Political party strength in Nebraska

!rowspan=2|Year!!Executive offices!!rowspan=2|Legislature

!United States Congress

!Governor!!Delegate

!1853

|{{Party shading/Independent}}|William Walker (I){{efn|Provisional}}

|rowspan=2|no legislature

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Napoleon Bonaparte Giddings (D)

!1854

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Francis Burt (D)

!1855

|rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Mark W. Izard (D)

| rowspan="12" |Territorial legislature

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Bird Beers Chapman (D)

!1856

!1857

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Fenner Ferguson (D)

!1858

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|William Alexander Richardson (D)

!1859

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Samuel W. Black (D)

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|Experience Estabrook (D)

!1860

| rowspan="5" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Samuel Gordon Daily (R)

!1861

| rowspan="6" {{Party shading/Republican}} |Alvin Saunders (R)

!1862

!1863

!1864

!1865

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}}|Phineas Hitchcock (R)

!1866

! rowspan=2 class=unsortable |Year!! colspan=6 |Executive offices

! colspan=2 |State Legislature

! colspan=3 |United States Congress!! rowspan=2 class=unsortable |Electoral
votes

! class=unsortable |Governor!! class=unsortable |Lieutenant
Governor!! class=unsortable |Secretary
of State!! class=unsortable |Attorney
General!! class=unsortable |Auditor!! class=unsortable |Treasurer

! class=unsortable |Senate !! class=unsortable |House !! class=unsortable |Senator
(Class I)!! class=unsortable |Senator
(Class II)!! class=unsortable |House

! rowspan=2 |1867

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |David Butler (R){{efn|Impeached and removed from office for misappropriation of state funds; the impeachment was expunged six years later.}}

| rowspan=12 |no such office

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Thomas P. Kennard House (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Champion S. Chase (R)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John Gillespie (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Augustus Kountze (R)

| rowspan=19 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

| rowspan=19 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Thomas Tipton (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John Milton Thayer (R)

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Turner M. Marquett (R)

| rowspan=2 |

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John Taffe (R)

!1868

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Grant/
Colfax (R) {{aye}}

!1869

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Seth Robinson (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |James Sweet (R)

!1870

! rowspan=2 |1871

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |William H. James (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George H. Roberts (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Henry A. Koenig (R)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Phineas Hitchcock (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |William H. James (R){{efn|As state secretary of state, acted as governor for unexpired term.}}

!1872

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Grant/
Wilson (R) {{aye}}

!1873

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Robert Wilkinson Furnas (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John J. Gosper (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Joseph R. Webster (R)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Jefferson B. Weston (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Lorenzo Crounse (R)

!1874

!1875

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Silas Garber (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bruno Tzschuck (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George H. Roberts (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |J. C. McBride (R)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Algernon Paddock (R)

!1876

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Hayes/
Wheeler (R) {{aye}}

!1877

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Othman A. Abbott (R)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Alvin Saunders (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Frank Welch (R){{efn|name=died|Died in office.}}

! rowspan=2 |1878

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Thomas Jefferson
Majors (R)

!1879

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Albinus Nance (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edmund C. Carns (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |S. J. Alexander (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |C. J. Dilworth (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |F. W. Liedtke (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George M. Bartlett (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edward K.
Valentine (R)

!1880

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Garfield/
Arthur (R) {{nay}}

!1881

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John Wallichs (R)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Charles Van Wyck (R)

!1882

!1883

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |James W. Dawes (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Alfred W. Agee (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edward P. Roggen (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Isaac Powers, Jr. (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |Phelps D.
Sturdevant {{nowrap|(D/A-Mo)}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |D/A-Mo maj.{{efn|The Coalition elected an Anti-Monopolist as Senate President Pro Tempore.{{Cite web|title=Senate journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska. 1883.|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2998102;view=1up;seq=7|access-date=2021-06-23|website=HathiTrust|language=en|page=14}}}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

| rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Charles F. Manderson (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |3R

!1884

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Blaine/
Logan (R) {{nay}}

!1885

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Hibbard H. Shedd (R)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |William Leese (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |H. A. Babcock (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Charles H. Willard (R)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

