Category: Nebraska

Comptroller of the Currency | Republican | DAWES, Charles Gates, (son of Rufus Dawes, brother of Beman Gates Dawes), a Vice President of the United States; born in Marietta, Washington County, Ohio, August 27, 1865; attended the common schools; graduated from Marietta College in 1884 and from the Cincinnati Law School in 1886; admitted to… Continue reading Charles Dawes

Governor | Democrat | EXON, J. JAMES, a Senator from Nebraska; born in Geddes, Charles Mix County, S. Dak., August 9, 1921; attended the public schools; attended University of Omaha, Omaha, Nebr., 1939-1941; United States Army Signal Corps 1942-1945; United States Army Reserve 1945-1949; branch manager of a financial corporation; founder and president of an… Continue reading J. James Exon

Lt. Governor | Republican | Dwight Burney on Wikipedia

Senator | Republican | NORRIS, GEORGE WILLIAM, a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska; born on a farm near Clyde, Sandusky County, Ohio, on July 11, 1861; attended the district schools, Baldwin University, Berea, Ohio, and the Northern Indiana Normal School at Valparaiso; taught school while studying law; graduated from the law department of Valparaiso… Continue reading George Norris

Senator | Democrat | NELSON, EARL BENJAMIN (BEN), a Senator from Nebraska; born on May 17, 1941, in McCook, Red Willow County, Nebraska; graduated University of Nebraska, Lincoln 1963, Masters 1965, J.D. 1970; attorney and insurance executive; director, Nebraska Department of Insurance 1975-1976; governor of Nebraska 1991-1999; elected to the United States Senate in 2000,… Continue reading Ben Nelson

Representative | Republican | HRUSKA, ROMAN LEE, a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska; born in David City, Butler County, Nebr., August 16, 1904; attended the public schools, the University of Omaha, and the University of Chicago Law School; graduated from Creighton University College of Law, Omaha, Nebr., in 1929; admitted to the bar in… Continue reading Roman Hruska

Representative | Democrat | SHALLENBERGER, ASHTON COKAYNE, a Representative from Nebraska; born in Toulon, Stark County, Ill., December 23, 1862; attended the common schools and the University of Illinois at Urbana; moved to Stromsburg, Polk County, Nebr., in 1881, to Osceola, Polk County, Nebr., in 1883, and to Alma, Harlan County, Nebr., in 1887; engaged… Continue reading Ashton Shallenbger

Representative | Democrat | BRYAN, WILLIAM JENNINGS, (father of Ruth Bryan Owen), a Representative from Nebraska; born in Salem, Marion County, Ill., March 19, 1860; attended the public schools and Whipple Academy, Jacksonville, Ill.; was graduated from Illinois College, Jacksonville, Ill., in 1881; studied law at Union College in Chicago; was graduated in 1883 and… Continue reading William Jennings Bryan

Representative | Republican | CURTIS, CARL THOMAS, a Representative and a Senator from Nebraska; born near Minden, Kearney County, Nebr., March 15, 1905; attended the public schools, and Nebraska Wesleyan University at Lincoln; teacher in the Minden, Nebr., schools in 1927; studied law; admitted to the bar in 1930 and commenced practice in Minden; county… Continue reading Carl Curtis

Representative | Democrat | MOREHEAD, JOHN HENRY, a Representative from Nebraska; born on a farm near Columbia, Lucas County, Iowa, December 3, 1861; attended the public schools and a business college in Shenandoah, Iowa; moved to Nebraska in 1884 and settled in Richardson County; taught in a country school; engaged in agricultural pursuits and in… Continue reading John Morehead