List of United States Representatives from Nebraska


The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Nebraska. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state, see United States Congressional Delegations from Nebraska. The list of names should be complete, but other data may be incomplete. It includes members who have represented both the state and the Territory, both past and present.

Current members

Updated January 2017.
RepresentativePartyYearsDistrictNotes
William E. AndrewsRepublicanMarch 4, 1895 – March 4, 1897
William E. AndrewsRepublicanMarch 4, 1919 – March 4, 1923
Brad AshfordDemocraticJanuary 3, 2015 – January 3, 2017
Don BaconRepublicanJanuary 3, 2017 – presentIncumbent
H. Malcolm BaldrigeRepublicanMarch 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933
Bill BarrettRepublicanJanuary 3, 1991 – January 3, 2001
Silas Reynolds BartonRepublicanMarch 4, 1913 – March 4, 1915
Ralph F. BeermannRepublicanJanuary 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963
Ralph F. BeermannRepublicanJanuary 3, 1963 – January 3, 1965
Doug BereuterRepublicanJanuary 3, 1979 – August 31, 2004Resigned to become president of The Asia Foundation
Charles Gustav BinderupDemocraticJanuary 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939
John Frank BoydRepublicanMarch 4, 1907 – March 4, 1909
Lawrence BrockDemocraticJanuary 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961
William Jennings BryanDemocraticMarch 4, 1891 – March 4, 1895
Howard H. BuffettRepublicanJanuary 3, 1943 – January 3, 1949
Howard H. BuffettRepublicanJanuary 3, 1951 – January 3, 1953
Edward R. BurkeDemocraticMarch 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
Elmer BurkettRepublicanMarch 4, 1899 – March 4, 1905Resigned after being elected U.S. Senator
Clair A. CallanDemocraticJanuary 3, 1965 – January 3, 1967
Terry CarpenterDemocraticMarch 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935
John Joseph Cavanaugh IIIDemocraticJanuary 3, 1977 – January 3, 1981
Bird Beers ChapmanDemocraticMarch 4, 1855 – March 4, 1857
Jackson B. ChaseRepublicanJanuary 3, 1955 – January 3, 1957
Jon L. ChristensenRepublicanJanuary 3, 1995 – January 3, 1999
Harry B. CoffeeDemocraticJanuary 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943
William J. ConnellRepublicanMarch 4, 1889 – March 4, 1891
Oren S. CopelandRepublicanJanuary 3, 1941 – January 3, 1943
Lorenzo CrounseRepublicanMarch 4, 1873 – March 4, 1877
Glenn CunninghamRepublicanJanuary 3, 1957 – January 3, 1971
Carl T. CurtisRepublicanJanuary 3, 1939 – January 3, 1943Resigned to become U.S. Senator
Carl T. CurtisRepublicanJanuary 3, 1943 – December 31, 1954Resigned to become U.S. Senator
Samuel Gordon DailyRepublicanMay 18, 1860 – March 4, 1865Won contested election
Hal Daub, Jr.RepublicanJanuary 3, 1981 – January 3, 1989
Robert V. DenneyRepublicanJanuary 3, 1967 – January 3, 1971
George W. E. DorseyRepublicanMarch 4, 1885 – March 4, 1891
Experience EstabrookDemocraticMarch 4, 1859 – May 18, 1860Lost contested election
Robert E. EvansRepublicanMarch 4, 1919 – March 4, 1923
Fenner FergusonDemocraticMarch 4, 1857 – March 4, 1859
Jeff FortenberryRepublicanJanuary 3, 2005 – PresentIncumbent
Napoleon Bonaparte GiddingsDemocraticJanuary 5, 1855 – March 4, 1855
William L. GreenePopulistMarch 4, 1897 – March 11, 1899Died
Eugene Jerome HainerRepublicanMarch 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
Robert Dinsmore HarrisonRepublicanOctober 4, 1951 – January 3, 1959
George H. HeinkeRepublicanJanuary 3, 1939 – January 2, 1940Died
Edmund H. HinshawRepublicanMarch 4, 1903 – March 4, 1911
Gilbert M. HitchcockDemocraticMarch 4, 1903 – March 4, 1905
Gilbert M. HitchcockDemocraticMarch 4, 1907 – March 4, 1911
Phineas HitchcockRepublicanMarch 4, 1865 – March 1, 1867Nebraska gains statehood
Peter HoaglandDemocraticJanuary 3, 1989 – January 3, 1995
Edgar HowardDemocraticMarch 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935
Roman L. HruskaRepublicanJanuary 3, 1953 – November 8, 1954Resigned when elected U.S. Senator
Augustin Reed HumphreyRepublicanNovember 7, 1922 – March 4, 1923
Albert W. JefferisRepublicanMarch 4, 1919 – March 4, 1923
Fred Gustus JohnsonRepublicanMarch 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931
Omer Madison KemPopulistMarch 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893
Omer Madison KemPopulistMarch 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
