List of United States Senators from Nebraska: Wikis

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Nebraska was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, and elects its United States Senators to Class I and Class II. Ben Nelson and Mike Johanns are Nebraska's current senators.

1 Class I
2 Class II
3 See also
4 References

Class I

Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Other offices/Notes
Thomas Tipton	Republican	March 1, 1867	March 4, 1875
Algernon Paddock	Republican	March 4, 1875	March 4, 1881	Lost re-election
Charles Van Wyck	Republican	March 4, 1881	March 4, 1887	Lost re-election	U.S. Representative (1859–1863; 1867–1869; 1870–1871)
Algernon S. Paddock	Republican	March 4, 1887	March 4, 1893
William V. Allen	Populist	March 4, 1893	March 4, 1899	Lost re-election
Monroe Hayward	Republican	March 8, 1899	December 5, 1899	Died	Hayward died before qualifying
William V. Allen	Populist	December 13, 1899	March 28, 1901	Successor qualified^[1]
Charles H. Dietrich	Republican	March 28, 1901	March 4, 1905	Retired	Governor of Nebraska (1901)
Elmer Burkett	Republican	March 4, 1905	March 4, 1911	Lost renomination	U.S. Representative (1899–1905)
Gilbert Hitchcock	Democratic	March 4, 1911	March 4, 1923	Lost re-election	U.S. Representative (1903–1905; 1907–1911)
Robert B. Howell	Republican	March 4, 1923	March 11, 1933	Died
William H. Thompson	Democratic	May 24, 1933	November 26, 1934	Successor qualified^[2]	Judge of the Nebraska Supreme Court (1924–1931)
Richard C. Hunter	Democratic	November 7, 1934	January 3, 1935	Term expired^[3]
Edward R. Burke	Democratic	January 3, 1935	January 3, 1941	Lost renomination	U.S. Representative (1933–1935)
Hugh A. Butler	Republican	January 3, 1941	July 1, 1954	Died
Samuel W. Reynolds	Republican	July 3, 1954	November 7, 1954	Successor qualified^[4]
Roman Hruska	Republican	November 8, 1954	December 27, 1976	Resigned^[5]	U.S. Representative (1953–1954)
Edward Zorinsky	Democratic	December 28, 1976	March 6, 1987	Died
David K. Karnes	Republican	March 11, 1987	January 3, 1989	Resigned^[6]
Bob Kerrey	Democratic	January 3, 1989	January 3, 2001	Retired	Governor of Nebraska (1983–1987) Congressional Medal of Honor recipient (1969)
Ben Nelson	Democratic	January 3, 2001	Present	Incumbent	Governor of Nebraska (1991–1999)

Class II

Senator	Party	Took office	Left office	Reason	Other offices/Notes
John Thayer	Republican	March 1, 1867	March 4, 1871	Lost re-election	Governor of Nebraska (1887–1891) Governor of the Wyoming Territory (1875–1879)
Phineas Hitchcock	Republican	March 4, 1871	March 4, 1877	Lost re-election	Nebraska Territory's Delegate to Congress (1865–1867)
Alvin Saunders	Republican	March 5, 1877	March 4, 1883		Governor of the Nebraska Territory (1861–1867)
Charles F. Manderson	Republican	March 4, 1883	March 4, 1895		President pro tempore (1891–1893)
John Mellen Thurston	Republican	March 4, 1895	March 4, 1901	Retired	Commissioner, St. Louis Exposition (1901)
Joseph Millard	Republican	March 28, 1901	March 4, 1907	Retired
Norris Brown	Republican	March 4, 1907	March 4, 1913	Lost re-election	U.S. Representative (1903–1913) "Father of the TVA"
George W. Norris	Republican	March 4, 1913	January 3, 1943
George W. Norris	Independent	March 4, 1913	January 3, 1943
Kenneth S. Wherry	Republican	January 3, 1943	November 29, 1951	Died	Senate Republican Leader (1949–1952) Senate Republican Whip (1944–1949)
Fred Andrew Seaton	Republican	December 10, 1951	November 4, 1952	Successor elected^[7]	Secretary of the Interior (1956–1961)
Dwight P. Griswold	Republican	November 5, 1952	April 12, 1954	Died	Governor of Nebraska (1940–1946)
Eva Bowring	Republican	April 16, 1954	November 7, 1954	Successor elected^[8]
Hazel Abel	Republican	November 8, 1954	December 31, 1954	Resigned
Carl Curtis	Republican	January 1, 1955	January 3, 1979	Retired	U.S. Representative (1939–1954)
J. James Exon	Democratic	January 3, 1979	January 3, 1997	Retired	Governor of Nebraska (1971-1979)
Chuck Hagel	Republican	January 3, 1997	January 3, 2009	Retired
Mike Johanns	Republican	January 3, 2009	Incumbent	United States Secretary of Agriculture (2005–2007) Governor of Nebraska (1999-2005)

References

^ Allen was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Monroe Hayward, but was not a candidate in the election to fill the vacancy.
^ Thompson was appointed to fill the vacancy created by the death of Robert Howell, but was not a candidate in the special election.
^ Hunter was appointed to fill the remainder of the term, but was not a candidate for election to the term beginning January 3, 1935.
^ Reynolds was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Hugh Butler, but was not a candidate in the special election to fill remainder of the term.
^ Hruska was not a candidate for re-election in 1976, and resigned early.
^ Karnes was appointed to the seat to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Edward Zorinsky, but lost the election for the subsequent six-year term and resigned early.
^ Seaton was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Kenneth Wherry, but was not a candidate in the special election.
^ Bowring was appointed to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Dwight Griswold, but was not a candidate in the special election.

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United States Senators from Nebraska

Class 1	Tipton · Paddock · Van Wyck · Paddock · Allen · Hayward · Allen · Dietrich · Burkett · G. Hitchcock · Howell · Thompson · Hunter · Burke · Butler · Reynolds · Hruska · Zorinsky · Karnes · Kerrey · Nelson

Class 2	Thayer · P. Hitchcock · Saunders · Manderson · Thurston · Millard · Brown · Norris · Wherry · Seaton · Griswold · Bowring · Abel · Curtis · Exon · Hagel · Johanns