List of governors of Nebraska
The governor of Nebraska is the head of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Constitution of Nebraska. The officeholder is elected to a four-year term, with elections held two years after presidential elections. The governor may be elected any number of times, but not more than twice in a row. The current officeholder is Jim Pillen, a Republican, who was sworn in on January 5, 2023.
Governor of Nebraska | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Residence | Nebraska Governor's Mansion |
Term length | 4 years, renewable once consecutively |
Inaugural holder | David Butler |
Formation | Constitution of Nebraska |
Salary | $105,000 USD (2022)[1] |
Website | governor |
Governors of Nebraska must be at least 30 years old and have been citizens and residents of the state for five years before being elected. Before 1966, the governor was elected to a two-year term. In 1962, a constitutional amendment extended the gubernatorial term to four years, effective with the 1966 election. In 1966, another amendment imposed a term limit of two consecutive terms. The lieutenant governor is subject to the same limitations and runs on a combined ticket with the governor. Charles W. Bryan is the only Governor of Nebraska to serve non-consecutive terms. Dave Heineman holds the record as Nebraska's longest-serving Governor with 10 years.
The governor's term, along with all other elected statewide officers, begins on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in the month of January after an election.[2] If the governor becomes incapacitated or is out of the state, the lieutenant governor acts as governor; if there is a vacancy or permanent incapacitation, the lieutenant governor becomes governor and serves the balance of the term. However, if both offices become vacant, the next person in the line of succession is the Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature, who is then followed by the chairs of various committees in the legislature.
Governors of Nebraska Territory
Nebraska Territory was organized on May 30, 1854.[3] It had five governors appointed by the president of the United States.
On July 26, 1853, William Walker was elected provisional governor of Nebraska Territory; this spurred the federal government into action to organize the territory.
No. | Governor | Term in office[lower-alpha 1] | Appointed by | |
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1 | Francis Burt (1807–1854) [4] |
August 2, 1854[lower-alpha 2] – October 18, 1854 (died in office)[lower-alpha 3] |
Franklin Pierce | |
2 | Mark W. Izard (1799–1866) [9] |
December 20, 1854[lower-alpha 4] – October 25, 1857 (resigned)[lower-alpha 5] |
Franklin Pierce | |
3 | William Alexander Richardson (1811–1875) [11] |
December 10, 1857[lower-alpha 6] – December 5, 1858 (resigned)[lower-alpha 7] |
James Buchanan | |
4 | Samuel W. Black (1816–1862) [13] |
February 8, 1859[lower-alpha 8] – February 24, 1861 (resigned)[lower-alpha 9] |
James Buchanan | |
5 | Alvin Saunders (1817–1899) [17] |
March 27, 1861[lower-alpha 10] – March 27, 1867 (statehood) |
Abraham Lincoln | |
Andrew Johnson |
Governors of the State of Nebraska
Nebraska was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867.[20]
No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor[lower-alpha 11][lower-alpha 12] | |||
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1 | David Butler (1829–1891) [21][22] |
March 27, 1867[23] – June 2, 1871 (impeached and removed)[lower-alpha 13] |
Republican | 1866 | Office did not exist | |||
1868 | ||||||||
1870 | ||||||||
– | William H. James (1831–1920) [24][25] |
June 2, 1871[26] – January 13, 1873 (did not run) |
Republican | Secretary of state acting | ||||