John L. KennedyRepublicanMarch 4, 1905 – March 4, 1907
Moses P. KinkaidRepublicanMarch 4, 1903 – July 6, 1922Died
James LairdRepublicanMarch 4, 1883 – August 17, 1889Died
James P. LattaDemocraticMarch 4, 1909 – September 11, 1911Died
Gilbert L. LawsRepublicanDecember 2, 1889 – March 4, 1891
Charles O. LobeckDemocraticMarch 4, 1911 – March 4, 1919
Henry C. LuckeyDemocraticJanuary 3, 1935 – January 3, 1939
John A. MaguireDemocraticMarch 4, 1909 – March 4, 1915
Thomas Jefferson MajorsRepublicanNovember 5, 1878 – March 3, 1879
Turner M. MarquetteRepublicanMarch 2, 1867 – March 3, 1867
David T. MartinRepublicanJanuary 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963Resigned
David T. MartinRepublicanJanuary 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974Resigned
Samuel MaxwellPopulistMarch 4, 1897 – March 4, 1899
John J. McCarthyRepublicanMarch 4, 1903 – March 4, 1907
John Y. McCollisterRepublicanJanuary 3, 1971 – January 3, 1977
Donald Francis McGinleyDemocraticJanuary 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961
William A. McKeighanPopulistMarch 4, 1891 – March 4, 1893
William A. McKeighanPopulistMarch 4, 1893 – March 4, 1895
Charles F. McLaughlinDemocraticJanuary 3, 1935 – January 3, 1943
Melvin O. McLaughlinRepublicanMarch 4, 1919 – March 4, 1927
John A. McShaneDemocraticMarch 4, 1887 – March 4, 1889
George de Rue MeiklejohnRepublicanMarch 4, 1893 – March 4, 1897
David Henry MercerRepublicanMarch 4, 1893 – March 4, 1903
Arthur L. MillerRepublicanJanuary 3, 1943 – January 3, 1959
John H. MoreheadDemocraticMarch 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935
William NevillePopulistDecember 4, 1899 – March 4, 1903
George W. NorrisRepublicanMarch 4, 1903 – March 4, 1913
John N. NortonDemocraticMarch 4, 1927 – March 4, 1929
John N. NortonDemocraticMarch 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933
Eugene D. O'SullivanDemocraticJanuary 3, 1949 – January 3, 1951
Tom OsborneRepublicanJanuary 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007
Ernest M. PollardRepublicanJuly 18, 1905 – March 4, 1909
C. Frank ReavisRepublicanMarch 4, 1915 – June 3, 1922Resigned to become special assistant to the U.S. Attorney General
John Seaton RobinsonDemocraticMarch 4, 1899 – March 4, 1903
Willis G. SearsRepublicanMarch 4, 1923 – March 4, 1931
Ashton C. ShallenbergerDemocraticMarch 4, 1901 – March 4, 1903Lost re-election
Ashton C. ShallenbergerDemocraticMarch 4, 1915 – March 4, 1919Lost re-election
Ashton C. ShallenbergerDemocraticMarch 4, 1923 – March 4, 1929Lost re-election
Ashton C. ShallenbergerDemocraticMarch 4, 1931 – March 4, 1933Lost renomination
Ashton C. ShallenbergerDemocraticMarch 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935Lost renomination
Robert G. SimmonsRepublicanMarch 4, 1923 – March 4, 1933
Charles Henry SloanRepublicanMarch 4, 1911 – March 4, 1919
Charles Henry SloanRepublicanMarch 4, 1929 – March 4, 1931
Adrian SmithRepublicanJanuary 3, 2007 – PresentIncumbent
Virginia SmithRepublicanJanuary 3, 1975 – January 3, 1991
William Ledyard StarkPopulistMarch 4, 1897 – March 4, 1903
Karl StefanRepublicanJanuary 3, 1935 – October 2, 1951Died
Dan V. StephensDemocraticNovember 7, 1911 – March 4, 1919
Jesse B. StrodeRepublicanMarch 4, 1895 – March 4, 1899
Roderick Dhu SutherlandPopulistMarch 4, 1897 – March 4, 1901
John H. SweetRepublicanApril 19, 1940 – January 3, 1941
John TaffeRepublicanMarch 4, 1867 – March 4, 1873
Lee TerryRepublicanJanuary 3, 1999 – January 3, 2015
Charles ThoneRepublicanJanuary 3, 1971 – January 3, 1979
Roy H. ThorpeRepublicanNovember 7, 1922 – March 4, 1923
Edward K. ValentineRepublicanMarch 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883Retired
Edward K. ValentineRepublicanMarch 4, 1883 – March 4, 1885Retired
Archibald J. WeaverRepublicanMarch 4, 1883 – March 4, 1887
Phillip H. WeaverRepublicanJanuary 3, 1955 – January 3, 1963
Frank WelchRepublicanMarch 4, 1877 – September 4, 1878Died

Living former members

, there are 7 living former members. The most recent member to die was Charles Thone on March 7, 2018. The most recently serving member to die was Bill Barrett on September 20, 2016.
MemberTerm of officeDate of birth
John J. Cavanaugh III1977–1981
Doug Bereuter1979–2004
Hal Daub1981–1989
Jon L. Christensen1995–1999
Lee Terry1999–2015
Tom Osborne2001–2007
Brad Ashford2015–2017