The governor of Nebraska is the head of government of the U.S. state of Nebraska as provided by the fourth article of the Constitution of Nebraska. The officeholder is elected to a four-year term, with elections held two years after presidential elections. The governor may be elected any number of times, but not more than twice in a row. The current officeholder is Jim Pillen, a Republican, who was sworn in on January 5, 2023.
| Governor of Nebraska | |
|---|---|
Seal of Nebraska | |
Incumbent since January 5, 2023Jim Pillen | |
| Style | The Honorable |
| Residence | Nebraska Governor's Mansion |
| Term length | 4 years, renewable once consecutively |
| Inaugural holder | David Butler |
| Formation | Constitution of Nebraska |
| Succession | Line of succession |
| Deputy | Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska |
| Salary | $105,000 USD (2022) |
| Website | governor |
Governors of Nebraska must be at least 30 years old and have been citizens and residents of the state for five years before being elected. Before 1966, the governor was elected to a two-year term. In 1962, a constitutional amendment extended the gubernatorial term to four years, effective with the 1966 election. In 1966, another amendment imposed a term limit of two consecutive terms. The lieutenant governor is subject to the same limitations and runs on a combined ticket with the governor. Charles W. Bryan is the only Governor of Nebraska to serve non-consecutive terms. Dave Heineman holds the record as Nebraska's longest-serving governor with 10 years.
The governor's term, along with all other elected statewide officers, begins on the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in the month of January after an election. If the governor becomes incapacitated or is out of the state, the lieutenant governor acts as governor; if there is a vacancy or permanent incapacitation, the lieutenant governor becomes governor and serves the balance of the term. However, if both offices become vacant, the next person in the line of succession is the Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature, who is then followed by the chairs of various committees in the legislature.
List of governors
Nebraska Territory
Nebraska Territory was organized on May 30, 1854. It had five governors appointed by the president of the United States.
On July 26, 1853, William Walker was elected provisional governor of Nebraska Territory; this spurred the federal government into action to organize the territory.
| No. | Governor | Term in office | Appointed by | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Burt (1807–1854) | August 2, 1854 – October 18, 1854 (died in office) | Franklin Pierce | |
| 2 | Mark W. Izard (1799–1866) | December 20, 1854 – October 25, 1857 (resigned) | Franklin Pierce | |
| 3 | William Alexander Richardson (1811–1875) | December 10, 1857 – December 5, 1858 (resigned) | James Buchanan | |
| 4 | Samuel W. Black (1816–1862) | February 8, 1859 – February 24, 1861 (resigned) | James Buchanan | |
| 5 | Alvin Saunders (1817–1899) | March 27, 1861 – March 27, 1867 (statehood) | Abraham Lincoln | |
| Andrew Johnson | ||||
State of Nebraska
Nebraska was admitted to the Union on March 1, 1867.
