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The Nebraska Legislature [1] (also called the Unicameral) [2] is the legislature of the U.S. state of Nebraska. The Legislature meets at the Nebraska State Capitol in Lincoln. With 49 members, known as "senators", [3] the Nebraska Legislature is the smallest U.S. state legislature.
List of speakers of the Nebraska Legislature, 1937–present List of speakers of the Nebraska House of Representatives , 1866–1936 List of presidents pro tempore of the Nebraska Senate , 1866–1936
The following is an alphabetical list of members of the United States House of Representatives from the state of Nebraska. For chronological tables of members of both houses of the United States Congress from the state (through the present day), see United States congressional delegations from Nebraska. The list of names should be complete (as ...
The Nebraska House of Representatives was the lower house of the Nebraska Legislature during the days when Nebraska was a territory from 1854 to 1867 and then as a state from 1867 to 1936. [1] In 1934, Nebraska voters amended the Nebraska Constitution to reconfigure the Nebraska Legislature to a unicameral system. [1]
With the exception of Nebraska, all state legislatures are bicameral bodies, composed of a lower house (Assembly, General Assembly, State Assembly, House of Delegates, or House of Representatives) and an upper house (Senate).
The speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives was an office in the Nebraska Legislature which existed from 1855 to 1936 when Nebraska had a bicameral legislature.This office was created when the Nebraska Territory was first established and remained after Nebraska became a state. [1]
Later served as Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska: 25 William E. Barrett: Rep 1987–1990 39 Lexington: Later served as a US Representative: 26 Dennis G. Baack: Rep 1991–1993 47 Kimball: Resigned as senator to become the executive director of the Nebraska Community College Association [7] 27 Ron Withem: Dem 1994–1996 14 Papillion
The George W. Norris Legislative Chamber is located to the west of the Rotunda. Upon the chamber's completion in 1932, it served the Nebraska House of Representatives during the 1933 and 1935 legislative sessions. In 1937, the chamber—being the larger of the two legislative halls—began to serve the unicameral legislature.