List of Governors of Nebraska
State governors
Popularly elected, beginning in 1866, to a two-year term. In 1962, the voters approved a constitutional amendment expanding terms beginning in 1966 to four years.

List of Governors of Nebraska

Section Title: State governors
Table Section Text: Popularly elected, beginning in 1866, to a two-year term. In 1962, the voters approved a constitutional amendment expanding terms beginning in 1966 to four years.

#	Governor (Birth–Death)	Party	Took office	Left office	Lt. Governor	Notes

1	-	David Butler (1829–1891)	Republican	February 21, 1867	June 2, 1871	None

-	William H. James (1831–1920)	Republican	June 2, 1871	January 13, 1873	None	Secretary of State

2	-	Robert Wilkinson Furnas (1824–1905)	Republican	January 13, 1873	January 11, 1875	None

3	-	Silas Garber (1833–1905)	Republican	January 11, 1875	January 9, 1879	None Othman A. Abbott

4	-	Albinus Nance (1848–1911)	Republican	January 9, 1879	January 4, 1883	Edmund C. Carns

5	-	James W. Dawes (1844–1918)	Republican	January 4, 1883	January 6, 1887	Alfred W. Agee Hibbard H. Shedd

6	-	John Milton Thayer (1820–1906)	Republican	January 6, 1887	February 8, 1892	Hibbard H. Shedd George D. Meiklejohn Thomas J. Majors

7	-	James E. Boyd (1834–1906)	Democratic	February 8, 1892	January 13, 1893	Thomas J. Majors

8	-	Lorenzo Crounse (1834–1909)	Republican	January 13, 1893	January 3, 1895	Thomas J. Majors

9	-	Silas A. Holcomb (1858–1920)	Fusion (Democratic/Populist)	January 3, 1895	January 5, 1899	Robert E. Moore James E. Harris

10	-	William A. Poynter (1848–1909)	Fusion (Democratic/Populist)	January 5, 1899	January 3, 1901	Edward A. Gilbert

11	-	Charles H. Dietrich (1853–1924)	Republican	January 3, 1901	May 1, 1901	Ezra P. Savage	Resigned

12	-	Ezra P. Savage (1842–1920)	Republican	May 1, 1901	January 8, 1903	None	Lt-Gov.

13	-	John H. Mickey (1845–1910)	Republican	January 8, 1903	January 3, 1907	Edmund G. McGilton

14	-	George L. Sheldon (1870–1960)	Republican	January 3, 1907	January 7, 1909	Melville R. Hopewell

15	-	Ashton C. Shallenberger (1862–1938)	Democratic	January 7, 1909	January 5, 1911	Melville R. Hopewell

16	-	Chester H. Aldrich (1863–1924)	Republican	January 5, 1911	January 9, 1913	Melville R. Hopewell

17	-	John H. Morehead (1861–1942)	Democratic	January 9, 1913	January 4, 1917	Samuel R. McKelvie (Republican) James Pearson (Democratic)

18	-	Keith Neville (1884–1959)	Democratic	January 4, 1917	January 9, 1919	Edgar Howard

19	-	Samuel R. McKelvie (1881–1956)	Republican	January 9, 1919	January 3, 1923	Pelham A. Barrows

20	-	Charles W. Bryan (1867–1945)	Democratic	January 3, 1923	January 8, 1925	Fred G. Johnson (Republican)

21	-	Adam McMullen (1872–1959)	Republican	January 8, 1925	January 3, 1929	George A. Williams

22	-	Arthur J. Weaver (1873–1945)	Republican	January 3, 1929	January 8, 1931	George A. Williams

23	-	Charles W. Bryan (1867–1945)	Democratic	January 8, 1931	January 3, 1935	Theodore Metcalfe (Republican) Walter H. Jurgensen (Democratic)

24	-	Robert Leroy Cochran (1886–1963)	Democratic	January 3, 1935	January 9, 1941	Walter H. Jurgensen (Democratic) Nate M. Parsons (Democratic) William E. Johnson (Republican)

25	-	Dwight Griswold (1893–1954)	Republican	January 9, 1941	January 9, 1947	William E. Johnson Roy W. Johnson

26	-	Val Peterson (1903–1983)	Republican	January 9, 1947	January 8, 1953	Robert B. Crosby Charles J. Warner

27	-	Robert B. Crosby (1911–2000)	Republican	January 8, 1953	January 6, 1955	Charles J. Warner

28	-	Victor E. Anderson (1902–1962)	Republican	January 6, 1955	January 8, 1959	Charles J. Warner Dwight W. Burney

29	-	Ralph G. Brooks (1898–1960)	Democratic	January 8, 1959	September 9, 1960	Dwight W. Burney	Died.

30	-	Dwight W. Burney (1892–1987)	Republican	September 9, 1960	January 5, 1961	Dwight W. Burney	Lt-Gov.

31	-	Frank B. Morrison (1905–2004)	Democratic	January 5, 1961	January 5, 1967	Dwight W. Burney (Republican) Philip C. Sorensen (Democratic)

32	-	Norbert T. Tiemann (1924–2012)	Republican	January 5, 1967	January 7, 1971	John E. Everroad

33	-	J. James Exon (1921–2005)	Democratic	January 7, 1971	January 4, 1979	Frank Marsh (Republican) Gerald T. Whelan (Democratic)

34	-	Charles Thone (1924–2018)	Republican	January 4, 1979	January 6, 1983	Roland A. Luedtke

35	-	J. Robert Kerrey (b. 1943)	Democratic	January 6, 1983	January 9, 1987	Donald F. McGinley

36	-	Kay A. Orr (b. 1939)	Republican	January 9, 1987	January 9, 1991	William E. Nichol

37	-	Ben Nelson (b. 1941)	Democratic	January 9, 1991	January 7, 1999	Maxine B. Moul Kim M. Robak

38	-	Mike Johanns (b. 1950)	Republican	January 7, 1999	January 20, 2005	David I. Maurstad David Heineman	Resigned

39	-	Dave Heineman (b. 1948)	Republican	January 20, 2005	January 8, 2015	Rick Sheehy Lavon Heidemann John E. Nelson	Lt-Gov.

40	-	Pete Ricketts (b. 1964)	Republican	January 8, 2015	Incumbent	Mike Foley

Sentence(s)

Kay A. Orr (born 1939) was the 36th governor of Nebraska from 1987 to 1991.

final_sentence: Kay A. Orr (born 1939) was the 36th governor of Nebraska from 1987 to 1991.