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U.S. Senators from Nebraska:
Name	Dates of Service
*Class 1*
Thomas W. Tipton (R,LR) Algernon S. Paddock (R) Charles H. Van Wyck (R) Algernon S. Paddock (R) William V. Allen (PO) Monroe L. Hayward (R) William V. Allen (PO) Charles H. Dietrich (R) Elmer J. Burkett (R) Gilbert M. Hitchcock (D) Robert B. Howell (R) William H. Thompson (D) Richard C. Hunter (D) Edward R. Burke (D) Hugh A. Butler (R) Samuel W. Reynolds (R) Roman L. Hruska (R) Edward Zorinsky (D) David K. Karnes (R) J. Robert Kerrey (D) Earl Benjamin Nelson (D)	1867-1875 1875-1881 1881-1887 1887-1893 1893-1899 1899-1899 1899-1901 1901-1905 1905-1911 1911-1923 1923-1933 1933-1934 1934-1935 1935-1941 1941-1954 1954-1954 1954-1976 1976-1987 1987-1989 1989-2001 2001---

Name	Dates of Service
*Class 2*
John M. Thayer (R) Phineas W. Hitchcock (R) Alvin Saunders (R) Charles F. Manderson (R) John M. Thurston (R) Joseph H. Millard (R) Norris Brown (R) George W. Norris (R,I) Kenneth S. Wherry (R) Frederick A. Seaton (R) Dwight P. Griswold (R) Eva K. Bowring (R) Hazel H. Abel (R) Carl T. Curtis (R) J. James Exon (D) Chuck Hagel (R)	1867-1871 1871-1877 1877-1883 1883-1895 1895-1901 1901-1907 1907-1913 1913-1943 1943-1951 1951-1952 1952-1954 1954-1954 1954-1954 1955-1979 1979-1997 1997---

Senate Service
Longest Service (24 years or more): George W. Norris Carl T. Curtis

Nebraska Senators Who Served in Leadership Positions
President Pro Tempore: Charles F. Manderson Minority Leader: Kenneth S. Wherry Party Whips: Kenneth S. Wherry Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair: J. Robert Kerrey Standing Committee Chairs Since 1947: Interior and Insular Affairs: Hugh A. Butler
Nebraska Senators Depicted on U.S. Postage Stamps:
George W. Norris

Nebraska Citizens Honored in the Capitol's Art Collection
Statuary: William Jennings Bryan by Rudulph Evans (Statuary Hall); Julius Sterling Morton by Rudulph Evans (Hall of Columns).


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