Greg L. Adams

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Greg Adams
Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2013
Preceded by	Mike Flood
Member of the Nebraska Senate from the 24th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 2007
Preceded by	Elaine Stuhr
Personal details
Born	(1952-02-06) February 6, 1952 Columbus, Nebraska, U.S.
Political party	Republican
Alma mater	Wayne State College

Greg L. Adams (born February 6, 1952) is the Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature.

Personal Life

He was born in Columbus, Nebraska on February 6, 1952. ^[1] He received a B.A. in Education from Wayne State College in 1974 and an M.Ed. from Wayne State in 1975. In 1976 he became a high school teacher in American government and economics in the York, Nebraska public schools.

Political experience

He served on the York City Council from 1986 to 1996, and became Mayor of York in 1996.

He was elected to the Legislature in 2006 serving Nebraska's 24th legislative district. He served as chairman of the Education Committee and a member of the Revenue committee; Committee On Committees; Developmental Disabilities Special Investigative committee; Education Commission of the States committee; Legislature's Planning Committee; and the Midwestern Higher Education Compact Commission.

He became the Speaker of the Legislature in 2013 when Mike Flood retired due to term limits.^[2] As Speaker he does not serve on standing committees, but is a member of the Executive Board several other boards within the Legislature.

Organizations

Adams has been a member of the following organizations:

Member, Nebraska State Education Association, present
Executive Board Member, Nebraska League of Municipalities, 2005
Former President, Nebraska Council of Social Studies Teachers^[1]

References

↑ 1.0 1.1 "Senator Gregory 'Greg' L. Adams's Biography". VoteSmart. Retrieved 6 September 2012.
↑ http://news.legislature.ne.gov/speaker/

"Nebraska Unicameral Legislature". Sen. Greg L. Adams. Retrieved March 12, 2007.

Nebraska Legislature
Preceded by Elaine Stuhr	Member of the Nebraska Legislature from the 24th district 2007–present	Incumbent
		Incumbent
Preceded by Mike Flood	Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature 2013–present

Members of the Nebraska Legislature

103rd Legislature (2013-2014)

Speaker of the Legislature: Greg L. Adams

Nebraska Legislature

Current Presidents of United States Senates

President pro tempore of the United States Senate: Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont)

AL	Marsh (R)
AK	Huggins (R)
AZ	Pierce (R)
AR	Lamoureux (R)
CA	Steinberg (D)
CO	Shaffer (D)
CT	Williams (D)
DE	Denn (D)
FL	Haridopolos (R)
GA	Williams (R)
HI	Tsutsui (D)
ID	Hill (R)

IL	Cullerton (D)
IN	Long (R)
IA	Kibbie (D)
KS	Morris (R)
KY	Vacant (R)
LA	Alario (R)
ME	Alfond (D)
MD	Miller (D)
MA	Murray (D)
MI	Schuitmaker (R)
MN	Pappas (D)
MS	Brown (R)

MO	Mayer (R)
MT	Peterson (R)
NE	Adams (R)¹
NV	Schneider (D)
NH	Morse (R)
NJ	Sweeney (D)
NM	Jennings (D)
NY	Skelos (R)
NC	Berger (R)
ND	Wardner (R)
OH	Niehaus (R)
OK	Bingman (R)

OR	Burdick (D)
PA	Scarnati (R)
RI	Paiva-Weed (D)
SC	McConnell (R)
SD	Gray (R)
TN	Ramsey (R)
TX	Ogden (R)
UT	Waddoups (R)
VT	Campbell (D)
VA	Stosch (R)
WA	Prentice (D)
WV	Kessler (D)

WI	Ellis (R)
WY	Anderson (R)
DC	Phil Mendelson (D)²
Territories:
AS
GU
MP
PR	Eduardo Bhatia (D)
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1. Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature
2. Chairman of the Council of the District of Columbia
In cases where the lieutenant governor is ex-officio president, presidents pro tempore are listed

Current Speakers of the U.S. state Houses of Representatives

Speaker of the United States House of Representatives: John Boehner (R-Ohio)

AL	Hubbard (R)
AK	Chenault (R)
AZ	Tobin (R)
AR	Carter (R)
CA	Pérez (D)
CO	Ferrandino (D)
CT	Sharkey (D)
DE	Schwartzkopf (D)
FL	Weatherford (R)
GA	Ralston (R)
HI	Souki (D)
ID	Bedke (R)

IL	Madigan (D)
IN	Bosma (R)
IA	Paulsen (R)
KS	Merrick (R)
KY	Stumbo (D)
LA	Kleckley (R)
ME	Eves (D)
MD	Busch (D)
MA	DeLeo (D)
MI	Bolger (R)
MN	Thissen (D)
MS	Gunn (R)

MO	T. Jones (R)
MT	Blasdel (R)
NE	Adams (R)
NV	Kirkpatrick (D)
NH	Norelli (D)
NJ	Oliver (D)
NM	Martinez (D)
NY	Silver (D)
NC	Tillis (R)
ND	Devlin (R)
OH	Batchelder (R)
OK	Shannon (R)

OR	Kotek (D)
PA	Sa. Smith (R)
RI	Fox (D)
SC	Harrell (R)
SD	Rausch (R)
TN	Harwell (R)
TX	Straus (R)
UT	Lockhart (R)
VT	Sh. Smith (D)
VA	Howell (R)
WA	Chopp (D)
WV	Miley (D)

WI	Vos (R)
WY	Lubnau (R)
DC	Mendelson (D)

Italics indicate the speakers of unicameral bodies

Persondata
Name	Adams, Greg L.
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	February 6, 1952
Place of birth	Columbus, Nebraska
Date of death
Place of death

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