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Burke">Edward R. Burke</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/Samuel_W._Reynolds" title="Samuel W. Reynolds">Samuel W. Reynolds</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">1878-02-28</span>)</span>February 28, 1878<br /><a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley,_Iowa" title="Missouri Valley, Iowa">Missouri Valley</a>, <a href="/wiki/Iowa" title="Iowa">Iowa</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">July 1, 1954<span style="display:none">(1954-07-01)</span> (aged 76)<br /><a href="/wiki/Bethesda,_Maryland" title="Bethesda, Maryland">Bethesda</a>, <a href="/wiki/Maryland" title="Maryland">Maryland</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Political party</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Republican_Party_(United_States)" title="Republican Party (United States)">Republican</a></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below" style="border-top: 1px solid right;"><div></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Hugh Alfred Butler</b> (February 28, 1878 – July 1, 1954) was an American <a href="/wiki/United_States_Republican_Party" class="mw-redirect" title="United States Republican Party">Republican</a> politician from <a href="/wiki/Nebraska" title="Nebraska">Nebraska</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Life_and_career">Life and career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_A._Butler&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Life and career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Hugh Butler was born on a farm near <a href="/wiki/Missouri_Valley,_Iowa" title="Missouri Valley, Iowa">Missouri Valley, Iowa</a> on February 28, 1878. He graduated from <a href="/wiki/Doane_College" class="mw-redirect" title="Doane College">Doane College</a> at <a href="/wiki/Crete,_Nebraska" title="Crete, Nebraska">Crete, Nebraska</a> in 1900, where, in 1897, he founded the Alpha Omega Fraternity. Butler toiled as a <a href="/wiki/Construction_engineering" title="Construction engineering">construction engineer</a> with the <a href="/wiki/Chicago,_Burlington_and_Quincy_Railroad" title="Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad">Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad</a> from 1900 to 1908. He entered politics as a member of the city board of <a href="/wiki/Curtis,_Nebraska" title="Curtis, Nebraska">Curtis, Nebraska</a> from 1908 to 1913 and as a member of the board of education of <a href="/wiki/Omaha,_Nebraska" title="Omaha, Nebraska">Omaha, Nebraska</a>. Meanwhile, from 1908 to 1940, Butler worked in flour-milling and in the grain business. </p><p>Hugh Butler became a member of the <a href="/wiki/Republican_National_Committee" title="Republican National Committee">Republican National Committee</a> in 1936 and served until 1940 when he was elected to the <a href="/wiki/United_States_Senate" title="United States Senate">United States Senate</a>. He was reelected twice, in 1946 and 1952. Butler served as the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Energy_and_Natural_Resources" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources">Committee on Public Lands</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eightieth_United_States_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Eightieth United States Congress">Eightieth United States Congress</a> (1947 to 1949) and as the chairman of the <a href="/wiki/U.S._Senate_Committee_on_Interior_and_Insular_Affairs" class="mw-redirect" title="U.S. Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs">Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Eighty-third_United_States_Congress" class="mw-redirect" title="Eighty-third United States Congress">Eighty-third United States Congress</a>. A steadfast opponent of statehood for the <a href="/wiki/Alaska_Territory" class="mw-redirect" title="Alaska Territory">Alaska Territory</a> during most of his career in the Senate, he changed his mind during the last few months of his life.<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> Butler died in office on the night of July 1, 1954, following a stroke that had occurred earlier in the day. </p><p>Butler and his Nebraska colleague, Senator <a href="/wiki/Kenneth_Wherry" class="mw-redirect" title="Kenneth Wherry">Kenneth Wherry</a>, are best known for an intense opposition to international activities by the government, including entry into World War II, the Cold War, and the Korea War. He reflected the isolationism of the large <a href="/wiki/German-American" class="mw-redirect" title="German-American">German-American</a> element in Nebraska. He vigorously opposed any loans or aid to Europe, including the Marshall Plan. He did not believe that the Soviet Union threatened Nebraska's interest, and he strongly opposed the <a href="/wiki/Truman_Doctrine" title="Truman Doctrine">Truman Doctrine</a>, and NATO. Whatever the issue, he could be counted on as a strong opponent of the <a href="/wiki/Presidency_of_Harry_Truman" class="mw-redirect" title="Presidency of Harry Truman">Presidency of Harry Truman</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Robert_B._Crosby" title="Robert B. Crosby">Robert B. 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2012-08-09</span></span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=Let+Us+End+American+Colonialism&rft.pub=Xroads.virginia.edu&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fxroads.virginia.edu%2F~cap%2FBARTLETT%2Fcolonial.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AHugh+A.+Butler" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Bernard Lemelin, "Isolationist Voices in the Truman Era: Nebraska Senators Hugh Butler and Kenneth Wherry." <i>Great Plains Quarterly</i> 37.2 (2017): 83-109.</span> </li> </ol></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sources">Sources</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Hugh_A._Butler&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Sources"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ol><li>Bernard Lemelin, "Isolationist Voices in the Truman Era: Nebraska Senators Hugh Butler and Kenneth Wherry." <i>Great Plains Quarterly</i> 37.2 (2017): 83-109.</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/butler4.html#R9M0IRDDP">"Butler, Hugh Alfred"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/The_Political_Graveyard" title="The Political Graveyard">The Political Graveyard</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Reynolds">Reynolds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Roman_Hruska" title="Roman Hruska">Hruska</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Edward_Zorinsky" title="Edward Zorinsky">Zorinsky</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/David_Karnes" title="David Karnes">Karnes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bob_Kerrey" title="Bob Kerrey">Kerrey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ben_Nelson" title="Ben Nelson">Nelson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Deb_Fischer" title="Deb Fischer">Fischer</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" style="width:1px;padding:0 0 0 2px"><div><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg" class="mw-file-description" title="United States Senate"><img alt="United States Senate" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/80px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png" decoding="async" width="80" height="80" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/120px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f0/Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg/160px-Seal_of_the_United_States_Senate.