Public Office
- Herbert Brownell, Jr. (1904–1996), United States Attorney General in President Eisenhower's cabinet from 1952 to 1957
- William Jennings Bryan (1860–1925), United States Secretary of State, U.S. Representative, Democratic Party nominee for President in 1896, 1900, and 1908, and prosecuting attorney in Scopes Trial
- Hugh A. Butler (1878–1954), U.S. Senator
- James Vincenzo Capone (1892–1952), federal Prohibition agent, oldest brother of gangster Al Capone, changed name to Richard James Hart
- Ernie Chambers (Born July 10, 1937) in Omaha Nebraska State Senator Nebraska State Legislature Civil Rights Activist
- Dick Cheney (1941–), 46th Vice President of the United States
- George E. Cryer (1875–1961), 32nd Mayor of Los Angeles between 1921 and 1929
- Glenn Cunningham (1912–2003), U.S. Representative and mayor of Omaha
- Carl Curtis (1905–2000), U.S. Representative and U.S. Senator
- Samuel Gordon Daily (1823-1866), U.S. Representative - 3 terms.
- Robert Vernon Denney (1916–1981), U.S. Representative and United States district court judge
- J. James Exon (1921–2005), Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Senator
- Gerald Ford (1913–2006), 38th President of the United States (born in Omaha, but raised in Michigan)
- Dwight Griswold (1893–1954), Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Senator
- Robert Dinsmore Harrison (1897–1977), U.S. Representative
- Edgar Howard (1858–1951), private secretary to William Jennings Bryan, Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, and U.S. Representative
- Bob Kerrey (1943–), Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Senator
- Julius Sterling Morton (1832–1902), United States Secretary of Agriculture and founder of Arbor Day
- Kay A. Orr (1939–), first Republican woman governor (Nebraska) in United States history (1987–1991)
- Peter George Peterson (1926–), U.S. Secretary of Commerce under Richard Nixon, Chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, Chair of the Council on Foreign Relations
- Donald Pike (1925–2008), Los Angeles County Superior Court Commissioner
- Leo Ryan (1925–1978), U.S. Representative (Democrat–California; born in Lincoln)
- Ted Sorensen (1928–2010), speechwriter and special counsel to President John F. Kennedy
- Charles Thone (1924–), Governor of Nebraska and U.S. Representative
- Kenneth S. Wherry (1892–1951), U.S. Senator
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