2 | Robert Wilkinson Furnas (1824–1905) [27][28] |
January 13, 1873[29] – January 12, 1875 (did not run) |
Republican | 1872 | ||||
3 | Silas Garber (1833–1905) [30][31] |
January 12, 1875[32] – January 9, 1879 (did not run) |
Republican | 1874 | ||||
1876 | Othman A. Abbott | |||||||
4 | Albinus Nance (1848–1911) [33][34] |
January 9, 1879[35] – January 4, 1883 (did not run) |
Republican | 1878 | Edmund C. Carns | |||
1880 | ||||||||
5 | James W. Dawes (1845–1918) [36][37] |
January 4, 1883[38] – January 6, 1887 (did not run) |
Republican | 1882 | Alfred W. Agee | |||
1884 | Hibbard H. Shedd | |||||||
6 | John Milton Thayer (1820–1906) [39][40] |
January 6, 1887[41] – January 15, 1891 (did not run)[lower-alpha 14] |
Republican | 1886 | ||||
1888 | George de Rue Meiklejohn | |||||||
Thomas Jefferson Majors[lower-alpha 15] | ||||||||
7 | James E. Boyd (1834–1906) [42][43] |
January 15, 1891[44] – May 5, 1891 (removed)[lower-alpha 14] |
Democratic | 1890 | ||||
6 | John Milton Thayer (1820–1906) [39][40] |
May 5, 1891[45] – February 8, 1892 (removed)[lower-alpha 14] |
Republican | |||||
7 | James E. Boyd (1834–1906) [42][43] |
February 8, 1892[46] – January 13, 1893 (did not run) |
Democratic | |||||
8 | Lorenzo Crounse (1834–1909) [47][48] |
January 13, 1893[49] – January 3, 1895 (did not run) |
Republican | 1892 | ||||
9 | Silas A. Holcomb (1858–1920) [50][51] |
January 3, 1895[52] – January 5, 1899 (did not run) |
Fusion | 1894 | Robert E. Moore[lower-alpha 15] | |||
1896 | James E. Harris | |||||||
10 | William A. Poynter (1848–1909) [53][54] |
January 5, 1899[55] – January 3, 1901 (lost election) |
Fusion | 1898 | Edward A. Gilbert | |||
11 | Charles Henry Dietrich (1853–1924) [56][57] |
January 3, 1901[58] – May 1, 1901 (resigned)[lower-alpha 16] |
Republican | 1900 | Ezra P. Savage | |||
12 | Ezra P. Savage (1842–1920) [59][60] |
May 1, 1901[61] – January 8, 1903 (did not run) |
Republican | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Calvin F. Steele (acting) | |||
13 | John H. Mickey (1845–1910) [62][63] |
January 8, 1903[64] – January 3, 1907 (did not run) |
Republican | 1902 | Edmund G. McGilton | |||
1904 | ||||||||
14 | George L. Sheldon (1870–1960) [65][66] |
January 3, 1907[67] – January 7, 1909 (lost election) |
Republican | 1906 | Melville R. Hopewell[lower-alpha 15] (died May 2, 1911) | |||
15 | Ashton C. Shallenberger (1862–1938) [68][69] |
January 7, 1909[70] – January 5, 1911 (lost nomination)[lower-alpha 17] |
Democratic | 1908 | ||||
16 | Chester Hardy Aldrich (1863–1924) [71][72] |
January 5, 1911[73] – January 9, 1913 (lost election) |
Republican | 1910 | ||||
John H. Morehead[lower-alpha 18] (acting) | ||||||||
17 | John H. Morehead (1861–1942) [74][75] |
January 9, 1913[76] – January 4, 1917 (did not run) |
Democratic | 1912 | Samuel Roy McKelvie[lower-alpha 15] | |||
1914 | James Pearson | |||||||
18 | Keith Neville (1884–1959) [77][78] |
January 4, 1917[79] – January 9, 1919 (lost election) |
Democratic | 1916 | Edgar Howard | |||
19 | Samuel Roy McKelvie (1881–1956) [80][81] |
January 9, 1919[82] – January 4, 1923 (did not run) |
Republican | 1918 | Pelham A. Barrows | |||
1920 | ||||||||
20 | Charles W. Bryan (1867–1945) [83][84] |
January 4, 1923[85] – January 8, 1925 (did not run)[lower-alpha 19] |
Democratic | 1922 | Fred Gustus Johnson[lower-alpha 15] | |||
21 | Adam McMullen (1872–1959) [86][87] |
January 8, 1925[88] – January 3, 1929 (did not run) |
Republican | 1924 | George A. Williams | |||
1926 | ||||||||
22 | Arthur J. Weaver (1873–1945) [89][90] |
January 3, 1929[91] – January 8, 1931 (lost election) |
Republican | 1928 | ||||
23 | Charles W. Bryan (1867–1945) [83][84] |
January 8, 1931[92] – January 3, 1935 (did not run) |