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1030" data-file-height="1030" /></a></span></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Class 2</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/John_Milton_Thayer" title="John Milton Thayer">Thayer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phineas_Hitchcock" title="Phineas Hitchcock">P. 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="Nebraska&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_77th–83rd_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)248" style="display:table;;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="2"><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:USCongRep-start" title="Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="View this template">v</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-talk"><a href="/wiki/Template_talk:USCongRep-start" title="Template talk:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Discuss this template">t</abbr></a></li><li class="nv-edit"><a href="/wiki/Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start" title="Special:EditPage/Template:USCongRep-start"><abbr title="Edit this template">e</abbr></a></li></ul></div><div id="Nebraska&#039;s_delegation(s)_to_the_77th–83rd_United_States_Congress_(ordered_by_seniority)248" style="font-size:114%;margin:0 4em"><a href="/wiki/United_States_congressional_delegations_from_Nebraska" title="United States congressional delegations from Nebraska">Nebraska</a>'s delegation(s) to the 77th–83rd <a href="/wiki/United_States_Congress" title="United States Congress">United States Congress</a> <span class="nowrap">(ordered by seniority)</span></div></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0;border-width:0;"><div style="padding:0"> <table style="width:100%"> <tbody><tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/77th_United_States_Congress" title="77th United States Congress">77th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#DDDDBB;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/George_W._Norris" title="George W. Norris">G. Norris</a> (Ind)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Butler</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Harry_B._Coffee" title="Harry B. Coffee">H. Coffee</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Charles_F._McLaughlin" title="Charles F. McLaughlin">C. McLaughlin</a> (D)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karl_Stefan" title="Karl Stefan">K. Stefan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis">C. Curtis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Oren_S._Copeland" title="Oren S. Copeland">O. Copeland</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/78th_United_States_Congress" title="78th United States Congress">78th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Butler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_S._Wherry" title="Kenneth S. Wherry">K. Wherry</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karl_Stefan" title="Karl Stefan">K. Stefan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis">C. Curtis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_Buffett" title="Howard Buffett">H. Buffett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_L._Miller" title="Arthur L. Miller">A. Miller</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/79th_United_States_Congress" title="79th United States Congress">79th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Butler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_S._Wherry" title="Kenneth S. Wherry">K. Wherry</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karl_Stefan" title="Karl Stefan">K. Stefan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis">C. Curtis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_Buffett" title="Howard Buffett">H. Buffett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_L._Miller" title="Arthur L. Miller">A. Miller</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/80th_United_States_Congress" title="80th United States Congress">80th</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Butler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_S._Wherry" title="Kenneth S. Wherry">K. Wherry</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karl_Stefan" title="Karl Stefan">K. Stefan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis">C. Curtis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_Buffett" title="Howard Buffett">H. Buffett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_L._Miller" title="Arthur L. Miller">A. Miller</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/81st_United_States_Congress" title="81st United States Congress">81st</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Butler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_S._Wherry" title="Kenneth S. Wherry">K. Wherry</a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karl_Stefan" title="Karl Stefan">K. Stefan</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis">C. Curtis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_L._Miller" title="Arthur L. Miller">A. Miller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#3333FF;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eugene_D._O%27Sullivan" title="Eugene D. O'Sullivan">E. O'Sullivan</a> (D)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/82nd_United_States_Congress" title="82nd United States Congress">82nd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink">H. Butler</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Kenneth_S._Wherry" title="Kenneth S. Wherry"><i>K. Wherry</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Fred_A._Seaton" title="Fred A. Seaton"><i>F. Seaton</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Griswold" title="Dwight Griswold"><i>D. Griswold</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px" class="nowraplinks"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_representatives_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States representatives from Nebraska">House</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Karl_Stefan" title="Karl Stefan"><i>K. Stefan</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis">C. Curtis</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Arthur_L._Miller" title="Arthur L. Miller">A. Miller</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Howard_Buffett" title="Howard Buffett">H. Buffett</a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Robert_Dinsmore_Harrison" class="mw-redirect" title="Robert Dinsmore Harrison"><i>B. Harrison</i></a> (R)</li></ul> </div></div> </td></tr> <tr style="vertical-align:top; text-align:left"> <td style="text-align:right"><b><a href="/wiki/83rd_United_States_Congress" title="83rd United States Congress">83rd</a></b> </td> <td style="padding-left:4px; white-space:nowrap"><div style="text-indent: -1.6em; margin-left: 1.6em;"><b><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_States_senators_from_Nebraska" title="List of United States senators from Nebraska">Senate</a>:</b> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374" /><div class="hlist inline"> <ul><li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a class="mw-selflink selflink"><i>H. Butler</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Griswold" title="Dwight Griswold"><i>D. Griswold</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Eva_Bowring" title="Eva Bowring"><i>E. Bowring</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Samuel_W._Reynolds" title="Samuel W. Reynolds"><i>S. Reynolds</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Roman_Hruska" title="Roman Hruska"><i>R. Hruska</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Hazel_Abel" title="Hazel Abel"><i>H. Abel</i></a> (R)</li> <li><span style="color:#E81B23;">▌</span><a href="/wiki/Carl_Curtis" title="Carl Curtis"><i>C. 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