United States congressional delegations from Nebraska
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Nebraska
| Census Topic | Value |
|---|---|
| Population | 1,961,504 |
| Gender |
50.3% Male 49.7% Female |
| Race |
78.4% White 4.9% Black 2.7% Asian 1.2% Native American 0.1% Pacific Islander |
| Ethnicity | 12% Hispanic |
| Median household income | $71,722 |
| High school graduation rate | 91.9% |
| College graduation rate | 33.5% |
| Upcoming elections |
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, 2020 census and 2022 ACS data. Percentages are rounded to the nearest 0.1%.
This page displays the current and historical members of U.S. Congress from Nebraska.
Here is the current partisan breakdown of the congressional members from Nebraska.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Nebraska | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Republican | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Current members
U.S. Senate
- See also: Classes of United States Senators
- See also: Classes of United States Senators
The current members of the U.S. Senate from Nebraska are:
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Senate Nebraska | Deb Fischer | Republican | January 3, 2013 | January 3, 2025 |
| U.S. Senate Nebraska | Pete Ricketts | Republican | January 23, 2023 | January 3, 2025 |
U.S. House
The current members of the U.S. House from Nebraska are:
| Office | Name | Party | Date assumed office | Date term ends |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. House Nebraska District 1 | Mike Flood | Republican | July 12, 2022 | January 3, 2025 |
| U.S. House Nebraska District 2 | Don Bacon | Republican | January 3, 2017 | January 3, 2025 |
| U.S. House Nebraska District 3 | Adrian Smith | Republican | January 3, 2007 | January 3, 2025 |
Historical members
U.S. Senate
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. Senate from Nebraska.
| Historical Representation to the U.S. Senate by Party from Nebraska | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Republican | 31 | |||
| Democratic | 8 | |||
| Populist | 2 | |||
| Class 1 Senators from Nebraska | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Thomas W. Tipton | 1867-1875 | Republican | ||||||
| Algernon S. Paddock | 1875-1881 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles H. Van Wyck | 1881-1887 | Republican | ||||||
| Algernon S. Paddock | 1887-1893 | Republican | ||||||
| William V. Allen | 1893-1899 | Populist | ||||||
| Monroe L. Hayward | 1899-1899 | Republican | ||||||
| William V. Allen | 1899-1901 | Populist | ||||||
| Charles H. Dietrich | 1901-1905 | Republican | ||||||
| Elmer J. Burkett | 1905-1911 | Republican | ||||||
| Gilbert M. Hitchcock | 1911-1923 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert B. Howell | 1923-1933 | Republican | ||||||
| William H. Thompson | 1933-1934 | Democratic | ||||||
| Richard C. Hunter | 1934-1935 | Democratic | ||||||
| Edward R. Burke | 1935-1941 | Democratic | ||||||
| Hugh A. Butler | 1941-1954 | Republican | ||||||
| Samuel W. Reynolds | 1954-1954 | Republican | ||||||
| Roman L. Hruska | 1954-1976 | Republican | ||||||
| Edward Zorinsky | 1976-1987 | Democratic | ||||||
| David K. Karnes | 1987-1989 | Republican | ||||||
| J. Robert Kerrey | 1989-2001 | Democratic | ||||||
| Ben Nelson | 2001-2013 | Democratic | ||||||
| Deb Fischer | 2013-present | Republican | ||||||
| Class 2 Senators from Nebraska | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senator | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| John M. Thayer | 1867-1871 | Republican | ||||||
| Phineas W. Hitchcock | 1871-1877 | Republican | ||||||
| Alvin Saunders | 1877-1883 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles F. Manderson | 1883-1895 | Republican | ||||||
| John M. Thurston | 1895-1901 | Republican | ||||||
| Joseph H. Millard | 1901-1907 | Republican | ||||||
| Norris Brown | 1907-1913 | Republican | ||||||
| George W. Norris | 1913-1943 | Republican | ||||||
| Kenneth S. Wherry | 1943-1951 | Republican | ||||||
| Frederick A. Seaton | 1951-1952 | Republican | ||||||
| Dwight P. Griswold | 1952-1954 | Republican | ||||||
| Eva K. Bowring | 1954-1954 | Republican | ||||||
| Hazel H. Abel | 1954-1954 | Republican | ||||||
| Carl T. Curtis | 1955-1979 | Republican | ||||||
| J. James Exon | 1979-1997 | Democratic | ||||||
| Chuck Hagel | 1997-2009 | Republican | ||||||
| Mike Johanns | 2009-2015 | Republican | ||||||
| Ben Sasse | 2015-2023 | Republican | ||||||
| Pete Ricketts | 2023-present | Republican | ||||||
U.S. House
The following individuals were elected to the U.S. House from Nebraska.
