List of United States Senators From Nebraska - Class 2

Class 2

# Senator Party Years Congress Term Electoral history
1 John Thayer Republican March 1, 1867 –
March 4, 1871
39 1 Elected in 1867

Lost re-election
40
41
2 Phineas Hitchcock Republican March 4, 1871 –
March 4, 1877
42 2 Elected in 1871

Lost re-election
43
44
3 Alvin Saunders Republican March 5, 1877 –
March 4, 1883
45 3 Elected in 1877

46
47
4 Charles F. Manderson Republican March 4, 1883 –
March 4, 1895
48 4 Elected in 1883
49
50
51 5 Re-elected in 1889

52
53
5 John Mellen Thurston Republican March 4, 1895 –
March 4, 1901
54 6 Elected in 1895

Retired
55
56
Vacant March 4, 1901 –
March 28, 1901

57

7 Legislature failed to elect
6 Joseph Millard Republican March 28, 1901 –
March 4, 1907
Elected in 1901 to finish vacant term

Retired
58
59
7 Norris Brown Republican March 4, 1907 –
March 4, 1913
60 8 Elected in 1906

Lost re-election
61
62
8 George W. Norris Republican March 4, 1913 –
January 3, 1937
63 9 Elected in 1912
64
65
66 10 Re-elected in 1918
67
68
69 11 Re-elected in 1924
70
71
72 12 Re-elected in 1930
73
74
Independent January 3, 1937 –
January 3, 1943
75 13 Re-elected in 1936

Lost re-election
76
77
9 Kenneth S. Wherry Republican January 3, 1943 –
November 29, 1951
78 14 Elected in 1942
79
80
81 15 Re-elected in 1948

Died
82
Vacant November 29, 1951 –
December 10, 1951
82
10 Fred Andrew Seaton Republican December 10, 1951 –
November 4, 1952
Appointed to continue Wherry's term

Retired when successor elected
11 Dwight P. Griswold Republican November 5, 1952 –
April 12, 1954
82
Elected to finish Wherry's term

Died
83
Vacant April 12, 1954 –
April 16, 1954
12 Eva Bowring Republican April 16, 1954 –
November 7, 1954
Appointed to continue Griswold's term

Retired when successor elected
13 Hazel Abel Republican November 8, 1954 –
December 31, 1954
Resigned
14 Carl Curtis Republican January 1, 1955 –
January 3, 1979
Appointed to finish Griswold's term,
having already been elected to the next term
84 16 Elected in 1954
85
86
87 17 Re-elected in 1960
88
89
90 18 Re-elected in 1966
91
92
93 19 Re-elected in 1972

Retired
94
95
15 J. James Exon Democratic January 3, 1979 –
January 3, 1997
96 20 Elected in 1978
97
98
99 21 Re-elected in 1984
100
101
102 22 Re-elected in 1990

Retired
103
104
16 Chuck Hagel Republican January 3, 1997 –
January 3, 2009
105 23 Elected in 1996
106
107
108 24 Re-elected in 2002

Retired
109
110
17 Mike Johanns Republican January 3, 2009 –
Present
111 25 Elected in 2008

Incumbent
112
113
# Senator Party Years Congress Term Electoral history

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