!1886

!1887

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John Milton Thayer (R){{efn|name=boyd|James E. Boyd won the 1890 election and was sworn in on January 8, 1891. However, due to a question of his U.S. citizenship and eligibility for the office, he did not take office until February 8, 1892.}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Gilbert L. Laws (R){{efn|Resigned on November 20, 1889 to take an elected seat in the United States House of Representatives.}}

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Algernon Paddock (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |2R, 1D

!1888

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Harrison/
Morton (R) {{aye}}

!1889

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George de Rue
Meiklejohn (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Thomas H. Benton (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John E. Hill (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |3R

!1890

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Benjamin R. Cowdery (R){{efn|name=appointed|Appointed to fill vacancy.}}

!1891

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Thomas Jefferson
Majors (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John Clayton Allen (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George H. Hastings (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Populist}} |Pop maj.

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Populist}} |Pop maj.

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Populist}} |2Pop, 1D

!1892

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |James E. Boyd (D){{efn|name=boyd}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Harrison/
Reid (R) {{nay}}

!1893

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Lorenzo Crounse (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Eugene Moore (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Joseph S. Bartley (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |D/Pop maj.

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |D/Pop maj.{{efn|A Republican was elected as Senate President Pro Tempore, but the chamber was organized by the coalition of Democrats and Populists.{{Cite web|title=Senate journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska. 1893.|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2998106;view=1up;seq=8|access-date=2021-06-23|website=HathiTrust|language=en|page=ii, viii–x}}}}

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Populist}} |William V. Allen (Pop)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |3R, 2Pop, 1D

!1894

!1895

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |Silas A. Holcomb (D/Pop)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |Robert E. Moore (D/Pop)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Joel A. Piper (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Arthur S. Churchill (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John M. Thurston (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |5R, 1Pop

!1896

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |4 – Bryan/
Sewall (D/Sv) {{nay}}
4 – Bryan/
Watson (Pop) {{nay}}

!1897

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |James E. Harris (D/Pop)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |William F. Porter (D/Pop)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |Constantine Joseph
Smyth (D/Pop)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |John F. Cornell (D/Pop)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |John B. Meserve (D/Pop)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |D/Pop/SvR maj.

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |D/Pop/SvR maj.{{efn|A Silver Republican was elected as Senate President Pro Tempore, and the Silver Republicans were in coalition with the Democrats and Populists in organizing both chambers.{{Cite web|title=Senate journal of the Legislature of the State of Nebraska. 1897.|url=http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b2998107;view=1up;seq=10|access-date=2021-06-23|website=HathiTrust|language=en|page=vi, viii}}}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Populist}} |4Pop, 2R

!1898

!1899

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Fusion}} |William A. Poynter (D/Pop)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edward A. Gilbert (R)

| rowspan=11 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

| rowspan=11 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Monroe Hayward (R){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Populist}} |3Pop, 2R, 1D

!1900

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Populist}} |William V. Allen (Pop){{efn|name=appnoelec|Appointed to fill vacancy; did not seek election.}}

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |McKinley/
Roosevelt (R) {{aye}}

! rowspan=2 |1901

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Charles H. Dietrich (R){{efn|Resigned on May 1, 1901 to take an elected seat in the United States Senate.}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ezra P. Savage (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George W. Marsh (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Frank N. Prout (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Charles Weston (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |William Stuefer (R)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Joseph Millard (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tie}} |2D, 2Pop, 2R

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ezra P. Savage (R){{efn|name=ltacted|As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term.}}

| rowspan=2 |vacant

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Charles H. Dietrich (R)

!1902

!1903

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John H. Mickey (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edmund G. McGilton (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Peter Mortensen (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |5R, 1D

!1904

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Roosevelt/
Fairbanks (R) {{aye}}

!1905

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |A. Galusha (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Norris Brown (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edward N. Searle Jr. (R)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Elmer Burkett (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |6R

!1906

!1907

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George L. Sheldon (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Melville R. Hopewell (R){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George C. Junkin (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |William T. Thompson (R){{efn|Resigned in 1910 to take office as Solicitor of the United States Treasury.}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |L. G. Brian (R)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Norris Brown (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |5R, 1D

!1908

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Bryan/
Kern (D) {{nay}}

!1909

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ashton C. Shallenberger (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Silas Reynolds
Barton (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |D maj.

