Member | Party | Years | Cong ress | Electoral history |
District established March 4, 1883 |
Edward K. Valentine (West Point) | Republican | March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1885 | 48th | Redistricted from at-large district and re-elected in 1882. Retired. |
George W. E. Dorsey (Fremont) | Republican | March 4, 1885 – March 3, 1891 | 49th 50th 51st | Elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. Lost re-election. |
Omer Madison Kem (Broken Bow) | Populist | March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893 | 52nd | Elected in 1890. Redistricted to the 6th district. |
George de Rue Meiklejohn (Fullerton) | Republican | March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1897 | 53rd 54th | Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Retired. |
Samuel Maxwell (Fremont) | Populist | March 4, 1897 – March 3, 1899 | 55th | Elected in 1896. Retired. |
John Seaton Robinson (Madison) | Democratic | March 4, 1899 – March 3, 1903 | 56th 57th | Elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Lost re-election. |
John J. McCarthy (Ponca) | Republican | March 4, 1903 – March 3, 1907 | 58th 59th | Elected in 1902. Re-elected in 1904. Lost renomination. |
John Frank Boyd (Neligh) | Republican | March 4, 1907 – March 3, 1909 | 60th | Elected in 1906. Lost re-election. |
James P. Latta (Tekamah) | Democratic | March 4, 1909 – September 11, 1911 | 61st 62nd | Elected in 1908. Re-elected in 1910. Died. |
Vacant | September 11, 1911 – November 7, 1911 | 62nd | |
Dan V. Stephens (Fremont) | Democratic | November 7, 1911 – March 3, 1919 | 62nd 63rd 64th 65th | Elected to finish Latta's term. Re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Re-elected in 1916. Lost re-election. |
Robert E. Evans (Dakota City) | Republican | March 4, 1919 – March 3, 1923 | 66th 67th | Elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Lost re-election. |
Edgar Howard (Columbus) | Democratic | March 4, 1923 – January 3, 1935 | 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd 73rd | Elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. Lost re-election. |
Karl Stefan (Norfolk) | Republican | January 3, 1935 – October 2, 1951 | 74th 75th 76th 77th 78th 79th 80th 81st 82nd | Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. Re-elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. Died. |
Vacant | October 2, 1951 – December 4, 1951 | 82nd | |
Robert Dinsmore Harrison (Norfolk) | Republican | December 4, 1951 – January 3, 1959 | 82nd 83rd 84th 85th | Elected to finish Stefan's term. Re-elected in 1952. Re-elected in 1954. Re-elected in 1956. Lost re-election. |
Lawrence Brock (Wakefield) | Democratic | January 3, 1959 – January 3, 1961 | 86th | Elected in 1958. Lost re-election. |
Ralph F. Beermann (Dakota City) | Republican | January 3, 1961 – January 3, 1963 | 87th | Elected in 1960. Redistricted to the 1st district. |
David Martin (Kearney) | Republican | January 3, 1963 – December 31, 1974 | 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd | Redistricted from the 4th district and re-elected in 1962. Re-elected in 1964. Re-elected in 1966. Re-elected in 1968. Re-elected in 1970. Re-elected in 1972. Retired and then resigned early. |
Vacant | December 31, 1974 – January 3, 1975 | 93rd | |
Virginia Smith (Chappell) | Republican | January 3, 1975 – January 3, 1991 | 94th 95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st | Elected in 1974. Re-elected in 1976. Re-elected in 1978. Re-elected in 1980. Re-elected in 1982. Re-elected in 1984. Re-elected in 1986. Re-elected in 1988. Retired. |
Bill Barrett (Lexington) | Republican | January 3, 1991 – January 3, 2001 | 102nd 103rd 104th 105th 106th | Elected in 1990. Re-elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Retired. |
Tom Osborne (Lemoyne) | Republican | January 3, 2001 – January 3, 2007 | 107th 108th 109th | Elected in 2000. Re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Retired to run for Governor of Nebraska. |
Adrian Smith (Gering) | Republican | January 3, 2007 – present | 110th 111th 112th 113th 114th 115th 116th 117th 118th | Elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022. |