taffe (R) | |
| 41st (1869–1871) |
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| 42nd (1871–1873) |
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| 43rd (1873–1875) |
Lorenzo Crounse (R) | |
| 44th (1875–1877) |
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| 45th (1877–1879) |
Frank Welch (R) | |
| Thomas Jefferson Majors (R) | ||
| 46th (1879–1881) |
Edward K. Valentine (R) | |
| 47th (1881–1883) |
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1883–1893: Three seats
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||||
| 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 Madison Kem (Pop) | ||||
1893–1933: Six seats
1933–1943: Five seats
| Congress | District | |||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 5th | ||
| 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 Carl Luckey (D) | Charles F. McLaughlin (D) | Karl Stefan (R) | Charles Gustav Binderup (D) | Harry B. Coffee (D) | |
| 75th (1937–1939) |
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| 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 | District | ||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | ||
| 78th (1943–1945) |
Carl Curtis (R) | Howard H. Buffett (R) | Karl Stefan (R) | Arthur L. Miller (R) | |
| 79th (1945–1947) |
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| 80th (1947–1949) |
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| 81st (1949–1951) |
Eugene D. O'Sullivan (D) | ||||
| 82nd (1951–1953) |
Howard H. Buffett (R) | ||||
| Robert D. Harrison (R) | |||||
| 83rd (1953–1955) |
Roman Hruska (R) | ||||
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| 84th (1955–1957) |
Phillip H. Weaver (R) | Jackson B. Chase (R) | |||
| 85th (1957–1959) |
Glenn Cunningham (R) | ||||
| 86th (1959–1961) |
Lawrence Brock (D) | Donald F. McGinley (D) | |||
| 87th (1961–1963) |
Ralph F. Beermann (R) | David T. Martin (R) | |||
1963–Present: Three seats
| Congress | District | ||||
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| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | |||
| 88th (1963–1965) |
Ralph F. Beermann (R) | Glenn Cunningham (R) | David T. Martin (R) | ||
| 89th (1965–1967) |
Clair A. Callan (D) | ||||
| 90th (1967–1969) |
Robert V. Denney (R) | ||||
| 91st (1969–1971) |
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| 92nd (1971–1973) |
Charles Thone (R) | John Y. McCollister (R) | |||
| 93rd (1973–1975) |
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| 94th (1975–1977) |
Virginia D. Smith (R) | ||||
| 95th (1977–1979) |
John J. Cavanaugh III (D) | ||||
| 96th (1979–1981) |
Doug Bereuter (R) | ||||
| 97th (1981–1983) |
Hal Daub (R) | ||||
| 98th (1983–1985) |
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| 99th (1985–1987) |
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| 100th (1987–1989) |
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| 101st (1989–1991) |
Peter Hoagland (D) | ||||
| 102nd (1991–1993) |
Bill Barrett (R) | ||||
| 103rd (1993–1995) |
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| 104th (1995–1997) |
Jon Lynn Christensen (R) | ||||
| 105th (1997–1999) |
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| 106th (1999–2001) |
Lee Terry (R) | ||||
| 107th (2001–2003) |
Tom Osborne (R) | ||||
| 108th (2003–2005) |
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| 109th (2005–2007) |
Jeff Fortenberry (R) | ||||
| 110th (2007–2009) |
Adrian Smith (R) | ||||
| 111th (2009–2011) |
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| 112th (2011–2013) |
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| 113th (2013–2015) |
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| 114th (2015–2017) |
Brad Ashford (D) | ||||
| 115th (2017–2019) |
Don Bacon (R) | ||||
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United States Senate
Current delegation
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Senator Deb Fischer
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Senator Ben Sasse
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Senate timeline (1865 – Present)
Tables showing membership in the Nebraska federal Senate delegation throughout history of statehood in the United States.
