List of United States senators from Nebraska

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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Multiple image Nebraska was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867, and elects its United States senators to class 1 and class 2. George W. Norris was the state’s longest serving senator (served 1913–1943). Nebraska's current senators are Republicans Deb Fischer (since 2013) and Pete Ricketts (since 2023).<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

List of senators

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Thomas Tipton | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=5 nowrap | Mar 1, 1867 –
Mar 3, 1875 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1867. | rowspan=2 | 1 | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 1 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1867.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 1, 1867 –
Mar 3, 1871 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right |
John Thayer ! rowspan=3 | 1

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1869.Template:PbTemplate:Dm | rowspan=3 | 2 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1870.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1871 –
Mar 3, 1877 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right |
Phineas Hitchcock ! rowspan=3 | 2

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Algernon Paddock | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1875 –
Mar 3, 1881 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1875.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 3 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 3 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1877.Template:PbTemplate:Dm | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1877 –
Mar 3, 1883 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Alvin Saunders - Brady-Handy.jpg
Alvin Saunders ! rowspan=3 | 3

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Charles Van Wyck | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1881 –
Mar 3, 1887 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1880.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 4 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1883. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1883 –
Mar 3, 1895 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | File:Charles Frederick Manderson.jpg
Charles F. Manderson ! rowspan=6 | 4

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Algernon Paddock | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1887 –
Mar 3, 1893 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1886.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 5 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 5 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1888.Template:PbTemplate:Dm

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 5 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:ALLEN, William Vincent.jpg
William V. Allen | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Populist | Populist | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1893 –
Mar 3, 1899 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1893.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 6 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 6 | rowspan=6 | Elected in 1895.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1895 –
Mar 3, 1901 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | File:John Mellen Thurston.jpg
John M. Thurston ! rowspan=6 | 5

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 4, 1899 –
Mar 8, 1899 | Legislature failed to elect. | rowspan=7 | 7 | rowspan=4 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" ! 6 | align=left | File:HAYWARD, Monroe Leland,.jpg
Monroe Hayward | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | nowrap | Mar 8, 1899 –
Dec 5, 1899 | Elected late.Template:PbDied before qualifying.

|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Dec 5, 1899 –
Dec 13, 1899 |  

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William V. Allen | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Populist | Populist | rowspan=2 nowrap | Dec 13, 1899 –
Mar 28, 1901 | rowspan=2 | Appointed to continue Hayward's term.Template:PbLost election to finish Hayward's term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 7 | Legislature failed to elect | nowrap | Mar 4, 1901 –
Mar 28, 1901 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=2 | 8 | rowspan=2 align=left | File:Charles Henry Dietrich.jpg
Charles H. Dietrich | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=2 nowrap | Mar 28, 1901 –
Mar 3, 1905 | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1901 to finish Hayward's term.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1901 to finish vacant term.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 28, 1901 –
Mar 3, 1907 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Joseph Hopkins Millard.jpg
Joseph Millard ! rowspan=3 | 6

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 9 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:BURKETT, Elmer Jacob,.jpg
Elmer Burkett | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1905 –
Mar 3, 1911 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1905.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 8 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 8 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1907.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Mar 4, 1907 –
Mar 3, 1913 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Norris Brown.jpg
Norris Brown ! rowspan=3 | 7

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 10 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:HITCHCOCK, G.M. HONORABLE LCCN2016857525 (cropped).jpg
Gilbert Hitchcock | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1911 –
Mar 3, 1923 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1911. | rowspan=3 | 9 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 9 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1913. | rowspan=15 nowrap | Mar 4, 1913 –
Jan 3, 1937 | rowspan=15 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=18 align=right | File:GeorgeWNorris.jpg
George W. Norris ! rowspan=18 | 8

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1916.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 | 10 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 10 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1918.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 11 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:RBHowell.jpg
Robert B. Howell | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 nowrap | Mar 4, 1923 –
Mar 11, 1933 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1922. | rowspan=3 | 11 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 11 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1924.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1928.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=6 | 12 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=6 | 12 | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1930.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 11, 1933 –
May 24, 1933 |  

|- style="height:2em" ! 12 | align=left |File:William Henry Thompson (Judge and US Senator from Nebraska.jpg
William H. Thompson | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | May 24, 1933 –
Nov 6, 1934 | Appointed to continue Howell's term.Template:PbRetired when successor qualified.

|- style="height:2em" ! 13 | align=left |File:Richard Charles Hunter (United States Senator from Nebraska).jpg
Richard C. Hunter | Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | nowrap | Nov 7, 1934 –
Jan 3, 1935 | Elected to finish Howell's term.Template:PbRetired.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 align=left | File:BURKE, Edward Raymond,.jpg
Edward R. Burke | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1935 –
Jan 3, 1941 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1934.Template:PbLost renomination. | rowspan=3 | 13 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 13 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1936.Template:PbLost re-election. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 1937 –
Jan 3, 1943 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Independent (United States) | Independent

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=12 | 15 | rowspan=12 align=left | File:BUTLER, Hugh Alfred,.jpg
Hugh A. Butler | rowspan=12 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=12 nowrap | Jan 3, 1941 –
Jul 1, 1954 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1940. | rowspan=3 | 14 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 14 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1942. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Jan 3, 1943 –
Nov 29, 1951 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=5 align=right | File:Kenneth wherry.jpg
Kenneth S. Wherry ! rowspan=5 | 9

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=6 | Re-elected in 1946. | rowspan=6 | 15 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=13 | 15 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 1948.Template:PbDied.

