The speaker of the Nebraska Legislature is the highest-ranking officer elected from among the membership of the Nebraska Legislature. The speaker presides over the body in the absence of the lieutenant governor. The speaker is generally recognized to be the parliamentary leader of the Nebraska Legislature and, with the approval of the executive board, determines the legislative agenda (the order in which bills and resolutions are considered). The speaker has the privilege of speaking at any stage of the legislature's proceedings in accordance with their responsibilities as speaker.
The speaker is second in line to become the Governor of Nebraska if both the offices of governor and lieutenant governor become simultaneously vacant.
Before the creation of this office, Nebraska had a bicameral legislature, and the leaders of the upper and lower houses were, respectively, the president pro tempore of the Nebraska Senate and the speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives.
List The following is a list of the speakers of the Nebraska Legislature since it became a unicameral body in 1937.
#ImageNamePartyTenureDistrict City of residenceNotes1 Rep1937–193825 (18)WaverlyLater served as Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska; Father of Jerome Warner, the 18th Speaker; Served during a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor from June 26 to Nov. 8, 19382 Dem1939–194024Gresham3 Rep1941–194244 (39)Sutherland4 Rep1943–194445 (38)North PlatteLater served as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Nebraska5 Rep1945–194629 (20)Lincoln6 Dem1947–194835 (30)Central City7 Rep1949–195015 (11)Fremont8 Rep1951–195238 (33)McCookResigned as senator to accept appointment of Gov. Robert Crosby as assistant agriculture director9 Rep195248 (42)GeringSelected to finish the term of Speaker Hoyt10 Dem1953–19547Omaha11 Rep1955–195619 (14)HartingtonLater served as Lieutenant Governor and Governor of Nebraska; Served during a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor from Sep. 24, 1955, to Jan. 1, 195712 Rep1957–195816 (12)Beemer13 Rep1959–196045 (38)North PlatteServed during a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor from Sep. 9, 1960, to Jan. 3, 196114 Rep1961–196238 (33)McCook15 Rep1963–19648 (10)Omaha16 Rep1965–196637Red Cloud17 Rep1967–196843Valentine18 Rep1969–197025WaverlySon of Charles J. Warner, the first speaker19 Rep1971–197218West Point20 Rep1973–197412Omaha21 Dem1975–197619Hartington22 Rep1977–197828LincolnLater served as Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska23 Rep1979–198233Hastings24 Rep1983–198648ScottsbluffLater served as Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska25 Rep1987–199039LexingtonLater served as a U.S. representative26 Rep1991–199347KimballResigned as senator to become the executive director of the Nebraska Community College Association27 Dem1994–199714PapillionElected to finish the term of Speaker Baack28 Rep1998–200237MindenLater became chancellor of the University of Nebraska at Kearney29 Rep2002–200423Wahoo30 Rep2005–20064OmahaServed during a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor from Jan. 20 to Jan. 24, 200531 Rep2007–201219NorfolkLater became a U.S. representative32 Rep2013–201424YorkServed during two vacancies in the office of lieutenant governor from Feb. 2 to Feb. 13, 2013, and from Sep. 9 to Sep. 29, 201433 Rep2015–201637Kearney34 Rep2017–202019Norfolk35 Rep2021–202221LincolnLater became the Nebraska Attorney General36 Rep2023–Present14La Vista
See also List of Nebraska state legislatures
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