2000s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 2000s from Nebraska | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 1 | |||
| Republican | 5 | |||
| Total Representatives | 6 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Nebraska | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Thomas Osborne | 2001-2006 | Republican | ||||||
| Jeff Fortenberry | 2005-2022 | Republican | ||||||
| Adrian Smith | 2007-Present | Republican | ||||||
| Brad Ashford | 2015-2017 | Democratic | ||||||
| Don Bacon | 2017-Present | Republican | ||||||
| Mike Flood | 2022-Present | Republican | ||||||
1900s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1900s from Nebraska | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 21 | |||
| Republican | 42 | |||
| Total Representatives | 63 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Nebraska | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Ashton Cokayne Shallenberger | 1901-1902, 1915-1918, 1923-1928, 1931-1934 | Democratic | ||||||
| Gilbert Monell Hitchcock | 1903-1904, 1907-1910 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Jay McCarthy | 1903-1906 | Republican | ||||||
| Edmund Howard Hinshaw | 1903-1910 | Republican | ||||||
| George William Norris | 1903-1912 | Republican | ||||||
| Moses Pierce Kinkaid | 1903-1922 | Republican | ||||||
| John Lauderdale Kennedy | 1905-1906 | Republican | ||||||
| Ernest Mark Pollard | 1905-1908 | Republican | ||||||
| John Frank Boyd | 1907-1908 | Republican | ||||||
| James Polk Latta | 1909-1912 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Arthur Maguire | 1909-1914 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles Otto Lobeck | 1911-1918 | Democratic | ||||||
| Dan Voorhees Stephens | 1911-1918 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles Henry Sloan | 1911-1930 | Republican | ||||||
| Silas Reynolds Barton | 1913-1914 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles Frank Reavis | 1915-1922 | Republican | ||||||
| Robert Emory Evans | 1919-1922 | Republican | ||||||
| Albert Webb Jefferis | 1919-1922 | Republican | ||||||
| Melvin Orlando McLaughlin | 1919-1926 | Republican | ||||||
| Augustin Reed Humphrey | 1921-1922 | Republican | ||||||
| Roy Henry Thorpe | 1921-1922 | Republican | ||||||
| Willis Gratz Sears | 1923-1930 | Republican | ||||||
| Robert Glenmore Simmons | 1923-1932 | Republican | ||||||
| Edgar Howard | 1923-1934 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Henry Morehead | 1923-1934 | Democratic | ||||||
| John Nathaniel Norton | 1927-1928, 1931-1932 | Democratic | ||||||
| Fred Gustus Johnson | 1929-1930 | Republican | ||||||
| Howard Malcolm Baldrige | 1931-1932 | Republican | ||||||
| Edward Raymond Burke | 1933-1934 | Democratic | ||||||
| Terry McGovern Carpenter | 1933-1934 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles Gustav Binderup | 1935-1938 | Democratic | ||||||
| Henry Carl Luckey | 1935-1938 | Democratic | ||||||
| Harry Buffington Coffee | 1935-1942 | Democratic | ||||||
| Charles Francis McLaughlin | 1935-1942 | Democratic | ||||||
| Karl Stefan | 1935-1952 | Republican | ||||||
| George Henry Heinke | 1939-1940 | Republican | ||||||
| John Hyde Sweet | 1939-1940 | Republican | ||||||
| Carl Thomas Curtis | 1939-1954 | Republican | ||||||
| Oren Sturman Copeland | 1941-1942 | Republican | ||||||