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|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Nov 29, 1951 –
Dec 10, 1951 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to continue Wherry's term.Template:PbRetired when successor elected. | nowrap | Dec 10, 1951 –
Nov 4, 1952 | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | align=right | File:Seaton.gif
Fred A. Seaton ! 10

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Elected in 1952 to finish Wherry's term.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=2 nowrap | Nov 5, 1952 –
Apr 12, 1954 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=2 align=right | File:Dwight P. Griswold (1893–1954).jpg
Dwight Griswold ! rowspan=2 | 11

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1952.Template:Pb
Died. | rowspan=10 | 16 | rowspan=8 Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" |   | nowrap | Apr 12, 1954 –
Apr 16, 1954 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 | Appointed to continue Wherry's term.Template:PbRetired when successor elected. | rowspan=2 | Apr 16, 1954 –
Nov 7, 1954 | rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=2 align=right | File:Eva Kelly Bowring (cropped).jpg
Eva Bowring ! rowspan=2 | 12

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2 colspan=3 | Vacant | rowspan=2 nowrap | Jul 1, 1954 –
Jul 3, 1954 | rowspan=2 |  

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1954 to finish Wherry's term.Template:PbResigned. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Nov 8, 1954 –
Dec 31, 1954 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Hazel Abel 1954 (cropped).jpg
Hazel Abel ! rowspan=3 | 13

|- style="height:2em" ! 16 | align=left | File:REYNOLDS, Samuel Williams,.jpg
Samuel W. Reynolds | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | nowrap | Jul 3, 1954 –
Nov 7, 1954 | Appointed to continue Butler's term.Template:PbRetired when successor qualified.

|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=13 | 17 | rowspan=13 align=left | File:Hruskalee2.jpg
Roman Hruska | rowspan=13 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=13 nowrap | Nov 8, 1954 –
Dec 27, 1976 | rowspan=4 | Elected in 1954 to finish Butler's term.

|- style="height:2em" | Appointed to finish Wherry's term, having already been elected to the next term. | rowspan=14 nowrap | Jan 1, 1955 –
Jan 3, 1979 | rowspan=14 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=14 align=right | File:CURTIS, Carl Thomas,.jpg
Carl Curtis ! rowspan=14 | 14


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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1958. | rowspan=3 | 17 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 17 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1960.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1964. | rowspan=3 | 18 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 18 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1966.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1970.Template:PbRetired and resigned early. | rowspan=4 | 18 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=4 | 19 | rowspan=4 | Re-elected in 1972.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=7 | 18 | rowspan=7 align=left | File:ZorinskyE(D-NE).jpg
Edward Zorinsky | rowspan=7 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=7 nowrap | Dec 28, 1976 –
Mar 6, 1987 | Appointed to finish Hruska's term, having been elected to the next term.

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1976. | rowspan=3 | 19 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 20 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1978. | rowspan=11 nowrap | Jan 3, 1979 –
Jan 3, 1997 | rowspan=11 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=11 align=right | File:Jim exon.jpg
J. James Exon ! rowspan=11 | 15

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1982.Template:PbDied. | rowspan=5 | 20 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 21 | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 1984.

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|- style="height:2em" | colspan=3 | Vacant | nowrap | Mar 6, 1987 –
Mar 11, 1987 |  

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David Karnes | Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | nowrap | Mar 11, 1987 –
Jan 3, 1989<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> | Appointed to finish Zorinsky's term.Template:PbLost election to full term.

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Bob Kerrey | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 1989 –
Jan 3, 2001 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1988. | rowspan=3 | 21 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 22 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1990.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 1994.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 22 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 23 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 1996. | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 1997 –
Jan 3, 2009 | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=6 align=right | File:Chuck Hagel official photo.jpg
Chuck Hagel ! rowspan=6 | 16

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=6 | 21 | rowspan=6 align=left | File:Ben Nelson official photo.jpg
Ben Nelson | rowspan=6 Template:Party shading/Democratic | Democratic | rowspan=6 nowrap | Jan 3, 2001 –
Jan 3, 2013 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2000. | rowspan=3 | 24 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 24 | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2002.Template:PbRetired.

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=3 | Re-elected in 2006.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 | 25 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 25 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2008.Template:PbRetired. | rowspan=3 nowrap | Jan 3, 2009 –
Jan 3, 2015 | rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=3 align=right | File:Mike Johanns official Senate photo.jpg
Mike Johanns ! rowspan=3 | 17

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|- style="height:2em" ! rowspan=10 | 22 | rowspan=10 align=left | File:Sen. Deb Fischer (R-NE), official portrait, 118th United States Congress (cropped).jpg
Deb Fischer | rowspan=10 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=10 nowrap | Jan 3, 2013 –
present | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2012. | rowspan=3 | 26 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=3 | 26 | rowspan=3 | Elected in 2014. | rowspan=5 nowrap | Jan 3, 2015 –
Jan 8, 2023 | rowspan=5 Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan=5 align=right | File:Ben Sasse Official photo (2).jpg
Ben Sasse ! rowspan=5 | 18

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|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=5 | Re-elected in 2018. | rowspan=5 | 27 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | rowspan=5 | 27 | rowspan=2 | Re-elected in 2020.Template:PbResigned to become President of the University of Florida.

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|- style="height:2em" | | nowrap | Jan 8, 2023 –
Jan 12, 2023 | colspan=3 | Vacant

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan="2"| Appointed to continue Sasse's term.Template:PbElected in 2024 to finish Sasse's term. | rowspan="2"| Jan 12, 2023 –
present | rowspan="2" Template:Party shading/Republican | Republican | rowspan="2" align=right | File:Sen. Pete Ricketts official portrait, 118th Congress.jpg
Pete Ricketts ! rowspan="2"| 19

|- style="height:2em" | rowspan=2| Re-elected in 2024. | rowspan=2|28 | Template:List of United States senators Congress

|- style="height:2em" | Template:List of United States senators Congress | 28 | colspan=5 | To be determined in the 2026 election.

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See also

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References

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