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |D maj.

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Tie}} |3D, 3R

!1910

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Arthur F. Mullen (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

!1911

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Chester Hardy Aldrich (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Addison Wait (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Grant G. Martin (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Walter A. George (R)

| rowspan=12 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Gilbert Hitchcock (D)

!1912

|vacant

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Wilson/
Marshall (D) {{aye}}

!1913

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John H. Morehead (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Samuel Roy McKelvie (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |W. B. Howard (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |D maj.

| rowspan=26 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George W. Norris (R)

!1914

!1915

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |James Pearson (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Charles W. Pool (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Willis E. Reed (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |William H. Smith (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |George E. Hall (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |D maj.

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |D maj.

!1916

!1917

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Keith Neville (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Edgar Howard (D)

!1918

!1919

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Samuel Roy McKelvie (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Pelham A. Barrows (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Darius M. Amsberry (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Clarence A. Davis (R)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George W. Marsh (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Daniel B. Cropsey (R)

| rowspan=14 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

| rowspan=14 {{Party shading/Republican}} |R maj.

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |6R

!1920

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Harding/
Coolidge (R) {{aye}}

!1921

!1922

!1923

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Charles W. Bryan (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Fred Gustus Johnson (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Charles W. Pool (D)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ora S. Spillman (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Charles D. Robinson (R)

| rowspan=11 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Robert B. Howell (R){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Tie}} |3D, 3R

!1924

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Coolidge/
Dawes (R) {{aye}}

!1925

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Adam McMullen (R)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George A. Williams (R)

!1926

!1927

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Frank Marsh Sr. (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |L. B. Johnson (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |W. M. Stebbins (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |4D, 2R

!1928

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Hoover/
Curtis (R) {{aye}}

!1929

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Arthur J. Weaver (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Christian A. Sorensen (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |4R, 2D

!1930

!1931

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Charles W. Bryan (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Theodore W. Metcalfe (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |George W. Marsh (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Truman W. Bass (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |4D, 2R

!1932

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Roosevelt/
Garner (D) {{aye}}

! rowspan=2 |1933

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Walter H. Jurgensen (D)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Harry R. Swanson (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Paul F. Good (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |William B. Price (D){{efn|Died in office on August 19, 1935.}}

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |George E. Hall (D){{efn|Died in office on December 21, 1936.}}

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |D maj.

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |D maj.

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |5D

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |William H. Thompson (D){{efn|name=appnoelec}}

! rowspan=2 |1934

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Richard C. Hunter (D)

! rowspan=2 |1935

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Robert Leroy Cochran (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |William H. Wright (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Edward R. Burke (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |4D, 1R

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Fred C. Ayres (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

! rowspan=2 |1936

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Independent}} |George W. Norris (I){{efn|Changed party affiliation from Republican to Independent in 1936.}}

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |H. J. Murray (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

! rowspan=2 class=unsortable |Year!! colspan=6 |Executive offices!! rowspan=2 class=unsortable |State Legislature{{efn|Due to a constitutional amendment passed in 1934, effective with the 1936 election, the Nebraska Legislature became a non-partisan unicameral body with 43 elected members.}}{{efn|The Nebraska Legislature is officially nonpartisan, but partisan affiliations of the members are generally known and publicly acknowledged.}}!! colspan=3 |United States Congress!! rowspan=2 class=unsortable |Electoral votes

! class=unsortable |Governor!! class=unsortable |Lieutenant
Governor!! class=unsortable |Secretary
of State!! class=unsortable |Attorney
General!! class=unsortable |Auditor!! class=unsortable |Treasurer!! class=unsortable |Senator
(Class I)!! class=unsortable |Senator
(Class II)!! class=unsortable |House

!1937

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Robert Leroy Cochran (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Walter H. Jurgensen (D)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Harry R. Swanson (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Richard C. Hunter (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |William H. Price (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Walter H. Jensen (D)

| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(22R, 21D)

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Edward R. Burke (D)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Independent}} |George W. Norris (I)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |4D, 1R

| rowspan=5 |

! rowspan=2 |1938

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Nate M. Parsons (D)

