Nebraska House of Representatives

This article is about the defunct lower house of the old Nebraska bicameral legislature. For the current Nebraska unicameral legislature, see Nebraska Legislature.
Nebraska House of Representatives
Nebraska Legislature
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Type
Type
History
Established1854
Disbanded1936
Succeeded byNebraska Legislature
Leadership
First Speaker
William A. Pollock
Structure
Seats26 (1854–1858)
39 (1858–1875)
84 (1876–1880)
100 (1881–1936)
Length of term
2 years
AuthorityArticle III, Nebraska Constitution (pre-1936)
Salary$800/year (1936)
Meeting place
West Chamber, Nebraska State Capitol
Omaha (1854–1867)
Lincoln (1867–1936)

The Nebraska House of Representatives was the lower house of the Nebraska Legislature during the days when Nebraska was a territory from 1854 to 1867 and then as a state from 1867 to 1936.[1] In 1934, Nebraska voters amended the Nebraska Constitution to reconfigure the Nebraska Legislature to a unicameral system.[1] This system became effective for the 1937 legislative session. In 1854, as the territorial lower house, it had 26 members; in 1858, this number was raised to 39 members. The second state constitution in 1875 limited membership in the House at 100 members, a limit which would be filled by 1881. The last representatives were elected to a two-year term in 1934 and began their service with the final legislative session in 1935.[2]

  1. ^ a b The Nebraska Blue Book 1936 (PDF), Nebraska Legislative Reference Bureau, December 1936, p. 164-166, retrieved December 26, 2022
  2. ^ "Nebraska Blue Book 2020-21" (PDF), Nebraska Legislature, pp. 264–268, 2021