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U.S. Senate seat, Nebraska (class 1)

26 members have held this seat since Mar 4, 1867. Now: Deb Fischer R.

Holders
26
15 R · 8 D · 2 P · 1 LR
Longest tenure
14 years
Deb Fischer
Current
14 years
Deb Fischer, since Jan 3, 2013
history/seat/ne-sen-1Every holder, newest first
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18801900192019401960198020002020Thomas Weston Tipton · 1867-03-04 – 1875-03-04 · Republican → Liberal RepublicanAlgernon Sidney Paddock · 1875-12-06 – 1881-03-04 · RepublicanCharles Henry Van Wyck · 1881-12-05 – 1887-03-04 · RepublicanAlgernon Sidney Paddock · 1887-12-05 – 1893-03-04 · RepublicanWilliam Vincent Allen · 1893-08-07 – 1899-03-04 · PopulistMonroe Leland Hayward · 1899-12-04 – 1900-01-01 · RepublicanCharles Henry Dietrich · 1901-12-02 – 1905-03-04 · RepublicanElmer Jacob Burkett · 1905-12-04 – 1911-03-04 · RepublicanGilbert Monell Hitchcock · 1911-04-04 – 1917-03-04 · DemocratGilbert Monell Hitchcock · 1917-04-02 – 1923-03-04 · DemocratRobert Beecher Howell · 1923-12-03 – 1929-03-04 · RepublicanRobert Beecher Howell · 1929-04-15 – 1933-03-12 · RepublicanWilliam Henry Thompson · 1933-05-24 – 1934-11-07 · DemocratRichard Charles Hunter · 1934-11-07 – 1935-01-04 · DemocratHugh Alfred Butler · 1941-01-03 – 1954-07-02 · RepublicanSamuel Williams Reynolds · 1954-07-03 – 1954-11-08 · RepublicanRoman Lee Hruska · 1954-11-08 – 1959-01-04 · RepublicanRoman Lee Hruska · 1959-01-07 – 1971-01-04 · RepublicanRoman Lee Hruska · 1971-01-21 – 1976-12-28 · RepublicanEdward Zorinsky · 1976-12-28 – 1987-03-07 · DemocratDavid Kemp Karnes · 1987-03-11 – 1989-01-04 · RepublicanBen Nelson · 2001-01-03 – 2013-01-04 · DemocratWilliam Vincent Allen · 1899-12-13 – 1901-03-29 · PopulistEdward Raymond Burke · 1935-01-03 – 1941-01-04 · DemocratJ. Robert Kerrey · 1989-01-03 – 2001-01-04 · DemocratDeb Fischer · 2013-01-03 – present · Republican
Deb Fischer R
Jan 3, 2013 – present · 14 years
Ben Nelson D
Jan 3, 2001 – Jan 4, 2013 · 12 years
J. Robert Kerrey D
Jan 3, 1989 – Jan 4, 2001 · 12 years
David Kemp Karnes R
Mar 11, 1987 – Jan 4, 1989 · 22 months
Edward Zorinsky D
Dec 28, 1976 – Mar 7, 1987 · 10 years
Roman Lee Hruska R
Jan 21, 1971 – Dec 28, 1976 · 5.9 years
Roman Lee Hruska R
Jan 7, 1959 – Jan 4, 1971 · 12 years
Roman Lee Hruska R
Nov 8, 1954 – Jan 4, 1959 · 4.2 years
Samuel Williams Reynolds R
Jul 3, 1954 – Nov 8, 1954 · 4 months
Hugh Alfred Butler R
Jan 3, 1941 – Jul 2, 1954 · 13 years
Edward Raymond Burke D
Jan 3, 1935 – Jan 4, 1941 · 6 years
Richard Charles Hunter D
Nov 7, 1934 – Jan 4, 1935 · 2 months
William Henry Thompson D
May 24, 1933 – Nov 7, 1934 · 17 months
Robert Beecher Howell R
Apr 15, 1929 – Mar 12, 1933 · 3.9 years
Robert Beecher Howell R
Dec 3, 1923 – Mar 4, 1929 · 5.3 years
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D
Apr 2, 1917 – Mar 4, 1923 · 5.9 years
Gilbert Monell Hitchcock D
Apr 4, 1911 – Mar 4, 1917 · 5.9 years
Elmer Jacob Burkett R
Dec 4, 1905 – Mar 4, 1911 · 5.2 years
Charles Henry Dietrich R
Dec 2, 1901 – Mar 4, 1905 · 3.3 years
William Vincent Allen P
Dec 13, 1899 – Mar 29, 1901 · 15 months
Monroe Leland Hayward R
Dec 4, 1899 – Jan 1, 1900 · 28 days
William Vincent Allen P
Aug 7, 1893 – Mar 4, 1899 · 5.6 years
Algernon Sidney Paddock R
Dec 5, 1887 – Mar 4, 1893 · 5.2 years
Charles Henry Van Wyck R
Dec 5, 1881 – Mar 4, 1887 · 5.2 years
Algernon Sidney Paddock R
Dec 6, 1875 – Mar 4, 1881 · 5.2 years
Thomas Weston Tipton R→LR
Mar 4, 1867 – Mar 4, 1875 · 8 years

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