! rowspan=2 |1939

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |William E. Johnson (R)

| rowspan=11 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Walter R. Johnson (R)

| rowspan=37 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ray C. Johnson (R)

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Truman W. Bass (R){{efn|Died in office on August 21, 1939.}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(24R, 19D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |3R, 2D

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John Havekost (D){{efn|name=appointed}}

!1940

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Willkie/
McNary (R) {{nay}}

!1941

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dwight Griswold (R)

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Frank Marsh Sr. (R){{efn|Died in office on February 9, 1951.}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |L. B. Johnson (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(26R, 17D)

| rowspan=15 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Hugh A. Butler (R){{efn|name=died}}

!1942

!1943

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Roy W. Johnson (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Carl G. Swanson (R){{efn|Resigned on December 31, 1945.}}

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(26R, 13D; 4 not reported)

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Kenneth S. Wherry (R){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |4R

!1944

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(25R, 13D; 5 not reported)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dewey/
Bricker (R) {{nay}}

!1945

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(28R, 7D; 8 not reported)

!1946

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Edward Gillette (R){{efn|name=appointedelected|Appointed to fill vacancy; subsequently elected.}}

!1947

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Val Peterson (R)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Robert B. Crosby (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(20R, 9D; 14 not reported)

!1948

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dewey/
Warren (R) {{nay}}

!1949

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Charles J. Warner (R){{efn|name=died}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |James Hodson
Anderson (R){{efn|name=resigned|Resigned.}}

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(22R, 5D; 16 not reported)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |3R, 1D

!1950

| rowspan=15 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Clarence S. Beck (R){{efn|name=appointedelected}}

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(23R, 5D; 15 not reported)

!1951

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |James S. Pittenger (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Frank B. Heintze (R)

| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(25R, 5D, 1I; 12 not reported)

| rowspan=11 {{Party shading/Republican}} |4R

! rowspan=2 |1952

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Fred A. Seaton (R){{efn|name=appnoelec}}

| rowspan=11 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Eisenhower/
Nixon (R) {{aye}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dwight Griswold (R){{efn|name=died}}

!1953

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Robert B. Crosby (R)

| rowspan=21 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Frank Marsh (R)

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(26R, 5D, 1I; 11 not reported)

! rowspan=3 |1954

| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(26R, 4D, 1I; 12 not reported)

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Samuel W. Reynolds (R){{efn|name=appnoelec}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Eva Bowring (R){{efn|name=appnoelec}}

| rowspan=24 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Roman Hruska (R)

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Hazel Abel (R)

!1955

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Victor E. Anderson (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ralph W. Hill (R){{efn|Died in office on July 13, 1958.}}

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(23R, 8D, 2I; 10 not reported)

| rowspan=25 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Carl Curtis (R)

!1956

|vacant

!1957

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dwight W. Burney (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(25R, 13D, 1I; 4 not reported)

!1958

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bertha I. Hill (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

!1959

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ralph G. Brooks (D){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Richard R. Larsen (D)

| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(31R, 9D, 3I)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Tie}} |2D, 2R

! rowspan=2 |1960

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Nixon/
Lodge (R) {{nay}}

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dwight W. Burney (R){{efn|name=ltacted}}

!1961

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Frank B. Morrison (D)

| rowspan=14 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Clarence A. H. Meyer (R)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Clarence L. E. Swanson (R){{efn|Died in office on April 5, 1964.}}

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(26R, 11D, 3I; 3 not reported)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |4R

!1962

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(27R, 10D, 3I; 3 not reported)

!1963

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(29R, 12D, 2I)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |3R

!1964

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |P. Merle Humphries (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |43NP
(28R, 13D, 2I)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Johnson/
Humphrey (D) {{aye}}

!1965

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Philip C. Sorensen (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Fred Sorensen (D)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP{{efn|Due to the mandate of "one man, one vote" in Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims in redistricting, the Legislature expanded to 49 members.}}
(31R, 12D, 2I; 4 not reported)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |2R, 1D

!1966

!1967

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Norbert Tiemann (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John E. Everroad (R)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Wayne R. Swanson (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(33R, 12D, 2I; 2 not reported)

