List of United States Senators from Nebraska
Nebraska was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867.
Class 1
Thomas W. Tipton Republican 1867-1875
Algernon S. Paddock Republican 1875-1881
Charles H. Van Wyck Republican 1881-1887
Algernon S. Paddock Republican 1887-1893
William V. Allen Populist 1893-1899
Monroe L. Hayward Republican 1899-1899
William V. Allen Populist 1899-1901
Charles H. Dietrich Republican 1901-1905
Elmer J. Burkett Republican 1905-1911
Gilbert M. Hitchcock Democratic 1911-1923
Robert B. Howell Republican 1923-1933
William H. Thompson Democrat 1933-1934
Richard C. Hunter Democratic 1934-1935
Edward R. Burke Democratic 1935-1941
Hugh A. Butler Republican 1941-1954
Samuel W. Reynolds Republican 1954
Roman L. Hruska Republican 1954-1976
Edward Zorinsky Democratic 1976-1987
David K. Karnes Republican 1987-1989
Bob Kerrey Democratic 1989-2001
Ben Nelson Democratic 2001-
Class 2
John M. Thayer Republican 1867-1871
Phineas W. Hitchcock Republican 1871-1877
Alvin Saunders Republican 1877-1883
Charles F. Manderson Republican 1883-1895
John M. Thurston Republican 1895-1901
Joseph H. Millard Republican 1901-1907
Norris Brown Republican 1907-1913
George W. Norris Republican,Independent 1913-1943
Kenneth S. Wherry Republican 1943-1951
Fred Andrew Seaton Republican 1951-1952
Dwight P. Griswold Republican 1952-1954
Eva Bowring Republican 1954
Hazel H. Abel Republican 1954
Carl T. Curtis Republican 1955-1979
J. James Exon Democratic 1979-1997
Chuck Hagel Republican 1997-

