List of Lieutenant Governors of Nebraska
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This is a list of lieutenant governors
of Nebraska.
Lieutenant governor (United States)
In the United States, 43 of the 50 states have a separate, full-time office of lieutenant governor. In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when he or she is absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated...
of Nebraska.
| # | Name | Term Began | Term Ended | Party |
| 1 | Othman A. Abbott Othman A. Abbott Othman Ali Abbott was the first Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, United States, serving from 1877 to 1879 while Silas Garber was Governor.- Biography :... |
1877 | 1879 | Republican |
| 2 | Edmund C. Carns Edmund C. Carns Edmund Crawford Carns was the second Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, United States, serving from 1879 to 1883 while Albinus Nance was Governor. He was first elected state senator in 1876.-References:... |
1879 | 1883 | Republican |
| 3 | Alfred W. Agee Alfred W. Agee Alfred W. Agee was the third Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, United States, serving from 1883-85 while James W. Dawes was Governor.... |
1883 | 1885 | Republican |
| 4 | Hibbard H. Shedd Hibbard H. Shedd Hibbard Houston Shedd was an American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Nebraska from 1885 to 1889.... |
1885 | 1889 | Republican |
| 5 | George D. Meiklejohn | 1889 | 1891 | Republican |
| 6 | Thomas J. Majors | 1891 | 1895 | Republican |
| 7 | Robert E. Moore Robert E. Moore Robert Emmett Moore was an American politician who served as 7th lieutenant governor of Nebraska, from 1895-97.He also served as 11th mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska, from 1883-85.... |
1895 | 1897 | Fusion Fusion Party Fusion Party is a term that may have a variety of meanings in the political history of the United States.The Fusion Party was the original name of the Republican Party in the state of Ohio. In 1854, anti-slavery parties were forming in many northern states in opposition to the Kansas Nebraska Act... (Democrat/Populist Populist Party (United States) The People's Party, also known as the "Populists", was a short-lived political party in the United States established in 1891. It was most important in 1892-96, then rapidly faded away... ) |
| 8 | James E. Harris | 1897 | 1899 | Fusion Fusion Party Fusion Party is a term that may have a variety of meanings in the political history of the United States.The Fusion Party was the original name of the Republican Party in the state of Ohio. In 1854, anti-slavery parties were forming in many northern states in opposition to the Kansas Nebraska Act... (Democrat/Populist Populist Party (United States) The People's Party, also known as the "Populists", was a short-lived political party in the United States established in 1891. It was most important in 1892-96, then rapidly faded away... ) |
| 9 | E. A. Gilbert | 1899 | 1901 | Republican |
| 10 | Ezra P. Savage Ezra P. Savage Ezra Perin Savage was a Nebraska republican politician best known for being the 12th Governor of Nebraska from 1901 to 1903. He was the tenth Lieutenant Governor in 1901.-Early life:... |
1901 | 1903 | Republican |
| 11 | Edmund G. McGilton | 1903 | 1907 | Republican |
| 12 | M. R. Hopewell | 1907 | May 2, 1911 (died) | Republican |
| 13 | Samuel R. McKelvie Samuel R. McKelvie Samuel Roy McKelvie was a Nebraska Republican politician best known for being the 19th Governor of Nebraska. He was also the Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from 1913 to 1915 and a delegate to the Republican National Convention in 1936 and 1944. In On April 15, 1922 he helped break ground for... |
1913 | 1915 | Republican |
| 14 | James Pearson | 1915 | 1917 | Democrat |
| 15 | Edgar Howard Edgar Howard Edgar Howard was a Nebraska editor and Democratic politician. He was the 15th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska and served six terms in the United States House of Representatives.... |
1917 | 1919 | Democrat |
| 16 | Pelham A. Barrows | 1919 | 1923 | Republican |
| 17 | Fred G. Johnson | 1923 | 1925 | Republican |
| 18 | George A. Williams | 1925 | 1931 | Republican |
| 19 | Theodore Metcalfe | 1931 | 1933 | Republican |
| 20 | Walter H. Jurgensen | 1933 | 1938 | Democrat |
| 21 | Nate M. Parsons | November 8, 1938 | 1939 | Democrat |
| 22 | William E. Johnson | 1939 | 1943 | Republican |
| 23 | Roy W. Johnson | 1943 | 1947 | Republican |
| 24 | Robert B. Crosby Robert B. Crosby Robert Berkey Crosby was an American Republican politician who served as the 27th Governor of Nebraska from 1953 to 1955.-Biography:... |
1947 | 1949 | Republican |
| 25 | Charles J. Warner | 1949 | September 24, 1955 (died) | Republican |
| 26 | Dwight W. Burney Dwight W. Burney Dwight Willard Burney was a Nebraska Republican politician best known for being the 30th Governor of Nebraska.... |
1957 | 1965 | Republican |
| 27 | Philip C. Sorensen | 1965 | 1967 | Democrat |
| 28 | John E. Everroad | 1967 | 1971 | Republican |
| 29 | Frank Marsh | 1971 | 1975 | Republican |
| 30 | Gerald T. Whelan | 1975 | 1979 | Democrat |
| 31 | Roland A. Luedtke | 1979 | 1983 | Republican |
| 32 | Donald F. McGinley | 1983 | 1987 | Democrat |
| 33 | William E. Nichol William E. Nichol William E. "Bill" Nichol was an American politician who served as lieutenant governor of Nebraska from 1987 to 1991.... |
1987 | 1991 | Republican |
| 34 | Maxine B. Moul | 1991 | 1993 (resigned) | Democrat |
| 35 | Kim M. Robak Kim M. Robak Kim M. Robak is an American lawyer, lobbyist and retired politician from Nebraska. She is a member of the Democratic Party.Robak was appointed the 35th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska by Governor Ben Nelson, following resignation of incumbent Maxine B. Moul. She was elected in 1994 and served from... |
1993 (appointed) | 1999 | Democrat |
| 36 | David I. Maurstad David I. Maurstad David I. Maurstad was the 36th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska from 1998 to 2001. He was appointed Mitigation Division director at Federal Emergency Management Agency in 2006.... |
1999 | 2001 (resigned) | Republican |
| 37 | David Heineman | 2001 (appointed) | 2005 (became governor) | Republican |
| 38 | Rick Sheehy Rick Sheehy Rick Sheehy has been the 38th Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, since 2005.Appointed by Governor Dave Heineman on January 24, 2005, after Heineman became Governor upon Mike Johanns' appointment as United States Secretary of Agriculture in the Cabinet of President George W. Bush.Sheehy is a native... |
2005 (appointed) | current | Republican |