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The current Governor of Nebraska is Dave Heineman (R). Heineman assumed office as the 39th Governor of Nebraska on January 20, 2005 with the departure of Governor Mike Johanns for a US cabinet position. His second elected term as governor extends from January 2011 to January 2015.
Dave Heineman (born May 12, 1948 in Falls City, Nebraska) succeeded Mike Johanns as the thirty-ninth, and current, Governor of Nebraska, serving since January 20, 2005, including the whole of 2008.
The first Governor of Nebraska was David Butler. He served from 1867 till 1871.He was David Butler.
As of 2011, Nebraska's president is Barak Obama, just like the rest of the US. Nebraska's governor is Dave Heineman.
As of April 4 1895, when then governor Silas A. Holcomb signed the resolution into law , the state flower of Nebraska has been the goldenrod. Numerous species of it grow across the state.Goldenrod
The Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 called for "popular sovereignty" which meant that the people living in that area were to vote on if they wanted slavery or freedom for Blacks. People came from nearby states to try to make the election go in their favor. Many fights and murders happened. In 1861, Nebraska voted to prohibit slavery but the governor vetoed it. the legislature overrode the veto. Nebraska suffrage to "free white males" until 1866 when they changed that to become a state.
The US got Nebraska during the Kansas-Nebraska act in 1854.