| Class 1 Senators | Congress | Class 2 Senators |
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| Thomas Tipton[2] (R) | 39th (1865–1867) |
John Milton Thayer[2] (R) |
| 40th (1867–1869) | ||
| 41st (1869–1871) | ||
| 42nd (1871–1873) |
Phineas Hitchcock (R) | |
| 43rd (1873–1875) | ||
| Algernon Paddock (R) | 44th (1875–1877) | |
| 45th (1877–1879) |
Alvin Saunders (R) | |
| 46th (1879–1881) | ||
| Charles Van Wyck (R) | 47th (1881–1883) | |
| 48th (1883–1885) |
Charles F. Manderson (R) | |
| 49th (1885–1887) | ||
| Algernon Paddock (R) | 50th (1887–1889) | |
| 51st (1889–1891) | ||
| 52nd (1891–1893) | ||
| William V. Allen (Pop) | 53rd (1893–1895) | |
| 54th (1895–1897) |
John Mellen Thurston (R) | |
| 55th (1897–1899) | ||
| Monroe Hayward (R) | 56th (1899–1901) | |
| William V. Allen (Pop) | ||
| 57th (1901–1903) |
Joseph Millard (R) | |
| Charles H. Dietrich (R) | ||
| 58th (1903–1905) | ||
| Elmer Burkett (R) | 59th (1905–1907) | |
| 60th (1907–1909) |
Norris Brown (R) | |
| 61st (1909–1911) | ||
| Gilbert Hitchcock (D) | 62nd (1911–1913) | |
| 63rd (1913–1915) |
George W. Norris (R) | |
| 64th (1915–1917) | ||
| 65th (1917–1919) | ||
| 66th (1919–1921) | ||
| 67th (1921–1923) | ||
| Robert B. Howell (R) | 68th (1923–1925) | |
| 69th (1925–1927) | ||
| 70th (1927–1929) | ||
| 71st (1929–1931) | ||
| 72nd (1931–1933) | ||
| 73rd (1933–1935) | ||
| William H. Thompson (D) | ||
| Richard C. Hunter (D) | ||
| Edward R. Burke (D) | 74th (1935–1937) | |
| 75th (1937–1939) | ||
| 76th (1939–1941) | ||
| Hugh A. Butler (R) | 77th (1941–1943) | |
| 78th (1943–1945) |
Kenneth S. Wherry (R) | |
| 79th (1945–1947) | ||
| 80th (1947–1949) | ||
| 81st (1949–1951) | ||
| 82nd (1951–1953) | ||
| Fred A. Seaton (R) | ||
| Dwight Griswold (R) | ||
| 83rd (1953–1955) | ||
| Eva Bowring (R) | ||
| Samuel W. Reynolds (R) | Hazel Abel (R) | |
| Roman Hruska (R) | Carl Curtis (R) | |
| 84th (1955–1957) | ||
| 85th (1957–1959) | ||
| 86th (1959–1961) | ||
| 87th (1961–1963) | ||
| 88th (1963–1965) | ||
| 89th (1965–1967) | ||
| 90th (1967–1969) | ||
| 91st (1969–1971) | ||
| 92nd (1971–1973) | ||
| 93rd (1973–1975) | ||
| 94th (1975–1977) | ||
| Edward Zorinsky (D) | ||
| 95th (1977–1979) | ||
| 96th (1979–1981) |
J. James Exon (D) | |
| 97th (1981–1983) | ||
| 98th (1983–1985) | ||
| 99th (1985–1987) | ||
| 100th (1987–1989) | ||
| David Karnes (R) | ||
| Bob Kerrey (D) | 101st (1989–1991) | |
| 102nd (1991–1993) | ||
| 103rd (1993–1995) | ||
| 104th (1995–1997) | ||
| 105th (1997–1999) |
Chuck Hagel (R) | |
| 106th (1999–2001) | ||
| Ben Nelson (D) | 107th (2001–2003) | |
| 108th (2003–2005) | ||
| 109th (2005–2007) | ||
| 110th (2007–2009) | ||
| 111th (2009–2011) |
Mike Johanns (R) | |
| 112th (2011–2013) | ||
| Deb Fischer (R) | 113th (2013–2015) | |
| 114th (2015–2017) |
Ben Sasse (R) | |
| 115th (2017–2019) |
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Living former U.S. Senators from Nebraska
As of April 2015[update], there are five former U.S. Senators from the U.S. State of Nebraska who are currently living at this time, three from Class 1 and two from Class 2.
| Senator | Term of office | Class | Date of birth (and age) |
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| David Karnes | 1987–1989 | 1 | December 12, 1948 |
| Bob Kerrey | 1989–2001 | 1 | August 27, 1943 |
| Chuck Hagel | 1997–2009 | 2 | October 4, 1946 |
| Ben Nelson | 2001–2013 | 1 | May 17, 1941 |
| Mike Johanns | 2009–2015 | 2 | June 18, 1950 |
See also
References
- ^ "The national atlas". nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ a b c 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.