Democratic | 1930 | Theodore W. Metcalfe[lower-alpha 15] | |||
1932 | Walter H. Jurgensen (removed June 26, 1938) | |||||||
24 | Robert Leroy Cochran (1886–1963) [93][94] |
January 3, 1935[95] – January 9, 1941 (did not run) |
Democratic | 1934 | ||||
1936 | ||||||||
Vacant | ||||||||
Nate M. Parsons (elected November 8, 1938) | ||||||||
1938 | William E. Johnson[lower-alpha 15] | |||||||
25 | Dwight Griswold (1893–1954) [96][97] |
January 9, 1941[98] – January 9, 1947 (did not run) |
Republican | 1940 | ||||
1942 | Roy W. Johnson | |||||||
1944 | ||||||||
26 | Val Peterson (1903–1983) [99][100] |
January 9, 1947[101] – January 8, 1953 (did not run) |
Republican | 1946 | Robert B. Crosby | |||
1948 | Charles J. Warner (died September 24, 1955) | |||||||
1950 | ||||||||
27 | Robert B. Crosby (1911–2000) [102][103] |
January 8, 1953[104] – January 6, 1955 (did not run) |
Republican | 1952 | ||||
28 | Victor Emanuel Anderson (1902–1962) [105][106] |
January 6, 1955[107] – January 8, 1959 (lost election) |
Republican | 1954 | ||||
Vacant | ||||||||
1956 | Dwight W. Burney[lower-alpha 15] | |||||||
29 | Ralph G. Brooks (1898–1960) [108][109] |
January 8, 1959[110] – September 9, 1960 (died in office) |
Democratic | 1958 | ||||
30 | Dwight W. Burney (1892–1987) [111][112] |
September 9, 1960[113] – January 5, 1961 (did not run) |
Republican | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant | |||
31 | Frank B. Morrison (1905–2004) [114][115] |
January 5, 1961[116] – January 5, 1967 (did not run)[lower-alpha 20] |
Democratic | 1960 | Dwight W. Burney | |||
1962 | ||||||||
1964 | Philip C. Sorensen | |||||||
32 | Norbert Tiemann (1924–2012) [117][118] |
January 5, 1967[119] – January 7, 1971 (lost election) |
Republican | 1966 | John E. Everroad | |||
33 | J. James Exon (1921–2005) [120][121] |
January 7, 1971[122] – January 4, 1979 (term-limited) |
Democratic | 1970 | Frank Marsh[lower-alpha 15] | |||
1974 | Gerald T. Whelan | |||||||
34 | Charles Thone (1924–2018) [123] |
January 4, 1979[124] – January 6, 1983 (lost election) |
Republican | 1978 | Roland A. Luedtke | |||
35 | Bob Kerrey (b. 1943) [125] |
January 6, 1983[126] – January 8, 1987 (did not run) |
Democratic | 1982 | Donald McGinley | |||
36 | Kay A. Orr (b. 1939) [127] |
January 8, 1987[128] – January 10, 1991 (lost election) |
Republican | 1986 | William E. Nichol | |||
37 | Ben Nelson (b. 1941) [129] |
January 10, 1991[130] – January 7, 1999 (term-limited) |
Democratic | 1990 | Maxine Moul (resigned October 6, 1993) | |||
Kim M. Robak (appointed October 6, 1993) | ||||||||
1994 | ||||||||
38 | Mike Johanns (b. 1950) [131] |
January 7, 1999[132] – January 20, 2005 (resigned)[lower-alpha 21] |
Republican | 1998 | David Maurstad (resigned October 1, 2001) | |||
Dave Heineman (appointed October 1, 2001) | ||||||||
2002 | ||||||||
39 | Dave Heineman (b. 1948) [133] |
January 20, 2005[134] – January 8, 2015 (term-limited) |
Republican | Succeeded from lieutenant governor |
Vacant | |||
Rick Sheehy (appointed January 24, 2005) (resigned February 2, 2013) | ||||||||
2006 | ||||||||
2010 | ||||||||
Vacant | ||||||||
Lavon Heidemann (appointed February 13, 2013) (resigned September 9, 2014) | ||||||||
Vacant | ||||||||
John E. Nelson (appointed September 29, 2014) | ||||||||
40 | Pete Ricketts (b. 1964) [135] |
January 8, 2015[136] – January 5, 2023 (term-limited) |
Republican | 2014 | Mike Foley | |||
2018 | ||||||||
41 | Jim Pillen (b. 1955) [137] |
January 5, 2023[138] – Incumbent[lower-alpha 22] |
Republican | 2022 | Joe Kelly |
See also
Notes
- The range given is from the date the governor was confirmed by the Senate, or appointed by the President during a Senate recess, to the date the governor left office.
