List of Lieutenant Governors of Nebraska

This is a list of lieutenant governors of Nebraska.

Parties

      Fusion (Democratic/Populist)       Democratic       Republican

# Lt. Governor Term Began Term Ended Party
1 Othman A. Abbott 1877 1879 Republican
2 Edmund C. Carns 1879 1883 Republican
3 Alfred W. Agee 1883 1885 Republican
4 Hibbard H. Shedd 1885 1889 Republican
5 George D. Meiklejohn 1889 1891 Republican
6 Thomas J. Majors 1891 1895 Republican
7 Robert E. Moore 1895 1897 Fusion (Democrat/Populist)
8 James E. Harris 1897 1899 Fusion (Democrat/Populist)
9 Edward A. Gilbert 1899 1901 Republican
10 Ezra P. Savage 1901 1901 Republican
11 Edmund G. McGilton 1903 1907 Republican
12 Melville R. Hopewell 1907 May 2, 1911 (died) Republican
13 Samuel R. McKelvie 1913 1915 Republican
14 James Pearson 1915 1917 Democrat
15 Edgar Howard 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 1947 1949 Republican
25 Charles J. Warner 1949 September 24, 1955 (died) Republican
26 Dwight W. Burney 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 1987 1991 Republican
34 Maxine B. Moul 1991 1993 (resigned) Democrat
35 Kim M. Robak 1993 (appointed) 1999 Democrat
36 David I. Maurstad 1999 2001 (resigned) Republican
37 David Heineman 2001 (appointed) 2005 (became governor) Republican
38 Rick Sheehy 2005 (appointed) 2013 (resigned) Republican
39 Lavon Heidemann 2013 (appointed) 2014 (resigned) Republican
40 John E. Nelson 2014 (appointed) 2015 Republican
41 Mike Foley 2015 Incumbent Republican

Living former lieutenant governors

As of January 2015, eight former lieutenant governors were alive, the oldest being Philip C. Sorensen (1965–1967, born 1933). The most recent death of a former lieutenant governor was that of William E. Nichol (1987–1991), on November 29, 2006.

Lt. GovernorLt. Gubernatorial termDate of birth
Philip C. Sorensen 1965–1967 August 31, 1933
Maxine B. Moul 1991–1993 January 26, 1947
Kim M. Robak 1993–1999 October 4, 1955
David I. Maurstad 1999–2001 August 25, 1953
David Heineman 2001–2005 May 12, 1948
Rick Sheehy 2005–2013 October 3, 1959
Lavon Heidemann 2013–2014 October 24, 1958
John E. Nelson 2014–2015 December 29, 1935

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