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Nebraska House of Representatives
Nebraska Legislature
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Type
Type
History
Established1854
Disbanded1936
Succeeded by Nebraska 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 again when Nebraska was a state from 1867 until 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. Beginning as a territorial lower house in 1854, it had 26 members; this number was raised to 39 members in 1858. 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]

References

  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

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