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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).

List of senators

Class 1Class 1 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2006, 2012, 2018, and 2024. The next election will be in 2030.						C	Class 2Class 2 U.S. senators belong to the electoral cycle that has recently been contested in 2008, 2014, 2020, and 2024 (special election). The next election will be in 2026.
#	Senator	Party	Dates in office	Electoral history	T		T	Electoral history	Dates in office	Party	Senator	#
1	Thomas Tipton	Republican	Mar 1, 1867 – Mar 3, 1875	Elected in 1867.	1	39th	1	Elected in 1867.Lost re-election.	Mar 1, 1867 – Mar 3, 1871	Republican	John Thayer	1
						40th
				Re-elected in 1869.[data missing]	2	41st
						42nd	2	Elected in 1870.Lost re-election.	Mar 4, 1871 – Mar 3, 1877	Republican	Phineas Hitchcock	2
						43rd
2	Algernon Paddock	Republican	Mar 4, 1875 – Mar 3, 1881	Elected in 1875.Lost re-election.	3	44th
						45th	3	Elected in 1877.[data missing]	Mar 4, 1877 – Mar 3, 1883	Republican	Alvin Saunders	3
						46th
3	Charles Van Wyck	Republican	Mar 4, 1881 – Mar 3, 1887	Elected in 1880.Lost re-election.	4	47th
						48th	4	Elected in 1883.	Mar 4, 1883 – Mar 3, 1895	Republican	Charles F. Manderson	4
						49th
4	Algernon Paddock	Republican	Mar 4, 1887 – Mar 3, 1893	Elected in 1886.Retired.	5	50th
						51st	5	Re-elected in 1888.[data missing]
						52nd
5	William V. Allen	Populist	Mar 4, 1893 – Mar 3, 1899	Elected in 1893.Lost re-election.	6	53rd
						54th	6	Elected in 1895.Retired.	Mar 4, 1895 – Mar 3, 1901	Republican	John M. Thurston	5
						55th
Vacant			Mar 4, 1899 – Mar 8, 1899	Legislature failed to elect.	7	56th
6	Monroe Hayward	Republican	Mar 8, 1899 – Dec 5, 1899	Elected late.Died before qualifying.
Vacant			Dec 5, 1899 – Dec 13, 1899
7	William V. Allen	Populist	Dec 13, 1899 – Mar 28, 1901	Appointed to continue Hayward's term.Lost election to finish Hayward's term.
						57th	7	Legislature failed to elect	Mar 4, 1901 – Mar 28, 1901	Vacant
8	Charles H. Dietrich	Republican	Mar 28, 1901 – Mar 3, 1905	Elected in 1901 to finish Hayward's term.Retired.				Elected in 1901 to finish vacant term.Retired.	Mar 28, 1901 – Mar 3, 1907	Republican	Joseph Millard	6
						58th
9	Elmer Burkett	Republican	Mar 4, 1905 – Mar 3, 1911	Elected in 1905.Lost renomination.	8	59th
						60th	8	Elected in 1907.Lost renomination.	Mar 4, 1907 – Mar 3, 1913	Republican	Norris Brown	7
						61st
10	Gilbert Hitchcock	Democratic	Mar 4, 1911 – Mar 3, 1923	Elected in 1911.	9	62nd
						63rd	9	Elected in 1913.	Mar 4, 1913 – Jan 3, 1937	Republican	George W. Norris	8
						64th
				Re-elected in 1916.Lost re-election.	10	65th
						66th	10	Re-elected in 1918.
						67th
11	Robert B. Howell	Republican	Mar 4, 1923 – Mar 11, 1933	Elected in 1922.	11	68th
						69th	11	Re-elected in 1924.
						70th
				Re-elected in 1928.Died.	12	71st
						72nd	12	Re-elected in 1930.
						73rd
Vacant			Mar 11, 1933 – May 24, 1933
12	William H. Thompson	Democratic	May 24, 1933 – Nov 6, 1934	Appointed to continue Howell's term.Retired when successor qualified.
13	Richard C. Hunter	Democratic	Nov 7, 1934 – Jan 3, 1935	Elected to finish Howell's term.Retired.
14	Edward R. Burke	Democratic	Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 3, 1941	Elected in 1934.Lost renomination.	13	74th
						75th	13	Re-elected in 1936.Lost re-election.	Jan 3, 1937 – Jan 3, 1943	Independent
						76th
15	Hugh A. Butler	Republican	Jan 3, 1941 – Jul 1, 1954	Elected in 1940.	14	77th
						78th	14	Elected in 1942.	Jan 3, 1943 – Nov 29, 1951	Republican	Kenneth S. Wherry	9
						79th
				Re-elected in 1946.	15	80th
						81st	15	Re-elected in 1948.Died.
						82nd
									Nov 29, 1951 – Dec 10, 1951	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Wherry's term.Retired when successor elected.	Dec 10, 1951 – Nov 4, 1952	Republican	Fred A. Seaton	10