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Republican}} |3R

!1968

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Nixon/
Agnew (R) {{aye}}

!1969

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(36R, 11D; 2 not reported)

!1970

!1971

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |J. James Exon (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Frank Marsh (R)

| rowspan=26 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Allen J. Beermann (R)

| rowspan=21 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ray A. C. Johnson (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(36R, 12D, 1I)

!1972

!1973

| rowspan=4 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(33R, 15D, 1I)

!1974

!1975

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Gerald T. Whelan (D)

| rowspan=10 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Paul L. Douglas (R){{efn|name=resigned}}

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Frank Marsh (R){{efn|name=resigned}}

!1976

| rowspan=4 {{party shading/Republican}} |Ford/
Dole (R) {{nay}}

!1977

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(30R, 17D, 2I)

| rowspan=11 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Edward Zorinsky (D){{efn|name=died}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |2R, 1D

!1978

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(28R, 19D, 2I)

!1979

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Charles Thone (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Roland A. Luedtke (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(25R, 22D, 2I)

| rowspan=20 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |J. James Exon (D)

!1980

| rowspan=9 {{party shading/Republican}} |Reagan/
Bush (R) {{aye}}

!1981

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Kay A. Orr (R){{efn|name=appointedelected}}

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(30R, 17D, 2I)

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Republican}} |3R

!1982

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(31R, 16D, 2I)

!1983

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Bob Kerrey (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Donald McGinley (D)

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(30R, 17D, 2I)

!1984

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(29R, 19D, 1I)

!1985

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Robert M. Spire (R){{efn|name=appointedelected}}

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(26R, 22D, 1I)

!1986

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(25R, 23D, 1I)

! rowspan=2 |1987

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Kay A. Orr (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |William E. Nichol (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Frank Marsh (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(26R, 22D, 1I)

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |David Karnes (R){{efn|name=appointedlost|Appointed to fill vacancy; lost election to a full term.}}

!1988

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(27R, 21D, 1I)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bush/
Quayle (R) {{aye}}

!1989

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(28R, 20D, 1I)

| rowspan=13 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Bob Kerrey (D)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |2R, 1D

!1990

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(29R, 19D, 1I)

!1991

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ben Nelson (D)

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Maxine Moul (D){{efn|Resigned on October 4, 1993 to take office as director of the Nebraska Department of Economic Development.}}

| rowspan=14 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Don Stenberg (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |John Breslow (D)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dawn Rockey (D)

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(27R, 21D, 1I)

!1992

| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(26R, 22D, 1I)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bush/
Quayle (R) {{nay}}

! rowspan=2 |1993

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Kim M. Robak (D){{efn|name=appointedelected}}

!1994

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(25R, 23D, 1I)

!1995

| rowspan=6 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Scott Moore (R){{efn|Resigned on December 15, 2000 to take a position with Union Pacific Railroad.}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John Breslow (R){{efn|Changed party affiliation from Democratic to Republican in November 1994 after winning reelection as a Democrat.}}

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dave Heineman (R){{efn|Resigned on October 1, 2001 to take office as Lieutenant Governor.}}

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(26R, 22D, 1I)

| rowspan=22 {{Party shading/Republican}} |3R

!1996

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dole/
Kemp (R) {{nay}}

!1997

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(27R, 21D, 1I)

| rowspan=13 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Chuck Hagel (R)

!1998

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(26R, 21D, 2I)

!1999

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Mike Johanns (R){{efn|Resigned on January 20, 2005 to take office as United States Secretary of Agriculture.}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} | David Maurstad (R){{efn|Resigned on October 1, 2001 to take office as director of Federal Emergency Management Agency Region VIII.}}

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Kate Witek (R)

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(28R, 19D, 2I)

!2000

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(29R, 18D, 2I)

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Bush and
Cheney (R) {{aye}}

! rowspan=2 |2001

| rowspan=20 {{Party shading/Republican}} |John A. Gale (R){{efn|name=appointedelected}}

| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(31R, 16D, 2I)

| rowspan=13 {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Ben Nelson (D)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dave Heineman (R){{efn|name=appointedelected}}

