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University of Nebraska Board of Regents


Members of the University of Nebraska Board of Regents, 1869-1966 (May be incomplete!)

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1909: William Wemmer (Socialist), defeated; A. T. Hunt (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1911: William Wemmer (Socialist), defeated.
  • 1940: Arthur C. Stokes, died in office.
  • 1940 Nov 5: William E. Reed, elected.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Robert W. Devoe, elected; William L. Walker, defeated. J. LeRoy Welch, elected; Edward E. Howell, defeated.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Edward Schwarzkopf, elected; Clarence E. Swanson, defeated. Dick Herman, elected; Robert E. Johnson, Jr., defeated.

    "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard."
    Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
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    The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. It is the Internet's most comprehensive source for American political biography, listing 192,291 politicians, living and dead.

    Site information: The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. — Mailing address: P.O. Box 2563, Ann Arbor MI 48106. — The site is currently hosted by Hostmonster, but we remain grateful for a decade-plus with our former web host, Paul Haas, of Ypsilanti, Michigan. — The Political Graveyard opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on March 24, 2009.

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