| No. | Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Lt. Governor | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Butler (1829–1891) | March 27, 1867 – June 2, 1871 (impeached and removed) | Republican | 1866 | Office did not exist | |||
| 1868 | ||||||||
| 1870 | ||||||||
| – | William H. James (1831–1920) | June 2, 1871 – January 13, 1873 (successor took office) | Republican | Secretary of state acting | ||||
| 2 | Robert Wilkinson Furnas (1824–1905) | January 13, 1873 – January 12, 1875 (did not run) | Republican | 1872 | ||||
| 3 | Silas Garber (1833–1905) | January 12, 1875 – January 9, 1879 (did not run) | Republican | 1874 | ||||
| 1876 | Othman A. Abbott | |||||||
| 4 | Albinus Nance (1848–1911) | January 9, 1879 – January 4, 1883 (did not run) | Republican | 1878 | Edmund C. Carns | |||
| 1880 | ||||||||
| 5 | James W. Dawes (1845–1918) | January 4, 1883 – January 6, 1887 (did not run) | Republican | 1882 | Alfred W. Agee | |||
| 1884 | Hibbard H. Shedd | |||||||
| 6 | John Milton Thayer (1820–1906) | January 6, 1887 – January 15, 1891 (did not run) | Republican | 1886 | ||||
| 1888 | George de Rue Meiklejohn | |||||||
| Thomas Jefferson Majors | ||||||||
| 7 | James E. Boyd (1834–1906) | January 15, 1891 – May 5, 1891 (removed) | Democratic | 1890 | ||||
| 6 | John Milton Thayer (1820–1906) | May 5, 1891 – February 8, 1892 (removed) | Republican | |||||
| 7 | James E. Boyd (1834–1906) | February 8, 1892 – January 13, 1893 (did not run) | Democratic | |||||
| 8 | Lorenzo Crounse (1834–1909) | January 13, 1893 – January 3, 1895 (did not run) | Republican | 1892 | ||||
| 9 | Silas A. Holcomb (1858–1920) | January 3, 1895 – January 5, 1899 (did not run) | Fusion | 1894 | Robert E. Moore | |||
| 1896 | James E. Harris | |||||||
| 10 | William A. Poynter (1848–1909) | January 5, 1899 – January 3, 1901 (lost election) | Fusion | 1898 | Edward A. Gilbert | |||
| 11 | Charles Henry Dietrich (1853–1924) | January 3, 1901 – May 1, 1901 (resigned) | Republican | 1900 | Ezra P. Savage | |||
| 12 | Ezra P. Savage (1842–1920) | May 1, 1901 – January 8, 1903 (did not run) | Republican | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Calvin F. Steele (acting) | |||
| 13 | John H. Mickey (1845–1910) | January 8, 1903 – January 3, 1907 (did not run) | Republican | 1902 | Edmund G. McGilton | |||
| 1904 | ||||||||
| 14 | George L. Sheldon (1870–1960) | January 3, 1907 – January 7, 1909 (lost election) | Republican | 1906 | Melville R. Hopewell (died May 2, 1911) | |||
| 15 | Ashton C. Shallenberger (1862–1938) | January 7, 1909 – January 5, 1911 (lost nomination) | Democratic | 1908 | ||||
| 16 | Chester Hardy Aldrich (1863–1924) | January 5, 1911 – January 9, 1913 (lost election) | Republican | 1910 | ||||
| John H. Morehead (acting) | ||||||||
| 17 | John H. Morehead (1861–1942) | January 9, 1913 – January 4, 1917 (did not run) | Democratic | 1912 | Samuel Roy McKelvie | |||
| 1914 | James Pearson | |||||||
| 18 | Keith Neville (1884–1959) | January 4, 1917 – January 9, 1919 (lost election) | Democratic | 1916 | Edgar Howard | |||
| 19 | Samuel Roy McKelvie (1881–1956) | January 9, 1919 – January 4, 1923 (did not run) | Republican | 1918 | Pelham A. Barrows | |||
| 1920 | ||||||||
| 20 | Charles W. Bryan (1867–1945) | January 4, 1923 – January 8, 1925 (did not run) | Democratic | 1922 | Fred Gustus Johnson | |||
| 21 | Adam McMullen (1872–1959) | January 8, 1925 – January 3, 1929 (did not run) | Republican | 1924 | George A. Williams | |||
| 1926 | ||||||||
| 22 | Arthur J. Weaver (1873–1945) | January 3, 1929 – January 8, 1931 (lost election) | Republican | 1928 | ||||
