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John James "Jim" Exon was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979,and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party,Exon never lost an election,and was the only Democrat ever to hold Nebraska's Class 2 U.S. Senate seat. He was elected governor in 1970,re-elected in 1974,elected to the Senate in 1978,and re-elected to that seat in 1984 and 1990. He is the only Nebraskan other than George W. Norris,the architect of Nebraska's unicameral legislature,to win five consecutive statewide elections.
Charles Thone was an American Republican politician. He was the 34th Governor of Nebraska,serving from 1979 to 1983. He previously served as a member of the United States House of Representatives,representing Nebraska's 1st congressional district,from 1971 to 1979.
Hazel Abel was an American educator and politician in the U.S. state of Nebraska,who served as a member of the United States Senate for fifty-four days in 1954. She was the first woman elected to the Senate from Nebraska,and she remains the shortest-serving senator from Nebraska.
Donald Francis McGinley was a Democratic politician from Nebraska who served a single term in the United States House of Representatives from 1959 to 1961 and as Nebraska's 32nd lieutenant governor from 1983 to 1987 under Governor Bob Kerrey.
John Henry Morehead was an American politician who served as the 17th governor of Nebraska from 1913 to 1917.
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