| Howard Homan Buffett | 1943-1948, 1951-1952 | Republican | ||||||
| Arthur Lewis Miller | 1943-1958 | Republican | ||||||
| Eugene Daniel O'Sullivan | 1949-1950 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert Dinsmore Harrison | 1951-1958 | Republican | ||||||
| Roman Lee Hruska | 1953-1954 | Republican | ||||||
| Jackson Burton Chase | 1955-1956 | Republican | ||||||
| Phillip Hart Weaver | 1955-1962 | Republican | ||||||
| Glenn Clarence Cunningham | 1957-1970 | Republican | ||||||
| Lawrence Brock | 1959-1960 | Democratic | ||||||
| Donald Francis McGinley | 1959-1960 | Democratic | ||||||
| Ralph Frederick Beermann | 1961-1964 | Republican | ||||||
| David Thomas Martin | 1961-1974 | Republican | ||||||
| Clair Armstrong Callan | 1965-1966 | Democratic | ||||||
| Robert Vernon Denney | 1967-1970 | Republican | ||||||
| John Yetter McCollister | 1971-1976 | Republican | ||||||
| Charles Thone | 1971-1978 | Republican | ||||||
| Virginia Dodd Smith | 1975-1990 | Republican | ||||||
| John Joseph Cavanaugh | 1977-1980 | Democratic | ||||||
| Douglas Kent Bereuter | 1979-2004 | Republican | ||||||
| Harold John Daub, Jr., | 1981-1988 | Republican | ||||||
| Peter D. Hoagland | 1989-1994 | Democratic | ||||||
| William E. Barrett | 1991-2000 | Republican | ||||||
| Jon Lynn Christensen | 1995-1998 | Republican | ||||||
| Lee Terry | 1999-2015 | Republican | ||||||
1800s
| Historical Representation to the U.S. House by Party in the 1800s from Nebraska | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Total | |||
| Democratic | 3 | |||
| Republican | 17 | |||
| Populist | 7 | |||
| Total Representatives | 27 | |||
| Representatives to the U.S. House from Nebraska | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Representative | Years Served | Party | ||||||
| Turner Mastin Marquette | 1865-1866 | Republican | ||||||
| John Taffe | 1867-1872 | Republican | ||||||
| Lorenzo Crounse | 1873-1876 | Republican | ||||||
| Thomas Jefferson Majors | 1877-1878 | Republican | ||||||
| Frank Welch | 1877-1878 | Republican | ||||||
| Edward Kimble Valentine | 1879-1884 | Republican | ||||||
| Archibald Jerard Weaver | 1883-1886 | Republican | ||||||
| James Laird | 1883-1890 | Republican | ||||||
| George Washington Emery Dorsey | 1885-1890 | Republican | ||||||
| John Albert McShane | 1887-1888 | Democratic | ||||||
| William James Connell | 1889-1890 | Republican | ||||||
| Gilbert Lafayette Laws | 1889-1890 | Republican | ||||||
| William Jennings Bryan | 1891-1894 | Democratic | ||||||
| William Arthur McKeighan | 1891-1894 | Populist | ||||||
| Omer Madison Kem | 1891-1896 | Populist | ||||||
| Eugene Jerome Hainer | 1893-1896 | Republican | ||||||
| George de Rue Meiklejohn | 1893-1896 | Republican | ||||||
| David Henry Mercer | 1893-1902 | Republican | ||||||
| Jesse Burr Strode | 1895-1898 | Republican | ||||||
| William Ezekiel Andrews | 1895-1896, 1919-1922 | Republican | ||||||
| Samuel Maxwell | 1897-1898 | Populist | ||||||
| William Laury Greene | 1897-1900 | Populist | ||||||
| Roderick Dhu Sutherland | 1897-1900 | Populist | ||||||
| William Ledyard Stark | 1897-1902 | Populist | ||||||
| William Neville | 1899-1902 | Populist | ||||||
| John Seaton Robinson | 1899-1902 | Democratic | ||||||
| Elmer Jacob Burkett | 1899-1904 | Republican | ||||||
District map
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