nebraska was admitted to the union on march 1, 1867, and elects its united states senators to class 1 and class 2. nebraska's current senators are republicans mike johanns and deb_fischer. == class 1 == {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- valign=bottom ! # ! senator ! party ! years ! congress ! term ! electoral history |- ! rowspan=5 | 1 | rowspan=5 align=left nowrap | 100px thomas tipton | rowspan=5  | republican | rowspan=5 nowrap | march 1, 1867 âmarch 4, 1875 | 39 | rowspan=2 | 1 | rowspan=2 | elected in 1867 |- | 40 |- | 41 | rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 | re-elected in 1869 |- | 42 |- | 43 |- ! rowspan=3 | 2 | rowspan=3 align=left nowrap | 100px algernon paddock | rowspan=3  | republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | march 4, 1875 âmarch 4, 1881 | 44 | rowspan=3 | 3 | rowspan=3 | elected in 1875lost re-election |- | 45 |- | 46 |- ! rowspan=3 | 3 | rowspan=3 align=left nowrap | 100px charles van wyck | rowspan=3  | republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | march 4, 1881 âmarch 4, 1887 | 47 | rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 | elected in 1881lost re-election |- | 48 |- | 49 |- ! rowspan=3 | 4 | rowspan=3 align=left nowrap | 100px algernon s. paddock | rowspan=3  | republican | rowspan=3 nowrap | march 4, 1887 âmarch 4, 1893 | 50 | rowspan=3 | 5 | rowspan=3 | elected in 1887 |- | 51 |- | 52 |- ! rowspan=3 | 5 | rowspan=3 align=left nowrap | 100px william v. allen | rowspan=3  | populist | rowspan=3 nowrap | march 4, 1893 âmarch 4, 1899 | 53 | rowspan=3 | 6 | rowspan=3 | elected in 1893lost re-election |- | 54 |- | 55 |- | colspan=3 | vacant | nowrap | march 4, 1899 âmarch 8, 1899 | rowspan=3 | 56 | rowspan=7 | 7 | legislature failed to elect |- ! 6 | align=left nowrap | [[file:hayward, monroe leland,.jpg|100p
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