- William Orlando Butler was nominated on June 22, 1854,[5] and confirmed by the Senate on June 29,[6] but declined the nomination.[7] Burt was then nominated[7] and confirmed by the Senate on August 2,[8] and was sworn in on October 16.[4]
- Burt died two days after being sworn in; Territorial Secretary Thomas B. Cuming acted as governor until Burt's successor arrived in the territory.[4]
- Izard was nominated, and confirmed by the Senate, on December 20, 1854,[10] and arrived in the territory on February 20, 1855.[9]
- Izard resigned due to political pressure from the president; Territorial Secretary Thomas B. Cuming acted as governor until Izard's successor arrived in the territory.[9]
- Richardson was nominated, and confirmed by the Senate, on December 10, 1857,[12] and arrived in the territory on January 12, 1858.[11]
- Richardson resigned due to political issues between him and President James Buchanan; Territorial Secretary Julius Sterling Morton acted as governor until Richardson's successor arrived in the territory.[11]
- Black was nominated on February 3, 1859,[14] and confirmed by the Senate on February 8;[15] he was already residing in the territory when appointed.[13]
- Black resigned, anticipating removal by the newly-elected president Abraham Lincoln;[13] Lincoln's nomination of his successor specifies "vice Samuel L. Black, removed".[16] Territorial Secretary Julius Sterling Morton and later Territorial Secretary Algernon S. Paddock acted as governor until Black's successor arrived in the territory.[13]
- Saunders was nominated on March 26, 1861;[16] confirmed by the Senate on March 27;[18] and arrived in the territory on May 18.[17] He was reconfirmed by the Senate on January 9, 1866.[19]
- The office of lieutenant governor was created in 1875.
- Lieutenant governors represented the same party as their governor unless noted.
- Butler was impeached and removed for misappropriating state funds; the impeachment was expunged six years later.[21]
- Thayer was not a candidate in the 1890 election, which Boyd won, and was due to be sworn in on January 8, 1891. However, Thayer challenged Boyd's citizenship, and thus eligibility to be governor, which delayed his inauguration until January 15. The Supreme Court of Nebraska then ruled that Boyd was ineligible, and Thayer took office again on May 5; however, the Supreme Court of the United States later ruled that Boyd was eligible, and he took office on February 8, 1892.[39][42]
- Represented the Republican Party
- Dietrich resigned, having been elected to the United States Senate.[56]
- Shallenberger lost the Democratic nomination to James Dahlman.[68]
- Represented the Democratic Party (United States)
- Bryan was renominated for governor, but withdrew to run unsuccessfully for Vice President of the United States.[83]
- Morrison instead ran unsuccessfully for the United States Senate.[114]; it is not known if the new gubernatorial term limit would have applied to him.
- Johanns resigned, having been appointed United States Secretary of Agriculture.[131]
- Pillen's first term will expire January 7, 2027.
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