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Hunter">Richard C. Hunter</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Hugh_A._Butler" title="Hugh A. Butler">Hugh A. Butler</a></td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender;line-height:normal;padding:0.2em;">Member of the <span style="display: inline-block;"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a></span><br />from <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a>'s <a href="/wiki/Nebraska%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Nebraska's 2nd congressional district">2nd</a> district</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data" style="border-bottom:none"><span class="nowrap"><b>In office</b></span><br />March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935</td><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Preceded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Howard_M._Baldrige" title="Howard M. Baldrige">H. Malcolm Baldrige</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="text-align:left"><span class="nowrap">Succeeded by</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._McLaughlin" title="Charles F. McLaughlin">Charles F. McLaughlin</a></td></tr><tr style="display:none"><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122; background:lavender">Personal details</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Born</th><td class="infobox-data"><span style="display:none">(<span class="bday">1880-11-28</span>)</span>November 28, 1880<br /><a href="/wiki/Bon_Homme_County,_South_Dakota" title="Bon Homme County, South Dakota">Bon Homme County</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Dakota" title="South Dakota">South Dakota</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">November 4, 1968<span style="display:none">(1968-11-04)</span> (aged 87)<br /><a href="/wiki/Kensington,_Maryland" title="Kensington, Maryland">Kensington</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Edward Raymond Burke</b> (November 28, 1880 – November 4, 1968) was an <a href="/wiki/Americans" title="Americans">American</a> <a href="/wiki/United_States_Democratic_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Democratic Party">Democratic Party</a> politician. Burke moved to <a href="/wiki/Sparta,_Wisconsin" title="Sparta, Wisconsin">Sparta, Wisconsin</a> with his parents and then <a href="/wiki/Beloit,_Wisconsin" title="Beloit, Wisconsin">Beloit, Wisconsin</a>, where he went to <a href="/wiki/Beloit_College" title="Beloit College">Beloit College</a>. Burke graduated in 1906, moved to <a href="/wiki/Chadron,_Nebraska" title="Chadron, Nebraska">Chadron, Nebraska</a>, where he taught school until 1908. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Harvard_Law_School" title="Harvard Law School">Harvard Law School</a> and was admitted to the bar in 1911. Afterwards, he set up shop in <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a>. </p><p>During <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a> he enlisted and served as a second lieutenant in the Air Service from 1917 to 1919. He served as the president of the <a href="/wiki/Omaha" class="mw-redirect" title="Omaha">Omaha</a> <a href="/wiki/Board_of_Education" class="mw-redirect" title="Board of Education">Board of Education</a> from 1927 to 1930. He was elected to the Seventy-third Congress from Nebraska in 1933 and then ran successfully for <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senator">U.S. Senator</a> in <a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_elections_in_Nebraska" title="1934 United States Senate elections in Nebraska">1934</a>. Serving from January 3, 1935, to January 3, 1941, he chaired the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Claims" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Claims">U.S. Senate Committee on Claims</a>. </p><p>In the Senate, he supported President Roosevelt's <a href="/wiki/First_New_Deal" class="mw-redirect" title="First New Deal">First New Deal</a>, but opposed the <a href="/wiki/Second_New_Deal" title="Second New Deal">Second New Deal</a> and broke with the President on adding new justices to the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Supreme_Court" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Supreme Court">U.S. Supreme Court</a> and some of his foreign policy. He also believed that no President should serve more than two terms. As a result, he failed to be renominated for the seat in <a href="/wiki/1940_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" title="1940 United States Senate election in Nebraska">1940</a>, losing the Democratic primary to <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="Governor of Nebraska">Governor</a> <a href="/wiki/Robert_L._Cochran" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert L. Cochran">Robert L. Cochran</a>. In the general election, he endorsed Republican nominee <a href="/wiki/Wendell_Willkie" title="Wendell Willkie">Wendell Willkie</a><sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also endorsed <a href="/wiki/Hugh_A._Butler" title="Hugh A. Butler">Hugh A. Butler</a>, the Republican nominee for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate">U.S. Senate</a>, who defeated Cochran in the general election. <a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=549962">[1]</a>. </p><p>He resumed his law practice in Omaha in 1941 and moved to <a href="/wiki/Washington,_D.C." title="Washington, D.C.">Washington, D.C.</a> in 1942 to serve as president of the Southern Coal Producers Association until 1947. He was a Washington representative and general counsel for <a href="/wiki/Hawaii" title="Hawaii">Hawaiian</a> Statehood Commission until 1950, when he retired to <a href="/wiki/Kensington,_Maryland" title="Kensington, Maryland">Kensington, Maryland</a>. 