Governors of Nebraska, 1866-2015(May beincomplete!) DavidC. Butler 1867-71WilliamH. James 1871-73RobertW. Furnas 1873-75SilasGarber 1875-79AlbinusNance 1879-83JamesW. Dawes 1883-87JohnM. Thayer 1887-91JamesE. Boyd 1891JohnM. Thayer 1891-92JamesE. Boyd 1892-93LorenzoCrounse 1893-95SilasA. Holcomb 1895-99WilliamA. Poynter 1899-1901CharlesH. Dietrich 1901EzraP. Savage 1901-03JohnHopwood Mickey 1903-07GeorgeL. Sheldon 1907-09AshtonC. Shallenberger 1909-11ChesterH. Aldrich 1911-13JohnH. Morehead 1913-17KeithNeville 1917-19SamR. McKelvie 1919-23CharlesW. Bryan 1923-25AdamMcMullen 1925-29ArthurJ. Weaver 1929-31CharlesW. Bryan 1931-35RobertLeRoy Cochran 1935-41DwightP. Griswold 1941-47ValPeterson 1947-53RobertB. Crosby 1953-55VictorE. Anderson 1955-59RalphG. Brooks 1959-60DwightW. Burney 1960-61FrankB. Morrison 1961-67NorbertT. Tiemann 1967-71J.James Exon 1971-79CharlesThone 1979-83BobKerrey 1983-87KayA. Orr 1987-91BenNelson 1991-99MikeJohanns 1999-2005DaveHeineman 2005-15 Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1866 Jun 2:DavidC. Butler (Rep), elected;J.Sterling Morton (Dem), defeated. 1868 Oct 13:DavidC. Butler (Rep), elected;T.R. Porter (Dem), defeated. 1870 Oct 11:DavidC. Butler (Rep), elected;J.H. Croxton (Dem), defeated. 1871 Jun 2:DavidC. Butler, removed. 1872 Oct 8:RobertW. Furnas (Rep), elected;H.C. Lett (Dem & Liberal Republican), defeated. 1874 Oct 13:SilasGarber (Rep), elected;AlbertTuxbury (Dem), defeated;J.F. Gardner (People's Independent), defeated;JarvisS. Church (Prohibition), defeated. 1876 Nov 7:SilasGarber (Rep), elected;ParenEngland (Dem), defeated;J.F. Gardner (People's Independent), defeated. 1878 Nov 5:AlbinusNance (Rep), elected;W.H. Webster (Dem), defeated;LeviG. Todd (People's Independent), defeated. 1880 Nov 2:AlbinusNance (Rep), elected;ThomasW. Tipton (Dem), defeated;OliverT. B. Williams (People's Independent), defeated. 1882 Nov 7:JamesW. Dawes (Rep), elected;J.Sterling Morton (Dem), defeated;E.P. Ingersoll (People's Independent), defeated. 1902:WilliamH. Thompson (Dem), defeated. 1906:AshtonC. Shallenberger (Dem), defeated. 1908:AshtonC. Shallenberger (Dem), elected. 1910:JamesC. Dahlman, defeated. 1912 Nov 5:JohnH. Morehead (Dem & People's Independent), elected;ChesterH. Aldrich (Rep & Progressive), defeated;ClydeJ. Wright (Socialist), defeated;NathanWilson (Prohibition), defeated. 1914 Nov 3:JohnH. Morehead (Dem & People's Independent), elected;RobertB. Howell (Rep), defeated;HarryE. Sackett (Progressive), defeated;GeorgeC. Porter (Socialist), defeated;NathanWilson (Prohibition), defeated. 1916 Nov 7:KeithNeville (Dem & People's Independent), elected;AbrahamL. Sutton (Rep), defeated;B.Z. Miller (Socialist), defeated;J.D. Graves (Prohibition), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:AdamMcMullen (Rep), elected;JohnN. Norton (Dem), defeated;DanH. Butler (Progressive), defeated. 1926:CharlesW. Bryan, defeated. 1928:CharlesW. Bryan, defeated. 1932:DwightP. Griswold (Rep), defeated. 1934:EugeneD. O'Sullivan, defeated for nomination;RobertLeRoy Cochran, elected;DwightP. Griswold (Rep), defeated;TerryCarpenter, defeated. 1934 Aug 14:C.A. Sorensen (Rep), defeated in primary. 1936:RobertLeRoy Cochran, elected;DwightP. Griswold (Rep), elected. 1938:CharlesW. Bryan, defeated;RobertLeRoy Cochran, elected. 1940:ArthurL. Miller, defeated for nomination. 1940 Nov 5:DwightP. Griswold (Rep), elected;TerryCarpenter (Dem), defeated. 1942:DwightP. Griswold (Rep), elected. 1944:DwightP. Griswold (Rep), elected. 1948 Nov 2:ValPeterson (Rep), elected;FrankSorrell (Dem), defeated. 1950:TerryCarpenter, defeated for nomination. 1954 Nov 2:VictorE. Anderson (Rep), elected;WilliamRitchie (Dem), defeated. 1960:TerryCarpenter, defeated for nomination. 1960:RobertB. Conrad (Dem), defeated in primary. 1960 Sep 9:RalphG. Brooks, died in office. 1962:FredA. Seaton, defeated. 1966 Nov 8:NorbertT. Tiemann (Rep), elected;PhilipC. Sorensen (Dem), defeated. 1986:KayA. Orr (Rep), elected;HelenBoosalis (Dem), defeated. 1990:KayA. Orr (Rep), defeated. 1998:JonChristensen (Rep), defeated in primary. 1998:MikeJohanns (Rep), elected. 2002:MikeJohanns (Rep), elected. 2005 Jan 20:MikeJohanns, resigned. 2006:TomOsborne (Rep), defeated in primary. 2006:DaveHeineman (Rep), elected. | |