Nebraska's congressional delegations

Nebraska's congressional districts since 2023

These are tables of congressional delegations from Nebraska to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.

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 (2025) [3]	District map
1st	Mike Flood (Norfolk)	Republican	June 28, 2022	R+6
2nd	Don Bacon (Papillion)	Republican	January 3, 2017	D+3
3rd	Adrian Smith (Gering)	Republican	January 3, 2007	R+27

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	1st district	2nd district	3rd district
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	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district	6th district
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	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district	5th district
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 C. Luckey (D)	Charles F. McLaughlin (D)	Karl Stefan (R)	Charles 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	1st district	2nd district	3rd district	4th district
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)
			R. D. Harrison (R)
83rd (1953–1955)		Roman Hruska (R)
		vacant
84th (1955–1957)	Phil 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	1st district	2nd district	3rd district
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 J. 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)
119th (2025–2027)

U.S. Senate

Current U.S. senators from Nebraska
Nebraska CPVI (2025): [5] R+10	Class I senator	Class II senator
	Deb Fischer (Senior senator) (Lincoln)	Pete Ricketts (Junior senator) (Omaha)
Party	Republican	Republican
Incumbent since	January 3, 2013	January 12, 2023

Main article: List of United States senators from Nebraska

Senators from Nebraska ^{[6] [7]}

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) [a]
		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) [b]
		115th (2017–2019)
		116th (2019–2021)
		117th (2021–2023)
		118th (2023–2025)
				Pete Ricketts (R)
		119th (2025–2027)

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

Notes

1. Senator Zorinsky died on March 6, 1987, while in office. ^[8]
2. Senator Sasse resigned from the Senate on January 8, 2023 to serve as the president of the University of Florida. ^[9]

References

1. "The national atlas". 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 January 6, 2022.
3. "2025 Cook PVI: District Map and List". The Cook Political Report. Retrieved April 4, 2025.
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. "2025 Cook PVI: State Map and List". Cook Political Report. March 6, 2025. Retrieved June 5, 2025.
6. Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774—2005: the Continental Congress, September 5, 1774, to October 21, 1788, and the Congress of the United States, from the First through the One Hundred Eighth Congresses, March 4, 1789, to January 3, 2005, Inclusive (PDF). United States Government Printing Office. 2005. ISBN   0-16-073176-3. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 5, 2024. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
7. "States in the Senate | Nebraska Senators". United States Senate . Archived from the original on September 19, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
8. Zibart, Eve (March 7, 1987). "Nebraska's Senator Zorinsky dies at 58 of heart attack". The Washington Post . ISSN   0190-8286. Archived from the original on January 9, 2026. Retrieved January 9, 2026.
9. Concepcion, Summer (January 8, 2023). "Republican Sen. Ben Sasse officially steps down, opening up appointment to seat". NBC News . Archived from the original on December 23, 2025. Retrieved January 9, 2026.