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National Figures
Presidential Candidates
"Nebraska: Home of Possible Presidents" William Jennings BRYAN & John J. PERSHING from NE History and Record of Pioneer Days, Vol II no. 4, Oct-Dec 1919
William Jennings Bryan "The Great Commoner" - (on Oldtime NE site)
Candidate for President of USA in 1896. Served as Colonel of the 3rd Nebraska, during Spanish American War in 1898 (FL & Havana).John J. Pershing - see WW I
President
of United States
Gerald
R. Ford, born 14 July 1913 in Omaha, NE (38th President,
served 1974-1977)
Gerald R. Ford Library and
Museum - site includes photos of family, of residences,
etc.
George W. Meiklejohn became the Sec. of War under Wm. Howard Taft (had previously settled in Nance County).
Evelyn Norton Lincoln, native of Polk, NE was personal secretary to John F. Kennedy for 12 years. (Her father, John Nathan Norton had served as a Nebraska Congressman.) Following the assassination she worked for the Kennedy Foundation. She wrote a book about her experiences. Mrs. Lincoln & her husband Harold Lincoln are buried at Arlington Cemetery.
Howard L. Peterson - former State Senator
Born 22 Mar 1914, Stanton, IA. Parents: William & Anna Peterson. Died 19 Nov 2003 at Grand Island, NHE. Service: Mon. at Messiah Lutheran Church, Grand Island, NE. Burial: Westlawn Memorial Park Cemetery. Survivors: His wife, 4 sons, 14 gch., 3 g-gch; a sister.
Grand Island Independent, 21 & 23 Nov 2003.
See also - Our Polk County Heritage, pp 27-28, 131-133, 198-199, 200-202; Who's Who in NE, 1940 - page 925 (on-line).
Representatives of the State of Nebraska in the US Congress - Territorial Delegates, US Senators from NE, NE members of the House of Representatives from Compendium of History Reminiscence & Biography of Nebraska, 1912.
Nebraska Territory
Territorial Officers - Territorial Governors, Secretaries, Auditors, Treasurers, Librarians; Justices, Associate Justices and Clerks of NE Supreme Court; State District Attorneys, US Marshalls, Territorial Delegates to Congress. From Compendium of History Reminiscence & Biography of Nebraska, 1912.
William WALKER from Proceedings & Collections of the Nebraska State Historical Society, Second Series, Vol III: "The Provisional Government of Nebraska Territory and the Journals of William Walker, Provisional Governeor of Nebraska Territory". Note: Wm Walker lived at Wyandot - later known as Kansas City, Kansas. He was a member of Wyandot tribe, and married to woman with Shawnee rights.Alvin SAUNDERS, Territorial Governor of Nebraska, 1861-1867 (from Omaha Illustrated, 1887-88), part 4
Territorial Organizations - Formation of first NE Counties & voting precincts with names of precinct offiers. Lists of members of the Territorial Council and the Territorial House of Representatives for eleven sessions of the Territorial Legislature.
Nebraska as State
State Officers - Governors, Lt. Governors, Secretaries of State, State Auditors, State Treasurers, Attorneys General, Commissioners of Public Lands and Buildings, Superintendents of Public Instruction; NE Supreme Court Justices and Associate Justices from Compendium of History Reminiscence & Biography of Nebraska, 1912.
"Legal Residence of Nebraska Governors" from NE History and Record of Pioneer Days, Vol I no. 8, Dec 1918
Biographies of State officials from assorted sources.
NE State Senators & Representatives during the first fifteen sessions of the State Legislature with district represented & office held. From Compendium of History Reminiscence & Biography of Nebraska, 1912- PLEASE scan down to the bottom of page 58 to begin reading the state lists.
"Members of the Nebraska Legislature from 1866 to 1910 Inclusive" from Compendium of History Reminiscence & Biography of Nebraska, 1912. List of State Senators is followed by list of State Representatives. Following each name is the area represented and the legislatives sessions in which participated.
Legislative Handbooks or Manuals
Biographical
Manual of the Members and Officers of the Twentieth Legislature of
Nebraska, 1887 (MARDOS Memorial
Library)
Nebraska
Legislative Year Book, 1897. (Book loaned by Geil Wiggins)
List of NE government officials, articles on NE institutions
(Schools, hospitals, prisons, etc). Index to bios, most have
photo.
Souvenir
- Nebraska Legislature ... 1901-'02
(MARDOS Memorial Library)
EXON, Jim - Governor of NE (1971-79), US Senator (1979-1997) - See articles (obit) in archives of Grand Island Independent, 11-12 Jun 2005.
For County Officials, please visit the NEGenWeb Project county pages.