| 23 | Charles W. Bryan (1867–1945) | January 8, 1931 – January 3, 1935 (did not run) | Democratic | 1930 | Theodore W. Metcalfe | |||
| 1932 | Walter H. Jurgensen (removed June 26, 1938) | |||||||
| 24 | Robert Leroy Cochran (1886–1963) | January 3, 1935 – January 9, 1941 (did not run) | Democratic | 1934 | ||||
| 1936 | ||||||||
| Vacant | ||||||||
| Nate M. Parsons (elected November 8, 1938) | ||||||||
| 1938 | William E. Johnson | |||||||
| 25 | Dwight Griswold (1893–1954) | January 9, 1941 – January 9, 1947 (did not run) | Republican | 1940 | ||||
| 1942 | Roy W. Johnson | |||||||
| 1944 | ||||||||
| 26 | Val Peterson (1903–1983) | January 9, 1947 – January 8, 1953 (did not run) | Republican | 1946 | Robert B. Crosby | |||
| 1948 | Charles J. Warner (died September 24, 1955) | |||||||
| 1950 | ||||||||
| 27 | Robert B. Crosby (1911–2000) | January 8, 1953 – January 6, 1955 (did not run) | Republican | 1952 | ||||
| 28 | Victor Emanuel Anderson (1902–1962) | January 6, 1955 – January 8, 1959 (lost election) | Republican | 1954 | ||||
| Vacant | ||||||||
| 1956 | Dwight W. Burney | |||||||
| 29 | Ralph G. Brooks (1898–1960) | January 8, 1959 – September 9, 1960 (died in office) | Democratic | 1958 | ||||
| 30 | Dwight W. Burney (1892–1987) | September 9, 1960 – January 5, 1961 (did not run) | Republican | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant | |||
| 31 | Frank B. Morrison (1905–2004) | January 5, 1961 – January 5, 1967 (did not run) | Democratic | 1960 | Dwight W. Burney | |||
| 1962 | ||||||||
| 1964 | Philip C. Sorensen | |||||||
| 32 | Norbert Tiemann (1924–2012) | January 5, 1967 – January 7, 1971 (lost election) | Republican | 1966 | John E. Everroad | |||
| 33 | J. James Exon (1921–2005) | January 7, 1971 – January 4, 1979 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1970 | Frank Marsh | |||
| 1974 | Gerald T. Whelan | |||||||
| 34 | Charles Thone (1924–2018) | January 4, 1979 – January 6, 1983 (lost election) | Republican | 1978 | Roland A. Luedtke | |||
| 35 | Bob Kerrey (b. 1943) | January 6, 1983 – January 8, 1987 (did not run) | Democratic | 1982 | Donald McGinley | |||
| 36 | Kay A. Orr (b. 1939) | January 8, 1987 – January 10, 1991 (lost election) | Republican | 1986 | William E. Nichol | |||
| 37 | Ben Nelson (b. 1941) | January 10, 1991 – January 7, 1999 (term-limited) | Democratic | 1990 | Maxine Moul (resigned October 6, 1993) | |||
| Kim M. Robak (appointed October 6, 1993) | ||||||||
| 1994 | ||||||||
| 38 | Mike Johanns (b. 1950) | January 7, 1999 – January 20, 2005 (resigned) | Republican | 1998 | David Maurstad (resigned October 1, 2001) | |||
| Dave Heineman (appointed October 1, 2001) | ||||||||
| 2002 | ||||||||
| 39 | Dave Heineman (b. 1948) | January 20, 2005 – January 8, 2015 (term-limited) | Republican | Succeeded from lieutenant governor | Vacant | |||
| Rick Sheehy (appointed January 24, 2005) (resigned February 2, 2013) | ||||||||
| 2006 | ||||||||
| 2010 | ||||||||
| Vacant | ||||||||
| Lavon Heidemann (appointed February 13, 2013) (resigned September 9, 2014) | ||||||||
| Vacant | ||||||||
| John E. Nelson (appointed September 29, 2014) | ||||||||
| 40 | Pete Ricketts (b. 1964) | January 8, 2015 – January 5, 2023 (term-limited) | Republican | 2014 | Mike Foley | |||
| 2018 | ||||||||
| 41 | Jim Pillen (b. 1955) | January 5, 2023 – Incumbent | Republican | 2022 | Joe Kelly | |||
Timeline
| Timeline of Nebraska governors |
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See also
- United States congressional delegations from Nebraska
- Political party strength in Nebraska
- Gubernatorial lines of succession in the United States#Nebraska
- List of Nebraska state legislatures
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