Historical Record
Previous Governors of Nebraska
Governors who previously held office in Nebraska, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesJim PillenRepublican2023–2027
Pete RickettsRepublican2015–2023
Dave HeinemanRepublican2005–2015
Mike JohannsRepublican1999–2005
Ben NelsonDemocrat1991–1999
Kay A. OrrRepublican1987–1991
Bob KerreyDemocrat1983–1987
Charles ThoneRepublican1979–1983
J. James ExonDemocrat1971–1979
Norbert TiemannRepublican1967–1971
Frank B. MorrisonDemocrat1961–1967
Dwight W. BurneyRepublican1960–1961
Ralph G. BrooksDemocrat1959–1960
Victor Emanuel AndersonRepublican1955–1959
Robert B. CrosbyRepublican1953–1955
Val PetersonRepublican1947–1953
Dwight GriswoldRepublican1941–1947
Robert Leroy CochranDemocrat1935–1941
Charles W. BryanDemocrat1931–1935
Arthur J. WeaverRepublican1929–1931
Adam McMullenRepublican1925–1929
Charles W. BryanDemocrat1923–1925
Samuel Roy McKelvieRepublican1919–1923
Keith NevilleDemocrat1917–1919
John H. MoreheadDemocrat1913–1917
Chester Hardy AldrichRepublican1911–1913
Ashton C. ShallenbergerDemocrat1909–1911
George L. SheldonRepublican1907–1911
John H. MickeyRepublican1903–1907
Ezra P. SavageRepublican1901–1903
William A. PoynterDemocrat1899–1901
Charles Henry DietrichRepublican1901–1901
Silas A. HolcombDemocrat1895–1899
Lorenzo CrounseRepublican1893–1895
James E. BoydDemocrat1892–1893
John Milton ThayerRepublican1891–1892
John Milton ThayerRepublican1887–1892
James E. BoydDemocrat1891–1891
James W. DawesRepublican1883–1887
Albinus NanceRepublican1879–1883
Silas GarberRepublican1875–1879
Robert Wilkinson FurnasRepublican1873–1875
William H. JamesRepublican1871–1873
David ButlerRepublican1867–1871
Alvin SaundersIndependent1861–1867
Samuel W. BlackIndependent1859–1861
William Alexander RichardsonIndependent1857–1858
Mark W. IzardIndependent1854–1857
Francis BurtIndependent1854–1854