								Elected in 1952 to finish Wherry's term.Died.	Nov 5, 1952 – Apr 12, 1954	Republican	Dwight Griswold	11
				Re-elected in 1952. Died.	16	83rd
									Apr 12, 1954 – Apr 16, 1954	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Wherry's term.Retired when successor elected.	Apr 16, 1954 – Nov 7, 1954	Republican	Eva Bowring	12
Vacant			Jul 1, 1954 – Jul 3, 1954
								Elected in 1954 to finish Wherry's term.Resigned.	Nov 8, 1954 – Dec 31, 1954	Republican	Hazel Abel	13
16	Samuel W. Reynolds	Republican	Jul 3, 1954 – Nov 7, 1954	Appointed to continue Butler's term.Retired when successor qualified.
17	Roman Hruska	Republican	Nov 8, 1954 – Dec 27, 1976	Elected in 1954 to finish Butler's term.
								Appointed to finish Wherry's term, having already been elected to the next term.	Jan 1, 1955 – Jan 3, 1979	Republican	Carl Curtis	14
						84th	16	Elected in 1954.
						85th
				Re-elected in 1958.	17	86th
						87th	17	Re-elected in 1960.
						88th
				Re-elected in 1964.	18	89th
						90th	18	Re-elected in 1966.
						91st
				Re-elected in 1970.Retired and resigned early.	18	92nd
						93rd	19	Re-elected in 1972.Retired.
						94th
18	Edward Zorinsky	Democratic	Dec 28, 1976 – Mar 6, 1987	Appointed to finish Hruska's term, having been elected to the next term.
				Elected in 1976.	19	95th
						96th	20	Elected in 1978.	Jan 3, 1979 – Jan 3, 1997	Democratic	J. James Exon	15
						97th
				Re-elected in 1982.Died.	20	98th
						99th	21	Re-elected in 1984.
						100th
Vacant			Mar 6, 1987 – Mar 11, 1987
19	David Karnes	Republican	Mar 11, 1987 – Jan 3, 1989	Appointed to finish Zorinsky's term.Lost election to full term.
20	Bob Kerrey	Democratic	Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 3, 2001	Elected in 1988.	21	101st
						102nd	22	Re-elected in 1990.Retired.
						103rd
				Re-elected in 1994.Retired.	22	104th
						105th	23	Elected in 1996.	Jan 3, 1997 – Jan 3, 2009	Republican	Chuck Hagel	16
						106th
21	Ben Nelson	Democratic	Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 3, 2013	Elected in 2000.	24	107th
						108th	24	Re-elected in 2002.Retired.
						109th
				Re-elected in 2006.Retired.	25	110th
						111th	25	Elected in 2008.Retired.	Jan 3, 2009 – Jan 3, 2015	Republican	Mike Johanns	17
						112th
22	Deb Fischer	Republican	Jan 3, 2013 – present	Elected in 2012.	26	113th
						114th	26	Elected in 2014.	Jan 3, 2015 – Jan 8, 2023	Republican	Ben Sasse	18
						115th
				Re-elected in 2018.	27	116th
						117th	27	Re-elected in 2020.Resigned to become President of the University of Florida.
						118th
									Jan 8, 2023 – Jan 12, 2023	Vacant
								Appointed to continue Sasse's term.Elected in 2024 to finish Sasse's term.	Jan 12, 2023 – present	Republican	Pete Ricketts	19
				Re-elected in 2024.	28	119th
						120th	28	To be determined in the 2026 election.
#	Senator	Party	Years in office	Electoral history	T	C	T	Electoral history	Years in office	Party	Senator	#
Class 1							Class 2

See also

• United States congressional delegations from Nebraska
• List of United States representatives from Nebraska
• Elections in Nebraska

References

1. "States in the Senate: Nebraska". United States Senate.
2. The Tribune Almanac and Political Register 1908. New York: The Tribune Association. 1908. p. 259.
3. "Nebraska Senators". United States Senate. Retrieved October 25, 2020.

v t e United States senators from Nebraska
Class 1	Tipton Paddock Van Wyck Paddock Allen Hayward Allen Dietrich Burkett G. Hitchcock Howell Thompson Hunter Burke Butler Reynolds Hruska Zorinsky Karnes Kerrey Nelson Fischer
Class 2	Thayer P. Hitchcock Saunders Manderson Thurston Millard Brown Norris Wherry Seaton Griswold Bowring Abel Curtis Exon Hagel Johanns Sasse Ricketts

• United States senators from Nebraska
• Lists of Nebraska politicians
• Lists of United States senators by state