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Lorelee Hunt Byrd (R){{efn|name=appointedelected}}{{efn|Resigned on January 6, 2004.}}

!2002

!2003

| rowspan=13 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Jon Bruning (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(34R, 13D, 2I)

!2004

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Ron Ross (R){{efn|name=appointedlost}}

!2005

| rowspan=11 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Dave Heineman (R){{efn|As lieutenant governor, acted as governor for unexpired term and was later elected in his own right.}}

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rick Sheehy (R){{efn|name=appointedelected}}{{efn|name=resigned}}

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(32R, 15D, 2I)

!2006

| {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Kate Witek (D){{efn|Changed party affiliation from Republican to Democratic in August 2006.}}

!2007

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Mike Foley (R)

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Shane Osborn (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}}|49NP
(30R, 17D, 2I)

!2008

| rowspan=4 {{party shading/Coalition}} |4 – McCain/
Palin (R) {{nay}}
1 – Obama/
Biden (D) {{aye}}{{efn|McCain and Palin received the state's two at-large votes and one vote each in the First and Third Congressional Districts while Obama and Biden received one vote in the Second District.}}

!2009

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}}|49NP
(31R, 18D)

| rowspan=7 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Mike Johanns (R)

!2010

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(30R, 19D)

!2011

| rowspan=9 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Don Stenberg (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}}|49NP
(32R, 17D)

!2012

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Romney/
Ryan (R) {{nay}}

!2013

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Lavon Heidemann (R){{efn|name=appointed}}{{efn|name=resigned}}

| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}}|49NP
(29R, 19D, 1I)

| rowspan=16 {{Party shading/Republican/current}} |Deb Fischer (R)

! rowspan=2 |2014

| {{Party shading/Republican}} |John E. Nelson (R){{efn|name=appnoelec}}

!2015

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Pete Ricketts (R)

| rowspan=8 {{Party shading/Republican}} |Mike Foley (R)

| rowspan=8 {{party shading/Republican}} |Doug Peterson (R)

| rowspan=8 {{party shading/Republican}} |Charlie Janssen (R)

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}}|49NP
(34R, 14D, 1I)

| rowspan=8 {{party shading/Republican}} |Ben Sasse (R)

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Republican}} |2R, 1D

!2016

| {{party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(35R, 13D, 1I)

| rowspan=4 {{party shading/Republican}} |Trump/
Pence (R) {{aye}}

!2017

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}}|49NP
(31R, 16D, 1L, 1I)

| rowspan=11 {{party shading/Republican/current}} |3R

!2018

!2019

| rowspan=9 {{party shading/Republican/current}} | Bob Evnen (R)

| rowspan=5 {{party shading/Republican}} | John Murante (R){{efn|Resigned on September 18, 2023 to lead the Nebraska Public Employees Retirement Systems.}}

| rowspan=2 {{party shading/Nonpartisan}}|49NP
(30R, 18D, 1I)

!2020

| rowspan=5 {{party shading/Coalition}} |4 – Trump/
Pence (R) {{nay}}
1 – Biden/
Harris (D) {{aye}}{{efn|Trump and Pence received the state's two at-large votes and one vote each in the First and Third Congressional Districts while Biden and Harris received one vote in the Second District.}}

!2021

| rowspan=3 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}}|49NP
(32R, 17D)

!2022

! rowspan=2 |2023

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican/current}} |Jim Pillen (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican/current}} |Joe Kelly (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican/current}} |Mike Hilgers (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican/current}} |Mike Foley (R)

| rowspan=5 {{Party shading/Republican/current}} |Pete Ricketts (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=4 {{Party shading/Republican/current}} |Tom Briese (R){{efn|name=appointed}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan}} |49NP
(32R, 16D, 1I)

! rowspan=2 |2024

| rowspan=3 {{party shading/Coalition}} |4 – Trump/
Vance (R) {{aye}}
1 – Harris/
Walz (D) {{nay}}{{efn|Trump and Vance received the state's two at-large votes and one vote each in the First and Third Congressional Districts while Harris and Walz received one vote in the Second District.}}

| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Nonpartisan/current}}" |49NP
(33R, 15D, 1I)

!2025