U.S. Senators from Nebraska, 1867-2022(May beincomplete!) JohnM. Thayer 1867-71ThomasW. Tipton 1867-75PhineasW. Hitchcock 1871-77AlgernonS. Paddock 1875-81AlvinSaunders 1877-83CharlesH. Van Wyck 1881-87CharlesF. Manderson 1883-95AlgernonS. Paddock 1887-93WilliamV. Allen 1893-99JohnM. Thurston 1895-1901MonroeL. Hayward 1899WilliamV. Allen 1899-1901CharlesH. Dietrich 1901-05JosephH. Millard 1901-07ElmerJ. Burkett 1905-11NorrisBrown 1907-13GilbertM. Hitchcock 1911-23GeorgeW. Norris 1913-43RobertB. Howell 1923-33WilliamH. Thompson 1933-34RichardC. Hunter 1934-35EdwardR. Burke 1935-41HughA. Butler 1941-54KennethS. Wherry 1943-51FredA. Seaton 1951-52DwightP. Griswold 1952-54EvaKelly Bowring 1954SamW. Reynolds 1954HazelHempel Abel, 7 1954RomanL. Hruska 1954-76CarlT. Curtis 1955-79EdwardZorinsky 1976-87J.James Exon 1979-97DavidK. Karnes 1987-89BobKerrey 1989-2001ChuckHagel 1997-2009BenNelson 2001-13MikeJohanns 2009-15DebFischer 2013-BenSasse 2015- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1899 Dec 5:MonroeL. Hayward, died in office. 1916 Nov 7:GilbertM. Hitchcock (Dem & People's Independent), elected;JohnL. Kennedy (Rep & Progressive), defeated;E.E. Olmstead (Socialist), defeated;D.B. Gilbert (Prohibition), defeated. 1918 Nov 5:GeorgeW. Norris (Rep), elected;JohnH. Morehead (Dem), defeated. 1922 Nov 7:RobertB. Howell (Rep), elected;GilbertM. Hitchcock (Dem), defeated;JamesL. Beebe (Third Party), defeated. 1924 Nov 4:GeorgeW. Norris (Rep), elected;JohnJ. Thomas (Dem), defeated. 1928 Nov 6:RobertB. Howell (Rep), elected;RichardL. Metcalfe (Dem), defeated. 1930 Nov 4:GeorgeW. Norris (Rep), elected;GilbertM. Hitchcock (Dem), defeated;BeatriceF. Craig (Ind), defeated. 1933 Mar 11:RobertB. Howell, died in office. 1934 Nov 6:EdwardR. Burke (Dem), elected;RobertG. Simmons (Rep), defeated;HenryHoffman (Ind), defeated;EugeneD. O'Sullivan (Ind), defeated. 1934 Nov 6:RichardC. Hunter (Dem), elected;J.H. Kemp (Rep), defeated. 1936 Nov 3:GeorgeW. Norris (Ind), elected;RobertG. Simmons (Rep), defeated;TerryCarpenter (Dem), defeated. 1940 Nov 5:HughA. Butler (Rep), elected;RobertLeRoy Cochran (Dem), defeated;AlbertF. Ruthven (Ind), defeated. 1942:TerryCarpenter, defeated for nomination. 1942 Nov 3:KennethS. Wherry (Rep), elected;GeorgeW. Norris (Ind), defeated;FosterMay (Dem), defeated;AlbertF. Ruthven (Ind), defeated. 1946 Nov 5:HughA. Butler (Rep), elected;JohnE. Mekota (Dem), defeated. 1948 Nov 2:KennethS. Wherry (Rep), elected;TerryCarpenter (Dem), defeated. 1951 Nov 29:KennethS. Wherry, died in office. 1952 Nov 4:HughA. Butler (Rep), elected;StanleyD. Long (Dem), defeated;DwightDell (Ind), defeated. 1952 Nov 4:DwightP. Griswold (Rep), elected;WilliamRitchie (Dem), defeated. 1954:DavidT. Martin, defeated for nomination;TerryCarpenter, defeated for nomination. 1954:RobertB. Crosby (Rep), defeated in primary. 1954 Apr 12:DwightP. Griswold, died in office. 1954 Jul 1:HughA. Butler, died in office. 1954 Nov 2:CarlT. Curtis (Rep), elected;KeithNeville (Dem), defeated. 1954 Nov 2:Mrs.George P. Abel (Rep), elected;WilliamH. Meier (Dem), defeated. 1954 Nov 2:RomanL. Hruska (Rep), elected;JamesF. Green (Dem), defeated. 1958 Nov 4:RomanL. Hruska (Rep), elected;FrankB. Morrison (Dem), defeated. 1960 Nov 8:CarlT. Curtis (Rep), elected;RobertB. Conrad (Dem), defeated. 1964 Nov 3:RomanL. Hruska (Rep), elected;RaymondArndt (Dem), defeated. 1966 Nov 8:CarlT. Curtis (Rep), elected;FrankB. Morrison (Dem), defeated. 1970 Nov 3:RomanL. Hruska (Rep), elected;FrankB. Morrison (Dem), defeated. 1972 Nov 7:CarlT. Curtis (Rep), elected;TerryCarpenter (Dem), defeated. 1976 Nov 2:EdwardZorinsky (Dem), elected;JohnY. McCollister (Rep), defeated. 1978 Nov 7:J.James Exon (Dem), elected;DonaldE. Shasteen (Rep), defeated. 1982 Nov 2:EdwardZorinsky (Dem), elected;JimKeck (Rep), defeated;VirginiaWalsh (Ind), defeated. 1984 Nov 6:J.James Exon (Dem), elected;NancyHoch (Rep), defeated. 1987 Mar 6:EdwardZorinsky, died in office. 1988 Nov 8:BobKerrey (Dem), elected;DavidK. Karnes (Rep), defeated;ErnestW. Chambers (New Alliance), defeated. 1990 Nov 6:J.James Exon (Dem), elected;HalDaub, Jr. (Rep), defeated. 1994 Nov 8:BobKerrey (Dem), elected;JanStoney (Rep), defeated. 1996:DonStenberg (Rep), defeated in primary. 1996 Nov 5:ChuckHagel (Rep), elected;BenNelson (Dem), defeated. 2000 May 9:BenNelson (Dem), nominated;AlHamburg (Dem), defeated in primary. 2000 May 9:DonStenberg (Rep), nominated;ScottMoore (Rep), defeated in primary;DavidHergert (Rep), defeated in primary;GeorgeGrogan (Rep), defeated in primary;JohnW. DeCamp (Rep), defeated in primary;ElliottRustad (Rep), defeated in primary. 2000 Nov 7:BenNelson (Dem), elected;DonStenberg (Rep), defeated. 2002 Nov 5:ChuckHagel (Rep), elected;CharlieA. Matulka (Dem), defeated;JohnJ. Graziano (Libertarian), defeated;PhilChase (Ind), defeated. 2006:DonStenberg (Rep), defeated in primary. 2012:DonStenberg (Rep), defeated in primary. 2012 Nov 6:DebFischer (Rep), elected. 2014 May 13:Shaneesborn (Rep), defeated in primary. 2018 Nov 6:DebFischer (Rep), elected. | |