List of governors of Nebraska

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The Governor of Nebraska holds the "supreme executive power" of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The current office holder is Jim Pillen, a Republican, who was sworn in on January 5, 2022.

Governor of Nebraska
Seal of Nebraska
Incumbent
Jim Pillen

since January 5, 2023
StyleThe Honorable
ResidenceNebraska Governor's Mansion
Term length4 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderDavid Butler
FormationConstitution of Nebraska
Salary$105,000 (2013)[1]

List of State Governors

Parties

  Republican (27)  Democratic (12)  Fusion (Democratic/Populist) (2)

#Governor
(Birth–Death)
PartyTook officeLeft officeLt. GovernorNotes
1  David Butler
(1829–1891)
RepublicanFebruary 21, 1867June 2, 1871None[2]
 William H. James
(1831–1920)
RepublicanJune 2, 1871January 13, 1873NoneSecretary of State[3]
2  Robert Wilkinson Furnas
(1824–1905)
RepublicanJanuary 13, 1873January 11, 1875None
3  Silas Garber
(1833–1905)
RepublicanJanuary 11, 1875January 9, 1879None
Othman A. Abbott
4  Albinus Nance
(1848–1911)
RepublicanJanuary 9, 1879January 4, 1883Edmund C. Carns
5  James W. Dawes
(1844–1918)
RepublicanJanuary 4, 1883January 6, 1887Alfred W. Agee
Hibbard H. Shedd
6  John Milton Thayer
(1820–1906)
RepublicanJanuary 6, 1887February 8, 1892Hibbard H. Shedd
George D. Meiklejohn
Thomas J. Majors
[4]
7  James E. Boyd
(1834–1906)
DemocraticFebruary 8, 1892January 13, 1893Thomas J. Majors[4]
8  Lorenzo Crounse
(1834–1909)
RepublicanJanuary 13, 1893January 3, 1895Thomas J. Majors
9  Silas A. Holcomb
(1858–1920)
Fusion
(Democratic/Populist)
January 3, 1895January 5, 1899Robert E. Moore
James E. Harris
10  William A. Poynter
(1848–1909)
Fusion
(Democratic/Populist)
January 5, 1899January 3, 1901Edward A. Gilbert
11  Charles H. Dietrich
(1853–1924)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1901May 1, 1901Ezra P. SavageResigned[5]
12  Ezra P. Savage
(1842–1920)
RepublicanMay 1, 1901January 8, 1903NoneLt-Gov.[6]
13  John H. Mickey
(1845–1910)
RepublicanJanuary 8, 1903January 3, 1907Edmund G. McGilton
14  George L. Sheldon
(1870–1960)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1907January 7, 1909Melville R. Hopewell
15  Ashton C. Shallenberger
(1862–1938)
DemocraticJanuary 7, 1909January 5, 1911Melville R. Hopewell
16  Chester H. Aldrich
(1863–1924)
RepublicanJanuary 5, 1911January 9, 1913Melville R. Hopewell
17  John H. Morehead
(1861–1942)
DemocraticJanuary 9, 1913January 4, 1917Samuel R. McKelvie (Republican)
James Pearson (Democratic)
18  Keith Neville
(1884–1959)
DemocraticJanuary 4, 1917January 9, 1919Edgar Howard
19  Samuel R. McKelvie
(1881–1956)
RepublicanJanuary 9, 1919January 3, 1923Pelham A. Barrows
20  Charles W. Bryan
(1867–1945)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1923January 8, 1925Fred G. Johnson (Republican)
21  Adam McMullen
(1872–1959)
RepublicanJanuary 8, 1925January 3, 1929George A. Williams
22  Arthur J. Weaver
(1873–1945)
RepublicanJanuary 3, 1929January 8, 1931George A. Williams
23  Charles W. Bryan
(1867–1945)
DemocraticJanuary 8, 1931January 3, 1935Theodore Metcalfe (Republican)
Walter H. Jurgensen (Democratic)
24  Robert Leroy Cochran
(1886–1963)
DemocraticJanuary 3, 1935January 9, 1941Walter H. Jurgensen (Democratic)
Nate M. Parsons (Democratic)
William E. Johnson (Republican)
25  Dwight Griswold
(1893–1954)
RepublicanJanuary 9, 1941January 9, 1947William E. Johnson
Roy W. Johnson
26  Val Peterson
(1903–1983)
RepublicanJanuary 9, 1947January 8, 1953Robert B. Crosby
Charles J. Warner
27  Robert B. Crosby
(1911–2000)
RepublicanJanuary 8, 1953January 6, 1955Charles J. Warner
28  Victor E. Anderson
(1902–1962)
RepublicanJanuary 6, 1955January 8, 1959Charles J. Warner
Dwight W. Burney
29  Ralph G. Brooks
(1898–1960)
DemocraticJanuary 8, 1959September 9, 1960Dwight W. BurneyDied.[7]
30  Dwight W. Burney
(1892–1987)
RepublicanSeptember 9, 1960January 5, 1961Dwight W. BurneyLt-Gov.[6]
31  Frank B. Morrison
(1905–2004)
DemocraticJanuary 5, 1961January 5, 1967Dwight W. Burney (Republican)
Philip C. Sorensen (Democratic)
32  Norbert Tiemann
(1924–2012)
RepublicanJanuary 5, 1967January 7, 1971John E. Everroad
33  J. James Exon
(1921–2005)
DemocraticJanuary 7, 1971January 4, 1979Frank Marsh (Republican)
Gerald T. Whelan (Democratic)
34  Charles Thone
(1924–2018)
RepublicanJanuary 4, 1979January 6, 1983Roland A. Luedtke
35  J. Robert Kerrey
(b. 1943)
DemocraticJanuary 6, 1983January 9, 1987Donald F. McGinley
36  Kay A. Orr
(b. 1939)
RepublicanJanuary 9, 1987January 9, 1991William E. Nichol[8]
37  Ben Nelson
(b. 1941)
DemocraticJanuary 9, 1991January 7, 1999Maxine B. Moul
Kim M. Robak
38  Mike Johanns
(b. 1950)
RepublicanJanuary 7, 1999January 20, 2005David I. Maurstad
David Heineman
Resigned[9]
39  Dave Heineman
(b. 1948)
RepublicanJanuary 20, 2005January 8, 2015Rick Sheehy
Lavon Heidemann
John E. Nelson
Lt-Gov.[10]
40  Pete Ricketts
(b. 1964)
RepublicanJanuary 8, 2015January 5, 2023Mike Foley
41  Jim Pillen
(b. 1955)
RepublicanJanuary 5, 2023IncumbentJoe Kelly

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