LIST OF GOVERNORS OF NEBRASKA

The following is a 'list of the Governors of the State of Nebraska'.

★ Prior to becoming a territory, Nebraska Territory was part of Louisiana Territory (renamed Missouri Territory) from 1805 to 1821; see List of Governors of Missouri for this period. Between 1821 and 1854, the land was unorganized territory.

Contents

List of Governors

Notes

Other high offices held

Living former governors

See also

External links

List of Governors

#	Name	Took office	Left office	Party	Notes
1	David Butler	February 21 1867	June 2 1871	Republican	[1]
2	William H. James (acting)	June 2 1871	January 13 1873	Republican	As state secretary of state, acted as governor for unexpired term.
3	Robert Wilkinson Furnas	January 13 1873	January 11 1875	Republican
4	Silas Garber	January 11 1875	January 9 1879	Republican
5	Albinus Nance	January 9 1879	January 4 1883	Republican
6	James W. Dawes	January 4 1883	January 6 1887	Republican
7	John Milton Thayer	January 6 1887	February 8 1892	Republican	James Boyd won the 1890 election, and was sworn in on January 8 1891. However, due to a question of his U.S. citizenship and eligibility for the office, he did not take office until February 8 1892.
8	James E. Boyd	February 8 1892	January 13 1893	Democratic
9	Lorenzo Crounse	January 13 1893	January 3 1895	Republican
10	Silas A. Holcomb	January 3 1895	January 5 1899	Fusion (Democratic/Populist)
11	William A. Poynter	January 5 1899	January 3 1901	Fusion (Democratic/Populist)
12	Charles H. Dietrich	January 3 1901	May 1 1901	Republican	Resigned to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.
13	Ezra P. Savage (acting)	May 1 1901	January 8 1903	Republican	As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.
14	John H. Mickey	January 8 1903	January 3 1907	Republican
15	George L. Sheldon	January 3 1907	January 7 1909	Republican
16	Ashton C. Shallenberger	January 7 1909	January 5 1911	Democratic
17	Chester H. Aldrich	January 5 1911	January 9 1913	Republican
18	John H. Morehead	January 9 1913	January 4 1917	Democratic
19	Keith Neville	January 4 1917	January 9 1919	Democratic
20	Samuel R. McKelvie	January 9 1919	January 3 1923	Republican
21	Charles W. Bryan	January 3 1923	January 8 1925	Democratic
22	Adam McMullen	January 8 1925	January 3 1929	Republican
23	Arthur J. Weaver	January 3 1929	January 8 1931	Republican
24	Charles W. Bryan	January 8 1931	January 3 1935	Democratic
25	Robert Leroy Cochran	January 3 1935	January 9 1941	Democratic
26	Dwight Griswold	January 9 1941	January 9 1947	Republican
27	Val Peterson	January 9 1947	January 8 1953	Republican
28	Robert B. Crosby	January 8 1953	January 6 1955	Republican
29	Victor E. Anderson	January 6 1955	January 8 1959	Republican
30	Ralph G. Brooks	January 8 1959	September 9 1960	Democratic	Died in office.
31	Dwight W. Burney (acting)	September 9 1960	January 5 1961	Republican
32	Frank B. Morrison	January 5 1961	January 5 1967	Democratic
33	Norbert T. Tiemann	January 5 1967	January 7 1971	Republican
34	J. James Exon	January 7 1971	January 4 1979	Democratic
35	Charles Thone	January 4 1979	January 6 1983	Republican
36	J. Robert Kerrey	January 6 1983	January 9 1987	Democratic
37	Kay A. Orr	January 9 1987	January 9 1991	Republican
38	E. Benjamin Nelson	January 9 1991	January 7 1999	Democratic
39	Mike Johanns	January 7 1999	January 20 2005	Republican	[2]
40	Dave Heineman	January 20 2005	''Incumbent''	Republican	[3][4]

Notes

1. Impeached and removed from office for misappropriation of state funds; the impeachment was expunged six years later.
2. Resigned to be United States Secretary of Agriculture.
3. As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term, and was later elected in his own right.
4. Governor Heineman's first full term expires in 2011; he is not yet term limited.

Other high offices held

This is a table of congressional, other governorships, and other federal offices held by governors. All representatives and senators mentioned represented Nebraska except where noted.
★ denotes those offices which the governor resigned to take.

Name	Gubernatorial term	U.S. Congress		Other offices held
		House	Senate
William Alexander Richardson	1858 (territorial)			U.S. Representative and Senator from Illinois
J. Sterling Morton	1858–1859, 1861 (territorial)			U.S. Secretary of Agriculture
Algernon Paddock	1861 (territorial)		S
Alvin Saunders	1861–1867 (territorial)		S
John Milton Thayer	1887–1892		S	Governor of Wyoming Territory
Lorenzo Crounse	1893–1895	H
Charles Henry Dietrich	1901		S ★
Ashton C. Shallenberger	1909–1911	H
John H. Morehead	1913–1917	H
Dwight Griswold	1941–1947		S
Val Peterson	1947–1953			Ambassador to Denmark, Ambassador to Poland
J. James Exon	1971–1979		S
Charles Thone	1979–1983	H
Bob Kerrey	1983–1987		S
Ben Nelson	1991–1999		S
Mike Johanns	1999–2005			U.S. Secretary of Agriculture ★

Living former governors

As of August 2007, six former governors were alive, the oldest being Charles Thone (1979–1983, born 1924). The most recent governor to die was J. James Exon (1971–1979), on June 10 2005.

Name	Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Norbert T. Tiemann	1967–1971	July 18 1924
Charles Thone	1979–1983	January 4 1924
Bob Kerrey	1983–1987	August 27 1943
Kay A. Orr	1987–1991	January 2 1939
Ben Nelson	1991–1999	May 17 1941
Mike Johanns	1999–2005	June 18 1950

See also

★ List of Lieutenant Governors of Nebraska

★ Governors of Nebraska Territory

External links

★ Nebraska Blue Book (PDF)