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Hunter</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> <a href="/wiki/Democratic_Party_(United_States)" title="Democratic Party (United States)">Democratic</a> nominee for <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senator" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Senator">U.S. Senator</a> from <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a><br />(<a href="/wiki/Classes_of_United_States_Senators" class="mw-redirect" title="Classes of United States Senators">Class 1</a>) </b><br /><a href="/wiki/1934_United_States_Senate_election_in_Nebraska" class="mw-redirect" title="1934 United States Senate election in Nebraska">1934</a> </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Robert_Leroy_Cochran" title="Robert Leroy Cochran">Robert Leroy Cochran</a></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th colspan="3" style="border-top: 5px solid #cccccc"><a href="/wiki/United_States_House_of_Representatives" title="United States House of Representatives">U.S. House of Representatives</a> </th></tr> <tr style="text-align:center;"> <td style="width:30%;" rowspan="1">Preceded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Howard_M._Baldrige" title="Howard M. Baldrige">H. Malcolm Baldrige</a></div> </td> <td style="width: 40%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1"><b> Member of the <a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">U.S. House of Representatives</a> <br />from <span data-sort-value="Nebraska02 !"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Nebraska's 2nd congressional district">Nebraska's 2nd congressional district</a></span> </b><br />March 4, 1933 – January 3, 1935 </td> <td style="width: 30%; text-align: center;" rowspan="1">Succeeded by<div style="font-weight: bold"><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._McLaughlin" title="Charles F. McLaughlin">Charles F. 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Hitchcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Alvin_Saunders" title="Alvin Saunders">Saunders</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._Manderson" title="Charles F. Manderson">Manderson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_M._Thurston" title="John M. Thurston">Thurston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Millard" title="Joseph Millard">Millard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Norris_Brown" title="Norris Brown">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Norris" title="George W. Norris">Norris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_S._Wherry" title="Kenneth S. Wherry">Wherry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_A._Seaton" title="Fred A. Seaton">Seaton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Griswold" title="Dwight Griswold">Griswold</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eva_Bowring" title="Eva Bowring">Bowring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hazel_Abel" title="Hazel Abel">Abel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/J._James_Exon" title="J. James Exon">Exon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chuck_Hagel" title="Chuck Hagel">Hagel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Johanns" title="Mike Johanns">Johanns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Sasse" title="Ben Sasse">Sasse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pete_Ricketts" title="Pete Ricketts">Ricketts</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236075235"></div><div role="navigation" class="navbox" aria-labelledby="Members_of_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives_from_Nebraska961" style="padding:3px"><table class="nowraplinks mw-collapsible mw-collapsed navbox-inner" style="border-spacing:0;background:transparent;color:inherit"><tbody><tr><th scope="col" class="navbox-title" colspan="3"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239400231"><div class="navbar plainlinks hlist navbar-mini"><ul><li class="nv-view"><a href="/wiki/Template:United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="Template:United States representatives from Nebraska"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="Template talk:United States representatives from Nebraska"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="Special:EditPage/Template:United States representatives from Nebraska"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Members_of_the_U.S._House_of_Representatives_from_Nebraska961" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Nebraska</a></div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Nebraska01 !"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska%27s_1st_congressional_district" title="Nebraska's 1st congressional district">1st district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Archibald_J._Weaver" title="Archibald J. Weaver">A. Weaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._McShane" title="John A. McShane">McShane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_James_Connell" title="William James Connell">Connell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Jennings_Bryan" title="William Jennings Bryan">Bryan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jesse_Burr_Strode" class="mw-redirect" title="Jesse Burr Strode">Strode</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Elmer_Burkett" title="Elmer Burkett">Burkett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ernest_M._Pollard" title="Ernest M. Pollard">Pollard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Maguire" title="John A. Maguire">Maguire</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/C._Frank_Reavis" title="C. Frank Reavis">Reavis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roy_H._Thorpe" title="Roy H. Thorpe">Thorpe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_H._Morehead" title="John H. Morehead">Morehead</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Henry_Carl_Luckey" class="mw-redirect" title="Henry Carl