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 Deb Fischer and Ben Sasse.

List of Senators

Class 1 Class 1 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1994, 2000, 2006, and 2012. The next election will be in 2018.						C o n g r e s s	Class 2 Class 2 U.S. Senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 1996, 2002, 2008, and 2014. The next election will be in 2020.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Thomas Tipton	Republican	March 1, 1867 – March 4, 1875	Elected in 1867.	1	39th Congress	1	Elected in 1867. Lost re-election.	March 1, 1867 – March 4, 1871	Republican	John Thayer	1
						40th Congress
				Re-elected in 1869. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	2	41st Congress
						42nd Congress	2	Elected in 1870. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1871 – March 4, 1877	Republican	100px Phineas Hitchcock	2
						43rd Congress
2	100px Algernon Paddock	Republican	March 4, 1875 – March 4, 1881	Elected in 1875. Lost re-election.	3	44th Congress
						45th Congress	3	Elected in 1877. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	March 5, 1877 – March 4, 1883	Republican	Alvin Saunders	3
						46th Congress
3	Charles Van Wyck	Republican	March 4, 1881 – March 4, 1887	Elected in 1881. Lost re-election.	4	47th Congress
						48th Congress	4	Elected in 1883.	March 4, 1883 – March 4, 1895	Republican	Charles F. Manderson	4
						49th Congress
4	100px Algernon S. Paddock	Republican	March 4, 1887 – March 4, 1893	Elected in 1887. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]	5	50th Congress
						51st Congress	5	Re-elected in 1889. [Data unknown/missing. You can help!]
						52nd Congress
5	William V. Allen	Populist	March 4, 1893 – March 4, 1899	Elected in 1893. Lost re-election.	6	53rd Congress
						54th Congress	6	Elected in 1895. Retired.	March 4, 1895 – March 4, 1901	Republican	100px John Mellen Thurston	5
						55th Congress
Vacant			March 4, 1899 – March 8, 1899	Legislature failed to elect.	7	56th Congress
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	Appointed to continue Hayward's vacancy. Retired when successor qualified.
						57th Congress	7	Legislature failed to elect	March 4, 1901 – March 28, 1901	Vacant
8	Charles H. Dietrich	Republican	March 28, 1901 – March 4, 1905	Elected to finish Hayward's term. Retired.				Elected in 1901 to finish vacant term. Retired.	March 28, 1901 – March 4, 1907	Republican	100px Joseph Millard	6
						58th Congress
9	Elmer Burkett	Republican	March 4, 1905 – March 4, 1911	Elected in 1904. Lost renomination.	8	59th Congress
						60th Congress	8	Elected in 1906. Lost re-election.	March 4, 1907 – March 4, 1913	Republican	100px Norris Brown	7
						61st Congress
10	100px Gilbert Hitchcock	Democratic	March 4, 1911 – March 4, 1923	Elected in 1910.	9	62nd Congress
						63rd Congress	9	Elected in 1912.	March 4, 1913 – January 3, 1937	Republican	George W. Norris	8
						64th Congress
				Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election.	10	65th Congress
						66th Congress	10	Re-elected in 1918.
						67th Congress
11	100px Robert B. Howell	Republican	March 4, 1923 – March 11, 1933	Elected in 1922.	11	68th Congress
						69th Congress	11	Re-elected in 1924.
						70th Congress
				Re-elected in 1928. Died.	12	71st Congress
						72nd Congress	12	Re-elected in 1930.
						73rd Congress
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	Elected in 1934. Lost renomination.	13	74th Congress
						75th Congress	13	Re-elected in 1936. Lost re-election.	January 3, 1937 – January 3, 1943	Independent
						76th Congress
15	Hugh A. Butler	Republican	January 3, 1941 – July 1, 1954	Elected in 1940.	14	77th Congress
						78th Congress	14	Elected in 1942.	January 3, 1943 – November 29, 1951	Republican	Kenneth S. Wherry	9
						79th Congress
				Re-elected in 1946.	15	80th Congress
						81st Congress	15	Re-elected in 1948. Died.
						82nd Congress
									November 29, 1951 – December 10, 1951	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Wherry's term. Retired when successor elected.	December 10, 1951 – November 4, 1952	Republican	100px Fred Andrew Seaton	10
								Elected to finish Wherry's term. Died.	November 5, 1952 – April 12, 1954	Republican	100px Dwight P. Griswold	11
				Re-elected in 1952. Died.	16	83rd Congress
									April 12, 1954 – April 16, 1954	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Griswold's term. Retired when successor elected.	April 16, 1954 – November 7, 1954	Republican	Eva Bowring	12
Vacant			July 1, 1954 – July 3, 1954
								Elected to finish Griswold's term. Resigned.	November 8, 1954 – December 31, 1954	Republican	Hazel Abel	13
16	100px 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	Elected to finish Butler's term
								Appointed to finish Griswold's term, having already been elected to the next term.	January 1, 1955 – January 3, 1979	Republican	100px Carl Curtis	14
						84th Congress	16	Elected in 1954.
						85th Congress
				Re-elected in 1958.	17	86th Congress
						87th Congress	17	Re-elected in 1960.
						88th Congress
				Re-elected in 1964.	18	89th Congress
						90th Congress	18	Re-elected in 1966.
						91st Congress
				Re-elected in 1970. Retired and resigned early.	18	92nd Congress
						93rd Congress	19	Re-elected in 1972. Retired.
						94th Congress
18	100px Edward Zorinsky	Democratic	December 28, 1976 – March 6, 1987	Appointed to finish Hruska's term, having been elected to the next term.
				Elected in 1976.	19	95th Congress
						96th Congress	20	Elected in 1978.	January 3, 1979 – January 3, 1997	Democratic	J. James Exon	15
						97th Congress
				Re-elected in 1982. Died.	20	98th Congress
						99th Congress	21	Re-elected in 1984.
						100th Congress
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	Elected in 1988.	21	101st Congress
						102nd Congress	22	Re-elected in 1990. Retired.
						103rd Congress
				Re-elected in 1994. Retired.	22	104th Congress
						105th Congress	23	Elected in 1996.	January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2009	Republican	Chuck Hagel	16
						106th Congress
21	Ben Nelson	Democratic	January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2013	Elected in 2000.	24	107th Congress
						108th Congress	24	Re-elected in 2002. Retired.
						109th Congress
				Re-elected in 2006. Retired.	25	110th Congress
						111th Congress	25	Elected in 2008. Retired.	January 3, 2009 – January 3, 2015	Republican	Mike Johanns	17
						112th Congress
22	Deb Fischer	Republican	January 3, 2013 – Present	Elected in 2012.	26	113th Congress
						114th Congress	26	Elected in 2014.	January 3, 2015 – Present	Republican	Ben Sasse	18
						115th Congress
To be determined in the 2018 election.					27	116th Congress
						117th Congress	27	To be determined in the 2020 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T e r m		T e r m	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 2

Living former U.S. Senators from Nebraska

As of April 2015, there are five former Senators from Nebraska who are currently living, three from Class 1 and two from Class 2.

Senator	Term of office	Class	Date of birth (and age)
David Karnes	1987–1988	1	(1948-12-12) December 12, 1948
Bob Kerrey	1989–2001	1	(1943-08-27) August 27, 1943
Chuck Hagel	1997–2009	2	(1946-10-04) October 4, 1946
Ben Nelson	2001–2013	1	(1941-05-17) May 17, 1941
Mike Johanns	2009–2015	2	(1950-06-18) June 18, 1950

See also

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