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| S.no. | Governor | Term start | Term end | Party | Place |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | David Butler | 21 February 1867 | 2 June 1871 | Republican | near Linton, Indiana |
| 2 | William H. James (acting) | 2 June 1871 | 13 January 1873 | Republican | Marion, Ohio |
| 3 | Robert Wilkinson Furnas | 13 January 1873 | 11 January 1875 | Republican | near Troy, Ohio |
| 4 | Silas Garber | 11 January 1875 | 9 January 1879 | Republican | Logan County, Ohio |
| 5 | Albinus Nance | 9 January 1879 | 4 January 1883 | Republican | La Fayette, Illinois |
| 6 | James W. Dawes | 4 January 1883 | 6 January 1887 | Republican | McConnelsville, Ohio |
| 7 | John Milton Thayer | 6 January 1887 | 8 February 1892 | Republican | Bellingham, Massachusetts |
| 8 | James E. Boyd | 8 February 1892 | 13 January 1893 | Democratic | County Tyrone, Ireland |
| 9 | Lorenzo Crounse | 13 January 1893 | 3 January 1895 | Republican | Schoharie County, New York |
| 10 | Silas A. Holcomb | 3 January 1895 | 5 January 1899 | Fusion (Democratic/Populist) | Gibson County, Indiana |
| 11 | William A. Poynter | 5 January 1899 | 3 January 1901 | Fusion (Democratic/Populist) | Eureka, Illinois |
| 12 | Charles H. Dietrich | 3 January 1901 | 1 May 1901 | Republican | Aurora, Illinois |
| 13 | Ezra P. Savage | 1 May 1901 | 8 January 1903 | Republican | Connersville, Indiana |
| 14 | John H. Mickey | 8 January 1903 | 3 January 1907 | Republican | Burlington, Des Moines County, Iowa |
| 15 | George L. Sheldon | 3 January 1907 | 7 January 1909 | Republican | Nehawka, Nebraska |
| 16 | Ashton C. Shallenberger | 7 January 1909 | 5 January 1911 | Democratic | Toulon, Illinois |
| 17 | Chester H. Aldrich | 5 January 1911 | 9 January 1913 | Republican | Ashtabula County, Ohio |
| 18 | John H. Morehead | 9 January 1913 | 4 January 1917 | Democratic | Lucas County, Iowa |
| 19 | Keith Neville | 4 January 1917 | 9 January 1919 | Democratic | North Platte, Nebraska |
| 20 | Samuel R. McKelvie | 9 January 1919 | 3 January 1923 | Republican | near Fairfield, Nebraska |
| 21 | Charles W. Bryan | 3 January 1923 | 8 January 1925 | Democratic | Salem, Illinois |
| 22 | Adam McMullen | 8 January 1925 | 3 January 1929 | Republican | Wellsville, New York |
| 23 | Arthur J. Weaver | 3 January 1929 | 8 January 1931 | Republican | Falls City, Nebraska |
| 24 | Charles W. Bryan | 8 January 1931 | 3 January 1935 | Democratic | Salem, Illinois |
| 25 | Robert Leroy Cochran | 3 January 1935 | 9 January 1941 | Democratic | Avoca, Nebraska |
| 26 | Dwight Griswold | 9 January 1941 | 9 January 1947 | Republican | Harrison, Nebraska |
| 27 | Val Peterson | 9 January 1947 | 8 January 1953 | Republican | Oakland, Nebraska, U.S. |
| 28 | Robert B. Crosby | 8 January 1953 | 6 January 1955 | Republican | North Platte, Nebraska |
| 29 | Victor E. Anderson | 6 January 1955 | 8 January 1959 | Republican | |
| 30 | Ralph G. Brooks † | 8 January 1959 | 9 September 1960 | Democratic | Eustis, Nebraska |
| 31 | Dwight W. Burney | 9 September 1960 | 5 January 1961 | Republican | Hartington, Nebraska, U.S |
| 32 | Frank B. Morrison | 5 January 1961 | 5 January 1967 | Democratic | Golden, Colorado |
| 33 | Norbert T. Tiemann | 5 January 1967 | 7 January 1971 | Republican | Minden, Nebraska |
| 34 | J. James Exon | 7 January 1971 | 4 January 1979 | Democratic | Geddes, South Dakota |
| 35 | Charles Thone | 4 January 1979 | 6 January 1983 | Republican | Hartington, Nebraska, U.S. |
| 36 | J. Robert Kerrey | 6 January 1983 | 9 January 1987 | Democratic | Lincoln, Nebraska, USA |
| 37 | Kay A. Orr [8] | 9 January 1987 | 9 January 1991 | Republican | Burlington, Iowa |
| 38 | Ben Nelson | 9 January 1991 | 7 January 1999 | Democratic | McCook, Nebraska |
| 39 | Mike Johanns | 7 January 1999 | 20 January 2005 | Republican | Osage, Iowa, U.S. |
| 40 | Dave Heineman | 20 January 2005 | 8 January 2015 | Republican | Falls City, Nebraska, U.S. |
| 41 | Pete Ricketts | 8 January 2015 | Incumbent | Republican | Nebraska City, Nebraska, U.S. |
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