Governors of Nebraska Territory
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List of Nebraska Territory Governors
| # | Name | Term Began | Term Ended | Party |
| 1 | Francis Burt Francis Burt (Nebraska) Francis Burt was an American politician politician from South Carolina who served as the first Governor of Nebraska Territory.-Background:... |
October 16, 1854 | October 18, 1854 | Democrat |
| 2 | Thomas B. Cuming Thomas B. Cuming Thomas B. Cuming was an American military officer and politician. He served as the first Secretary of Nebraska Territory and served twice as the territory's Acting Governor, the first time following the death of Francis Burt and the second following the resignation of Mark W... (acting) |
October 18, 1854 | February 23, 1855 | Democrat |
| 3 | Mark W. Izard Mark W. Izard Mark Whitaker Izard was an Arkansas Democratic politician is best known for being the 3rd Governor of the Nebraska Territory.... |
February 23, 1855 | October 25, 1857 | Democrat |
| 4 | Thomas B. Cuming Thomas B. Cuming Thomas B. Cuming was an American military officer and politician. He served as the first Secretary of Nebraska Territory and served twice as the territory's Acting Governor, the first time following the death of Francis Burt and the second following the resignation of Mark W... (acting) |
October 25, 1857 | January 12, 1858 | Democrat |
| 5 | William Alexander Richardson William Alexander Richardson William Alexander Richardson was a prominent Illinois Democrat politician before and during the American Civil War.... |
January 12, 1858 | December 5, 1858 | Democrat |
| 6 | J. Sterling Morton (acting) | December 5, 1858 | May 2, 1859 | Democrat |
| 7 | Samuel W. Black Samuel W. Black Samuel Watson Black was a Pennsylvania Democrat best known for being the 7th Governor of the Nebraska Territory. The son of John Black, he was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 1816. He graduated from the Western University of Pennsylvania, known today as the University of Pittsburgh, in 1834... |
May 2, 1859 | February 24, 1861 | Democrat |
| 8 | J. Sterling Morton (acting) | February 24, 1861 | March 6, 1861 | Democrat |
| 9 | Algernon S. Paddock Algernon Paddock Algernon Sidney Paddock was an American politician who served as a Republican secretary of Nebraska Territory and U.S. Senator from Nebraska after statehood.-Biography:... (acting) |
March 6, 1861 | May 15, 1861 | Republican |
| 10 | Alvin Saunders Alvin Saunders Alvin Saunders was a U.S. Senator from Nebraska, in the United States, as well as the governor of the Nebraska Territory for most of the American Civil War.-Education:Saunders was born in Fleming County, Kentucky... |
May 15, 1861 | March 1, 1867 | Republican |