FIRST - Senator from Nebraska - Lincoln, NE
N 40° 49.019 W 096° 39.945
14T E 696864 N 4521063
When Nebraska became a state in 1867, John M. Thayer was the first senator from the state.
Waymark Code: WM16PVV
Location: Nebraska, United States
Date Posted: 09/13/2022
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John Milton Mayer was a union Civil War general. After the war he was elected as part of the first pair of Senators from Nebraska when it became a state in 1867. From his gravesite:
Born in Bellingham, Mass.
January 24, 1820
Came to Nebraska
January 1854,
Prominent in Early Indian Wars.
Colonel
1st Nebraska Volunteer Infantry
Brig. ans Major General
1861 - 1865
First United States Senator
From Nebraska 1867.
Territorial Governor of Wyoming 1875.
Governor of Nebraska 1887-1891.
Died in Lincoln, Nebraska
March 19, 1906
FIRST - Classification Variable: Person or Group
Date of FIRST: 03/01/1867
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