Luckey">Luckey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Heinke" title="George H. Heinke">Heinke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Hyde_Sweet" title="John Hyde Sweet">Sweet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Oren_S._Copeland" title="Oren S. Copeland">Copeland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phillip_Hart_Weaver" class="mw-redirect" title="Phillip Hart Weaver">P. Weaver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_F._Beermann" title="Ralph F. Beermann">Beermann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clair_Armstrong_Callan" class="mw-redirect" title="Clair Armstrong Callan">Callan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Vernon_Denney" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Vernon Denney">Denney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Thone" title="Charles Thone">Thone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doug_Bereuter" title="Doug Bereuter">Bereuter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeff_Fortenberry" title="Jeff Fortenberry">Fortenberry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mike_Flood_(politician)" title="Mike Flood (politician)">Flood</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="8" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/100px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/150px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1a/Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg/200px-Seal_of_the_United_States_House_of_Representatives.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></span></span><br /><span typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Nebraska.svg/100px-Flag_of_Nebraska.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="60" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Nebraska.svg/150px-Flag_of_Nebraska.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4d/Flag_of_Nebraska.svg/200px-Flag_of_Nebraska.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="600" data-file-height="360" /></span></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Nebraska02 !"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska%27s_2nd_congressional_district" title="Nebraska's 2nd congressional district">2nd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/James_Laird_(politician)" title="James Laird (politician)">Laird</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_L._Laws" title="Gilbert L. Laws">Laws</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_A._McKeighan" title="William A. McKeighan">McKeighan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Henry_Mercer" title="David Henry Mercer">Mercer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Hitchcock" title="Gilbert Hitchcock">G. Hitchcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_L._Kennedy" title="John L. Kennedy">Kennedy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gilbert_Hitchcock" title="Gilbert Hitchcock">G. Hitchcock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_O._Lobeck" title="Charles O. Lobeck">Lobeck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Albert_W._Jefferis" title="Albert W. Jefferis">Jefferis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Willis_G._Sears" title="Willis G. Sears">Sears</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_M._Baldrige" title="Howard M. Baldrige">Baldrige</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">Burke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._McLaughlin" title="Charles F. McLaughlin">C. McLaughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Buffett" title="Howard Buffett">Buffett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_D._O%27Sullivan" title="Eugene D. O'Sullivan">O'Sullivan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Howard_Buffett" title="Howard Buffett">Buffett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Hruska" title="Roman Hruska">Hruska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jackson_B._Chase" title="Jackson B. Chase">Chase</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glenn_Cunningham_(Nebraska)" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenn Cunningham (Nebraska)">Cunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Y._McCollister" title="John Y. McCollister">McCollister</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Joseph_Cavanaugh_III" class="mw-redirect" title="John Joseph Cavanaugh III">Cavanaugh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hal_Daub" title="Hal Daub">Daub</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Peter_Hoagland" title="Peter Hoagland">Hoagland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jon_Lynn_Christensen" class="mw-redirect" title="Jon Lynn Christensen">Christensen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Terry" title="Lee Terry">Terry</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Brad_Ashford" title="Brad Ashford">Ashford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Don_Bacon" title="Don Bacon">Bacon</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Nebraska03 !"