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.

Nebraska's congressional districts since 2023^[1]

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

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.

Current U.S. representatives from Nebraska
District	Member (Residence)^[2]	Party	Incumbent since	CPVI (2022)^[3]	District map
1st	Mike Flood (Norfolk)	Republican	June 28, 2022	R+9
2nd	Don Bacon (Papillion)	Republican	January 3, 2017	EVEN
3rd	Adrian Smith (Gering)	Republican	January 3, 2007	R+29

Delegate from Nebraska Territory

Congress	Delegate
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)

1867–1883: One seat

Congress	At-large
39th (1867)^[4]	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	District
	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 M. Kem (Pop)

1893–1933: Six seats

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
53rd (1893–1895)	William Jennings Bryan (D)	David Henry Mercer (R)	George de Rue Meiklejohn (R)	Eugene J. Hainer (R)	William A. McKeighan (Pop)	Omer M. Kem (Pop)
54th (1895–1897)	Jesse B. Strode (R)				William E. Andrews (R)
55th (1897–1899)			Samuel Maxwell (Pop)	William L. Stark (Pop)	Roderick D. Sutherland (Pop)	William Laury Greene (Pop)
56th (1899–1901)	Elmer Burkett (R)		John Seaton Robinson (D)
						William Neville (Pop)
57th (1901–1903)					Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
58th (1903–1905)		Gilbert Hitchcock (D)	John McCarthy (R)	Edmund H. Hinshaw (R)	George W. Norris (R)	Moses Kinkaid (R)
59th (1905–1907)		John L. Kennedy (R)
	Ernest M. Pollard (R)
60th (1907–1909)		Gilbert Hitchcock (D)	John Frank Boyd (R)
61st (1909–1911)	John A. Maguire (D)		James P. Latta (D)
62nd (1911–1913)		Charles O. Lobeck (D)		Charles H. Sloan (R)
			Dan V. Stephens (D)
63rd (1913–1915)					Silas Reynolds Barton (R)
64th (1915–1917)	C. Frank Reavis (R)				Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)
65th (1917–1919)
66th (1919–1921)		Albert W. Jefferis (R)	Robert E. Evans (R)	Melvin O. McLaughlin (R)	William E. Andrews (R)
67th (1921–1923)
	Roy H. Thorpe (R)					Augustin Reed Humphrey (R)
68th (1923–1925)	John H. Morehead (D)	Willis G. Sears (R)	Edgar Howard (D)		Ashton C. Shallengerger (D)	Robert G. Simmons (R)
69th (1925–1927)
70th (1927–1929)				John N. Norton (D)
71st (1929–1931)				Charles H. Sloan (R)	Fred G. Johnson (R)
72nd (1931–1933)		Howard M. Baldrige (R)		John N. Norton (D)	Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)

1933–1943: Five seats

Congress	District
	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)
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
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th
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)
			Robert Dinsmore Harrison (R)
83rd (1953–1955)		Roman Hruska (R)
		vacant
84th (1955–1957)	Phillip Hart 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

Congress	District
	1st	2nd	3rd
88th (1963–1965)	Ralph F. Beermann (R)	Glenn Cunningham (R)	David Martin (R)
89th (1965–1967)	Clair A. Callan (D)
90th (1967–1969)	Robert V. Denney (R)
91st (1969–1971)
92nd (1971–1973)	Charles Thone (R)	John Y. McCollister (R)
93rd (1973–1975)
94th (1975–1977)			Virginia D. Smith (R)
95th (1977–1979)		John Joseph Cavanaugh III (D)
96th (1979–1981)	Doug Bereuter (R)
97th (1981–1983)		Hal Daub (R)
98th (1983–1985)
99th (1985–1987)
100th (1987–1989)
101st (1989–1991)		Peter Hoagland (D)
102nd (1991–1993)			Bill Barrett (R)
103rd (1993–1995)
104th (1995–1997)		Jon Christensen (R)
105th (1997–1999)
106th (1999–2001)		Lee Terry (R)
107th (2001–2003)			Tom Osborne (R)
108th (2003–2005)
	vacant
109th (2005–2007)	Jeff Fortenberry (R)
110th (2007–2009)			Adrian Smith (R)
111th (2009–2011)
112th (2011–2013)
113th (2013–2015)
114th (2015–2017)		Brad Ashford (D)
115th (2017–2019)		Don Bacon (R)
116th (2019–2021)
117th (2021–2023)
	Mike Flood (R)
118th (2023–2025)

U.S. Senate

Current U.S. senators from Nebraska
Nebraska CPVI (2022):^[5] R+13	Class I senator	Class II senator
	Deb Fischer (Senior senator)	Pete Ricketts (Junior senator)
Party	Republican	Republican
Incumbent since	January 3, 2013	January 12, 2023

Main article: List of United States senators from Nebraska

Class I senator		Congress	Class II senator
Thomas Tipton (R)		39th (1867)^[4]		John Milton Thayer (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)
				George W. Norris (I)
		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)
		116th (2019–2021)
		117th (2021–2023)
		118th (2023–2025)
				Pete Ricketts (R)

Key

Democratic (D)

Populist (Pop)

Republican (R)

Independent (I)

See also

•  United States portal
•  Nebraska portal
•  Politics portal

• List of United States congressional districts
• Nebraska's congressional districts
• Political party strength in Nebraska

References

1. . nationalatlas.gov. Archived from the original on February 22, 2014. Retrieved February 2, 2014.
2. "Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives". clerk.house.gov. Retrieved 2022-01-06.
3. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 7, 2023.
4. 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.
5. "2022 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved 2023-01-07.