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Nebraska: Governors

Governors of Nebraska, 1866-2015 (May be incomplete!)
David C. Butler 1867-71 William H. James 1871-73 Robert W. Furnas 1873-75 Silas Garber 1875-79 Albinus Nance 1879-83 James W. Dawes 1883-87 John M. Thayer 1887-91 James E. Boyd 1891 John M. Thayer 1891-92 James E. Boyd 1892-93 Lorenzo Crounse 1893-95 Silas A. Holcomb 1895-99 William A. Poynter 1899-1901 Charles H. Dietrich 1901 Ezra P. Savage 1901-03 John Hopwood Mickey 1903-07 George L. Sheldon 1907-09 Ashton C. Shallenberger 1909-11 Chester H. Aldrich 1911-13 John H. Morehead 1913-17 Keith Neville 1917-19 Sam R. McKelvie 1919-23 Charles W. Bryan 1923-25 Adam McMullen 1925-29 Arthur J. Weaver 1929-31 Charles W. Bryan 1931-35 Robert LeRoy Cochran 1935-41 Dwight P. Griswold 1941-47 Val Peterson 1947-53 Robert B. Crosby 1953-55 Victor E. Anderson 1955-59 Ralph G. Brooks 1959-60 Dwight W. Burney 1960-61 Frank B. Morrison 1961-67 Norbert T. Tiemann 1967-71 J. James Exon 1971-79 Charles Thone 1979-83 Bob Kerrey 1983-87 Kay A. Orr 1987-91 Ben Nelson 1991-99 Mike Johanns 1999-2005 Dave Heineman 2005-15

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

  • 1866 Jun 2: David C. Butler (Rep), elected; J. Sterling Morton (Dem), defeated.
  • 1868 Oct 13: David C. Butler (Rep), elected; T. R. Porter (Dem), defeated.
  • 1870 Oct 11: David C. Butler (Rep), elected; J. H. Croxton (Dem), defeated.
  • 1871 Jun 2: David C. Butler, removed.
  • 1872 Oct 8: Robert W. Furnas (Rep), elected; H. C. Lett (Dem & Liberal Republican), defeated.
  • 1874 Oct 13: Silas Garber (Rep), elected; Albert Tuxbury (Dem), defeated; J. F. Gardner (People's Independent), defeated; Jarvis S. Church (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1876 Nov 7: Silas Garber (Rep), elected; Paren England (Dem), defeated; J. F. Gardner (People's Independent), defeated.
  • 1878 Nov 5: Albinus Nance (Rep), elected; W. H. Webster (Dem), defeated; Levi G. Todd (People's Independent), defeated.
  • 1880 Nov 2: Albinus Nance (Rep), elected; Thomas W. Tipton (Dem), defeated; Oliver T. B. Williams (People's Independent), defeated.
  • 1882 Nov 7: James W. Dawes (Rep), elected; J. Sterling Morton (Dem), defeated; E. P. Ingersoll (People's Independent), defeated.
  • 1902: William H. Thompson (Dem), defeated.
  • 1906: Ashton C. Shallenberger (Dem), defeated.
  • 1908: Ashton C. Shallenberger (Dem), elected.
  • 1910: James C. Dahlman, defeated.
  • 1912 Nov 5: John H. Morehead (Dem & People's Independent), elected; Chester H. Aldrich (Rep & Progressive), defeated; Clyde J. Wright (Socialist), defeated; Nathan Wilson (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1914 Nov 3: John H. Morehead (Dem & People's Independent), elected; Robert B. Howell (Rep), defeated; Harry E. Sackett (Progressive), defeated; George C. Porter (Socialist), defeated; Nathan Wilson (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1916 Nov 7: Keith Neville (Dem & People's Independent), elected; Abraham L. Sutton (Rep), defeated; B. Z. Miller (Socialist), defeated; J. D. Graves (Prohibition), defeated.
  • 1924 Nov 4: Adam McMullen (Rep), elected; John N. Norton (Dem), defeated; Dan H. Butler (Progressive), defeated.
  • 1926: Charles W. Bryan, defeated.
  • 1928: Charles W. Bryan, defeated.
  • 1932: Dwight P. Griswold (Rep), defeated.
  • 1934: Eugene D. O'Sullivan, defeated for nomination; Robert LeRoy Cochran, elected; Dwight P. Griswold (Rep), defeated; Terry Carpenter, defeated.
  • 1934 Aug 14: C. A. Sorensen (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1936: Robert LeRoy Cochran, elected; Dwight P. Griswold (Rep), elected.
  • 1938: Charles W. Bryan, defeated; Robert LeRoy Cochran, elected.
  • 1940: Arthur L. Miller, defeated for nomination.
  • 1940 Nov 5: Dwight P. Griswold (Rep), elected; Terry Carpenter (Dem), defeated.
  • 1942: Dwight P. Griswold (Rep), elected.
  • 1944: Dwight P. Griswold (Rep), elected.
  • 1948 Nov 2: Val Peterson (Rep), elected; Frank Sorrell (Dem), defeated.
  • 1950: Terry Carpenter, defeated for nomination.
  • 1954 Nov 2: Victor E. Anderson (Rep), elected; William Ritchie (Dem), defeated.
  • 1960: Terry Carpenter, defeated for nomination.
  • 1960: Robert B. Conrad (Dem), defeated in primary.
  • 1960 Sep 9: Ralph G. Brooks, died in office.
  • 1962: Fred A. Seaton, defeated.
  • 1966 Nov 8: Norbert T. Tiemann (Rep), elected; Philip C. Sorensen (Dem), defeated.
  • 1986: Kay A. Orr (Rep), elected; Helen Boosalis (Dem), defeated.
  • 1990: Kay A. Orr (Rep), defeated.
  • 1998: Jon Christensen (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 1998: Mike Johanns (Rep), elected.
  • 2002: Mike Johanns (Rep), elected.
  • 2005 Jan 20: Mike Johanns, resigned.
  • 2006: Tom Osborne (Rep), defeated in primary.
  • 2006: Dave Heineman (Rep), elected.
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