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska%27s_3rd_congressional_district" title="Nebraska's 3rd congressional district">3rd district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Edward_K._Valentine" title="Edward K. Valentine">Valentine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_Emery_Dorsey" class="mw-redirect" title="George Washington Emery Dorsey">Dorsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Omer_Madison_Kem" class="mw-redirect" title="Omer Madison Kem">Kem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_de_Rue_Meiklejohn" title="George de Rue Meiklejohn">Meiklejohn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Samuel_Maxwell" title="Samuel Maxwell">Maxwell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Seaton_Robinson" title="John Seaton Robinson">Robinson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_McCarthy_(Nebraska_politician)" title="John McCarthy (Nebraska politician)">McCarthy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_Frank_Boyd" title="John Frank Boyd">Boyd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/James_P._Latta" title="James P. Latta">Latta</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dan_V._Stephens" title="Dan V. Stephens">Stephens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_E._Evans" title="Robert E. Evans">Evans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edgar_Howard" title="Edgar Howard">Howard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Karl_Stefan" title="Karl Stefan">Stefan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dinsmore_Harrison" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Dinsmore Harrison">Harrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lawrence_Brock" title="Lawrence Brock">Brock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ralph_F._Beermann" title="Ralph F. Beermann">Beermann</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Martin_(Nebraska_politician)" title="David Martin (Nebraska politician)">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Virginia_D._Smith" title="Virginia D. Smith">V. Smith</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bill_Barrett" title="Bill Barrett">Barrett</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tom_Osborne" title="Tom Osborne">Osborne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Adrian_Smith_(politician)" title="Adrian Smith (politician)">A. Smith</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Nebraska04 !"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska%27s_4th_congressional_district" title="Nebraska's 4th congressional district">4th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Eugene_Jerome_Hainer" class="mw-redirect" title="Eugene Jerome Hainer">Hainer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Ledyard_Stark" class="mw-redirect" title="William Ledyard Stark">Stark</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edmund_H._Hinshaw" title="Edmund H. Hinshaw">Hinshaw</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Henry_Sloan" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Henry Sloan">Sloan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Melvin_O._McLaughlin" title="Melvin O. McLaughlin">M. McLaughlin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_N._Norton" title="John N. Norton">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Henry_Sloan" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Henry Sloan">Sloan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_N._Norton" title="John N. Norton">Norton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton_C._Shallenberger" title="Ashton C. Shallenberger">Shallenberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_Gustav_Binderup" class="mw-redirect" title="Charles Gustav Binderup">Binderup</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis">Curtis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arthur_L._Miller" title="Arthur L. Miller">Miller</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donald_McGinley" title="Donald McGinley">McGinley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Martin_(Nebraska_politician)" title="David Martin (Nebraska politician)">Martin</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Nebraska05 !"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska%27s_5th_congressional_district" title="Nebraska's 5th congressional district">5th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/William_A._McKeighan" title="William A. McKeighan">McKeighan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._Andrews" title="William E. Andrews">Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roderick_Dhu_Sutherland" class="mw-redirect" title="Roderick Dhu Sutherland">Sutherland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton_C._Shallenberger" title="Ashton C. Shallenberger">Shallenberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_W._Norris" title="George W. Norris">Norris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Silas_Reynolds_Barton" title="Silas Reynolds Barton">Barton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton_C._Shallenberger" title="Ashton C. Shallenberger">Shallenberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_E._Andrews" title="William E. Andrews">Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton_C._Shallenberger" title="Ashton C. Shallenberger">Shallenberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fred_Gustus_Johnson" title="Fred Gustus Johnson">Johnson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ashton_C._Shallenberger" title="Ashton C. Shallenberger">Shallenberger</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Terry_Carpenter" title="Terry Carpenter">Carpenter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Harry_B._Coffee" title="Harry B. Coffee">Coffee</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><span data-sort-value="Nebraska06 !"><a href="/wiki/Nebraska%27s_6th_congressional_district" title="Nebraska's 6th congressional district">6th district</a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even hlist" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Omer_Madison_Kem" class="mw-redirect" title="Omer Madison Kem">Kem</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Laury_Greene" title="William Laury Greene">Greene</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_Neville_(representative)" title="William Neville (representative)">Neville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moses_Kinkaid" title="Moses Kinkaid">Kinkaid</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Augustin_Reed_Humphrey" title="Augustin Reed Humphrey">Humphrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Robert_G._Simmons" title="Robert G. 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