History / Congress

Nebraska's 2nd congressional district

51 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1883. Now: Don Bacon R.

Holders
51
36 R · 14 D · 1 P
Longest tenure
9.8 years
Don Bacon
Current
9.8 years
Don Bacon, since Jan 3, 2017
history/seat/ne-2Every holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020James Laird · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanJames Laird · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanJames Laird · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanJames Laird · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Arthur McKeighan · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · PopulistDavid Henry Mercer · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Henry Mercer · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Henry Mercer · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Henry Mercer · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · RepublicanDavid Henry Mercer · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Monell Hitchcock · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · DemocratJohn Lauderdale Kennedy · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Monell Hitchcock · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · DemocratGilbert Monell Hitchcock · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratCharles Otto Lobeck · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratCharles Otto Lobeck · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratCharles Otto Lobeck · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratCharles Otto Lobeck · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratAlbert Webb Jefferis · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanAlbert Webb Jefferis · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanWillis Gratz Sears · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · RepublicanWillis Gratz Sears · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · RepublicanWillis Gratz Sears · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanWillis Gratz Sears · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · RepublicanHoward Malcolm Baldrige · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · RepublicanEdward Raymond Burke · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratHoward Homan Buffett · 1943-01-06 – 1949-01-04 · RepublicanHoward Homan Buffett · 1951-01-03 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanJackson Burton Chase · 1955-01-05 – 1957-01-04 · RepublicanGlenn Clarence Cunningham · 1959-01-07 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanGlenn Clarence Cunningham · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanGlenn Clarence Cunningham · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Yetter McCollister · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Yetter McCollister · 1975-01-14 – 1977-01-04 · RepublicanJohn Joseph Cavanaugh · 1977-01-04 – 1979-01-04 · DemocratJohn Joseph Cavanaugh · 1979-01-15 – 1981-01-04 · DemocratHarold John, Jr., Daub · 1981-01-05 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanHarold John, Jr., Daub · 1987-01-06 – 1989-01-04 · RepublicanJon Lynn Christensen · 1995-01-04 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanJon Lynn Christensen · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanLee Terry · 1999-01-06 – 2003-01-04 · RepublicanLee Terry · 2003-01-07 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanLee Terry · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanBrad Ashford · 2015-01-06 – 2017-01-04 · DemocratGilbert Lafayette Laws · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Francis McLaughlin · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · DemocratEugene Daniel O’Sullivan · 1949-01-03 – 1951-01-04 · DemocratRoman Lee Hruska · 1953-01-03 – 1954-11-09 · RepublicanGlenn Clarence Cunningham · 1957-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanPeter D. Hoagland · 1989-01-03 – 1995-01-04 · DemocratDon Bacon · 2017-01-03 – present · Republican
Don Bacon R
Jan 3, 2017 – present · 9.8 years
Brad Ashford D
Jan 6, 2015 – Jan 4, 2017 · 2 years
Lee Terry R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Lee Terry R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2009 · 6 years
Lee Terry R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2003 · 4 years
Jon Lynn Christensen R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Jon Lynn Christensen R
Jan 4, 1995 – Jan 4, 1997 · 2 years
Peter D. Hoagland D
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 1995 · 6 years
Harold John, Jr., Daub R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 2 years
Harold John, Jr., Daub R
Jan 5, 1981 – Jan 4, 1987 · 6 years
John Joseph Cavanaugh D
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1981 · 2 years
John Joseph Cavanaugh D
Jan 4, 1977 – Jan 4, 1979 · 2 years
John Yetter McCollister R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1977 · 2 years
John Yetter McCollister R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1963 · 4 years
Glenn Clarence Cunningham R
Jan 3, 1957 – Jan 4, 1959 · 2 years
Jackson Burton Chase R
Jan 5, 1955 – Jan 4, 1957 · 2 years
Roman Lee Hruska R
Jan 3, 1953 – Nov 9, 1954 · 22 months
Howard Homan Buffett R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1953 · 2 years
Eugene Daniel O’Sullivan D
Jan 3, 1949 – Jan 4, 1951 · 2 years
Howard Homan Buffett R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1949 · 6 years
Charles Francis McLaughlin D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Edward Raymond Burke D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Howard Malcolm Baldrige R
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Willis Gratz Sears R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Willis Gratz Sears R
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Willis Gratz Sears R
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Willis Gratz Sears R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Albert Webb Jefferis R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Albert Webb Jefferis R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Charles Otto Lobeck D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Charles Otto Lobeck D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Charles Otto Lobeck D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
Charles Otto Lobeck D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Lauderdale Kennedy R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
David Henry Mercer R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
David Henry Mercer R
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
David Henry Mercer R
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
David Henry Mercer R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
David Henry Mercer R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
William Arthur McKeighan P
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
James Laird R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
Gilbert Lafayette Laws R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
James Laird R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
James Laird R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
James Laird R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months

Dates are from the @unitedstates congress-legislators project. Consecutive terms of one person are merged.