A list of governors from the territory, then state of Nebraska.[1]
| Name | Party | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Francis Burt | 1854 | |
| Thomas Cuming | 1854-1855, 1857-1858 | |
| Mark Izard | 1855-1857 | |
| William A. Richardson | 1858 | |
| J. Sterling Morton | 1858-1859, 1861 | |
| Samuel W. Black | 1859-1861 | |
| Algernon S. Paddock | 1861 | |
| Alvin Saunders | 1861-1867 | |
| David Butler | Republican | 1867-1871 |
| William H. James | Republican | 1871-1873 |
| Robert Furnas | Republican | 1873-1875 |
| Silas Garber | Republican | 1875-1879 |
| Albinus Nance | Republican | 1879-1883 |
| James W. Dawes | Republican | 1883-1887 |
| John M. Thayer | Republican | 1887-1891, 1891-1892 |
| James E. Boyd | Democrat | 1891, 1892-1893 |
| Lorenzo Crounse | Republican | 1893-1895 |
| Silas Holcomb | Populist Democrat | 1895-1899 |
| William A. Poynter | Populist Democrat | 1899-1901 |
| Charles H. Dietrich | Republican | 1901 |
| Ezra P. Savage | Republican | 1901-1903 |
| John H. Mickey | Republican | 1903-1907 |
| George R. Sheldon | Republican | 1907-1909 |
| Ashton C. Shallenberger | Democrat | 1909-1911 |
| Chester H. Aldrich | Republican | 1911-1913 |
| John H. Morehead | Democrat | 1913-1917 |
| Keith Neville | Democrat | 1917-1919 |
| Samuel L. McKelvie | Republican | 1919-1923 |
| Charles W. Bryan | Democrat | 1923-1925, 1931-1935 |
| Adam McMullen | Republican | 1925-1929 |
| Arthur J. Weaver | Republican | 1929-1931 |
| Robert Leroy Cochran | Democrat | 1935-1941 |
| Dwight Griswold | Republican | 1941-1947 |
| Val Peterson | Republican | 1947-1953 |
| Robert B. Crosby | Republican | 1953-1955 |
| Victor E. Anderson | Republican | 1955-1959 |
| Ralph G. Brooks | Democrat | 1959-1960 |
| Dwight W. Burney | Republican | 1960-1961 |
| Frank B. Morrison | Democrat | 1961-1967 |
| Norman T. Tiemann | Republican | 1967-1971 |
| J. James Exon | Democrat | 1971-1979 |
| Charles Thone | Republican | 1979-1983 |
| J. Robery Kerrey | Democrat | 1983-1987 |
| Kay A. Orr | Republican | 1987-1991 |
| Earl Benjamin Nelson | Democrat | 1991-1999 |
| Mike Johanns | Republican | 1999-2005 |
| David Heineman | Republican | 2005–2015 |
| Pete Ricketts | Republican | 2015–2023 |
| Jim Pillen | Republican | 2023-present |
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