The Nebraska Treasurer is the chief financial officer in the U.S. state of Nebraska.^[1] The current treasurer is Joey Spellerberg, who has served as treasurer since November 6, 2025.^[2]

The Treasurer of the State of Nebraska is the chief financial officer of the government of Nebraska. The treasurer is responsible for maintaining the state funds by investing and maintaining the state budget. The department's main purpose is to invest state funds and maintain accurate records of transactions enacted by the state. The state office also disperses funds to local governments as needed, keeps track of unclaimed property and helps with investments.^[3]

List of territorial treasurers

List of state treasurers

Parties

  Republican (35)   Democratic (7)   Fusion (Democratic/Populist) (2)

No.	Image	Treasurer	Term	Party
1		Augustus Kountze[b]	1867–1869	Republican
2		James Sweet	1869–1871	Republican
3		Henry A. Koenig	1871–1875	Republican
4		James C. McBride[6]	1875–1879	Republican
5		George M. Bartlett	1879–1883	Republican
6		Phelps D. Sturdevant	1883–1885	Fusion[c]
7		Charles H. Willard	1885–1889	Republican
8		John E. Hill	1889–1893	Republican
9		Joseph S. Bartley	1893–1897	Republican
10		John B. Meserve	1897–1901	Fusion[d]
11		William Stuefer	1901–1903	Republican
12		Peter Mortensen	1903–1907	Republican
13		Lawson G. Brian[7]	1907–1911	Republican
14		Walter A. George	1911–1915	Republican
15		George E. Hall	1915–1919	Democratic
16		Daniel B. Cropsey	1919–1923	Republican
17		Charles D. Robinson	1923–1927	Republican
18		Willis M. Stebbins[8]	1927–1931	Republican
19		Truman W. Bass	1931–1933	Republican
–		George E. Hall[e]	1933–1936	Democratic
20		Horatio J. Murray[f][9]	1936–1937	Democratic
21		Walter H. Jensen	1937–1939	Democratic
–		Truman W. Bass[g]	1939	Republican
22		John Havekost[h]	1939–1941	Democratic
23		Lucian B. Johnson[10][11][12]	1941–1943	Republican
24		Carl G. Swanson[i]	1943–1945	Republican
25		Edward Gillette[j]	1946–1951	Republican
26		Frank B. Heintze	1951–1955	Republican
27		Ralph W. Hill[k]	1955–1958	Republican
28		Bertha I. Hill[l]	1958–1959	Republican
29		Richard R. Larsen	1959–1961	Democratic
30		Clarence L. E. Swanson[m]	1961–1964	Republican
31		P. Merle Humphries[n]	1964–1965	Republican
32		Fred Sorensen	1965–1967	Democratic
33		Wayne Swanson	1967–1975	Republican
34		Frank Marsh[o]	1975–1981	Republican
35		Kay A. Orr[p]	1981–1987	Republican
–		Frank Marsh	1987–1991	Republican
36		Dawn Rockey	1991–1995	Democratic
37		David Heineman[q]	1995–2001	Republican
38		Lorelee Hunt Byrd[r]	2001–2004	Republican
39		Ron Ross[s]	2004–2007	Republican
40		Shane Osborn	2007–2011	Republican
41		Don Stenberg	2011–2019	Republican
42		John Murante[t][u]	2019–2023	Republican
43		Tom Briese[v]	2023–2025	Republican
44		Joey Spellerberg[w]	2025–present	Republican

Notes

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