History / Congress

Nebraska's 3rd congressional district

46 members have held this seat since Dec 3, 1883. Now: Adrian Smith R.

Holders
46
29 R · 15 D · 2 P
Longest tenure
12 years
Adrian Smith
Current
12 years
Adrian Smith, since Jan 6, 2015
history/seat/ne-3Every holder, newest first
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1900192019401960198020002020Edward Kimble Valentine · 1883-12-03 – 1885-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Emery Dorsey · 1885-12-07 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Emery Dorsey · 1887-12-05 – 1889-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge Washington Emery Dorsey · 1889-12-02 – 1891-03-04 · RepublicanOmer Madison Kem · 1891-12-07 – 1893-03-04 · PopulistGeorge de Rue Meiklejohn · 1893-08-07 – 1895-03-04 · RepublicanGeorge de Rue Meiklejohn · 1895-12-02 – 1897-03-04 · RepublicanSamuel Maxwell · 1897-03-15 – 1899-03-04 · PopulistJohn Seaton Robinson · 1899-12-04 – 1901-03-04 · DemocratJohn Seaton Robinson · 1901-12-02 – 1903-03-04 · DemocratJohn Jay McCarthy · 1903-11-09 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Jay McCarthy · 1905-12-04 – 1907-03-04 · RepublicanJohn Frank Boyd · 1907-12-02 – 1909-03-04 · RepublicanJames Polk Latta · 1909-03-15 – 1911-03-04 · DemocratJames Polk Latta · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratDan Voorhees Stephens · 1913-04-07 – 1915-03-04 · DemocratDan Voorhees Stephens · 1915-12-06 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratDan Voorhees Stephens · 1917-04-02 – 1919-03-04 · DemocratRobert Emory Evans · 1919-05-19 – 1921-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Emory Evans · 1921-04-11 – 1923-03-04 · RepublicanEdgar Howard · 1923-12-03 – 1925-03-04 · DemocratEdgar Howard · 1925-12-07 – 1927-03-05 · DemocratEdgar Howard · 1927-12-05 – 1929-03-04 · DemocratEdgar Howard · 1929-04-15 – 1931-03-04 · DemocratEdgar Howard · 1931-12-07 – 1933-03-04 · DemocratEdgar Howard · 1933-03-09 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratKarl Stefan · 1943-01-06 – 1953-01-04 · RepublicanLawrence Brock · 1959-01-07 – 1961-01-04 · DemocratDavid Thomas Martin · 1963-01-09 – 1967-01-04 · RepublicanDavid Thomas Martin · 1967-01-10 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanDavid Thomas Martin · 1971-01-21 – 1975-01-04 · RepublicanVirginia Dodd Smith · 1975-01-14 – 1979-01-04 · RepublicanVirginia Dodd Smith · 1979-01-15 – 1987-01-04 · RepublicanVirginia Dodd Smith · 1987-01-06 – 1991-01-04 · RepublicanBill Barrett · 1997-01-07 – 1999-01-04 · RepublicanBill Barrett · 1999-01-06 – 2001-01-04 · RepublicanThomas William Osborne · 2003-01-07 – 2007-01-04 · RepublicanAdrian Smith · 2007-01-04 – 2009-01-04 · RepublicanAdrian Smith · 2009-01-06 – 2015-01-04 · RepublicanAdrian Smith · 2015-01-06 – present · RepublicanDan Voorhees Stephens · 1911-04-04 – 1913-03-04 · DemocratKarl Stefan · 1935-01-03 – 1943-01-04 · RepublicanRobert Dinsmore Harrison · 1951-01-03 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRalph Frederick Beermann · 1961-01-03 – 1963-01-04 · RepublicanBill Barrett · 1991-01-03 – 1997-01-04 · RepublicanThomas William Osborne · 2001-01-03 – 2003-01-04 · Republican
Adrian Smith R
Jan 6, 2015 – present · 12 years
Adrian Smith R
Jan 6, 2009 – Jan 4, 2015 · 6 years
Adrian Smith R
Jan 4, 2007 – Jan 4, 2009 · 2 years
Thomas William Osborne R
Jan 7, 2003 – Jan 4, 2007 · 4 years
Thomas William Osborne R
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2003 · 2 years
Bill Barrett R
Jan 6, 1999 – Jan 4, 2001 · 2 years
Bill Barrett R
Jan 7, 1997 – Jan 4, 1999 · 2 years
Bill Barrett R
Jan 3, 1991 – Jan 4, 1997 · 6 years
Virginia Dodd Smith R
Jan 6, 1987 – Jan 4, 1991 · 4 years
Virginia Dodd Smith R
Jan 15, 1979 – Jan 4, 1987 · 8 years
Virginia Dodd Smith R
Jan 14, 1975 – Jan 4, 1979 · 4 years
David Thomas Martin R
Jan 21, 1971 – Jan 4, 1975 · 4 years
David Thomas Martin R
Jan 10, 1967 – Jan 4, 1971 · 4 years
David Thomas Martin R
Jan 9, 1963 – Jan 4, 1967 · 4 years
Ralph Frederick Beermann R
Jan 3, 1961 – Jan 4, 1963 · 2 years
Lawrence Brock D
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1961 · 2 years
Robert Dinsmore Harrison R
Jan 3, 1951 – Jan 4, 1959 · 8 years
Karl Stefan R
Jan 6, 1943 – Jan 4, 1953 · 10 years
Karl Stefan R
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1943 · 8 years
Edgar Howard D
Mar 9, 1933 – Jan 4, 1935 · 22 months
Edgar Howard D
Dec 7, 1931 – Mar 4, 1933 · 15 months
Edgar Howard D
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 4, 1931 · 23 months
Edgar Howard D
Dec 5, 1927 – Mar 4, 1929 · 15 months
Edgar Howard D
Dec 7, 1925 – Mar 5, 1927 · 15 months
Edgar Howard D
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1925 · 15 months
Robert Emory Evans R
Apr 11, 1921 – Mar 4, 1923 · 23 months
Robert Emory Evans R
May 19, 1919 – Mar 4, 1921 · 22 months
Dan Voorhees Stephens D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1919 · 23 months
Dan Voorhees Stephens D
Dec 6, 1915 – Mar 4, 1917 · 15 months
Dan Voorhees Stephens D
Apr 7, 1913 – Mar 4, 1915 · 23 months
James Polk Latta D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
Dan Voorhees Stephens D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1913 · 23 months
James Polk Latta D
Mar 15, 1909 – Mar 4, 1911 · 2 years
John Frank Boyd R
Dec 2, 1907 – Mar 4, 1909 · 15 months
John Jay McCarthy R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1907 · 15 months
John Jay McCarthy R
Nov 9, 1903 – Mar 4, 1905 · 16 months
John Seaton Robinson D
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1903 · 15 months
John Seaton Robinson D
Dec 4, 1899 – Mar 4, 1901 · 15 months
Samuel Maxwell P
Mar 15, 1897 – Mar 4, 1899 · 2 years
George de Rue Meiklejohn R
Dec 2, 1895 – Mar 4, 1897 · 15 months
George de Rue Meiklejohn R
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1895 · 19 months
Omer Madison Kem P
Dec 7, 1891 – Mar 4, 1893 · 15 months
George Washington Emery Dorsey R
Dec 2, 1889 – Mar 4, 1891 · 15 months
George Washington Emery Dorsey R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1889 · 15 months
George Washington Emery Dorsey R
Dec 7, 1885 – Mar 4, 1887 · 15 months
Edward Kimble Valentine R
Dec 3, 1883 – Mar 4, 1885 · 15 months

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