J. James Exon

John James "Jim" Exon (August 9, 1921 – June 10, 2005) was an American Democratic politician. He served as the Governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a U.S. Senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. Exon was a Nebraska Democrat who never lost an election. He was elected and re-elected governor in 1970 & 1974, elected to the Senate in 1978, and re-elected in 1984 and 1990. He is the only Nebraskan besides George Norris, the architect of Nebraska's Unicameral, to win five consecutive statewide elections.

References

• The Exon Library
• Exon's Congressional biography
• New York Times article on Exon's death
• Los Angeles Times article on Exon's death
• Political Graveyard article on James Exon
• Frederick C. Luebke Nebraska: An Illustrated History University of Nebraska Press 1995 pages 368-370 ISBN 0-8302-2902-X

Further Reading

• Duane Hutchinson, Exon: Biography of a Governor Foundation Books 1973 ISBN 0934988013