Nebraska Governor

Governor of Nebraska
Seal of Nebraska
Incumbent Pete Ricketts since January 8, 2015
Style	The Honorable
Inaugural holder	David Butler 1867
Formation	Constitution of Nebraska
Salary	$105,000 (2013)

The following is a list of the governors of the U.S. Territory and later State of Nebraska.

Appointed, before statehood, to a four-year term by the President of the United States.

The Democratic Party and its allies elected Presidents Franklin Pierce (March 4, 1853, to March 3, 1857) and James Buchanan (March 4, 1857, to March 3, 1861). The Republican Party and its allies elected Presidents Abraham Lincoln (March 4, 1861, to April 15, 1865) and Andrew Johnson (April 15, 1865, to March 3, 1869), as well as a majority of the Senators and Representatives to the Congresses after 1860 that admitted Nebraska into the Union of states.

  Democratic   Republican

Popularly elected, beginning in 1866, to a two-year term. In 1962, the voters approved a constitutional amendment expanding terms beginning in 1966 to four years. In 1966, the voters limited the number of consecutive full terms that any one governor could serve to two (i.e. only one possible re-election while still in office after election to a full term.)

  Republican   Democratic   Fusion (Democratic/Populist)