The following is a list of the speakers of the Nebraska Legislature since it became unicameral in 1937.

# Name Tenure City of residence
1 Charles J. Warner 1937–1938 Waverly
2 William H. Diers 1939–1940 Gresham
3 Rufus M. Howard 1941–1942 Sutherland
4 Robert B. Crosby 1943–1944 North Platte
5 C. Petrus Peterson 1945–1946 Lincoln
6 Walter R. Raecke 1947–1948 Central City
7 Earl J. Lee 1949–1950 Fremont
8 C. Edward Hoyt 1951–1952 McCook
9 Otto J. Prohs 1952 Gering
10 Charles F. Tvrdik 1953–1954 Omaha
11 Dwight W. Burney 1955–1956 Hartington
12 John E. Beaver 1957–1958 Beemer
13 Harry L. Pizer 1959–1960 North Platte
14 Donald L. Thompson 1961–1962 McCook
15 William S. Moulton 1963–1964 Omaha
16 Kenneth L. Bowen 1965–1966 Red Cloud
17 Elvin Adamson 1967–1968 Valentine
18 Jerome Warner 1969–1970 Waverly
19 William H. Hasebroock 1971–1972 West Point
20 Richard Proud 1973–1974 Omaha
21 Julius W. Burbach 1975–1976 Hartington
22 Roland A. Luedtke 1977–1978 Lincoln
23 Richard D. Marvel 1979–1982 Hastings
24 William E. Nichol 1983–1986 Scottsbluff
25 William E. Barrett 1987–1990 Lexington
26 Dennis G. Baack 1991–1992 Kimball
27 Ron Withem 1993–1996 Papillion
28 Douglas A. Kristensen 1997–2002 Minden
29 Curt Bromm 2003–2004 Wahoo
30 Kermit Brashear 2005–2006 Omaha
31 Mike Flood 2007–2012 Norfolk
32 Greg L. Adams 2013–2014 York
33 Galen Hadley 2015–2016 Kearney
34 Jim Scheer 2017–2020 Norfolk
35 Mike Hilgers 2021–2022 Lincoln
36 John Arch 2023–Present Papillion

External links

  • Nebraska Blue Book
    • specifically (in the 2012-13 Blue Book), page 403, "Presiding Officers of the Nebraska Legislature, 1855–2013"