Boys Nation Senators

Popularly identified as the program which gave 16-year-old Bill Clinton an opportunity to meet then President Kennedy in the White House Rose Garden, the American Legion Boys Nation program is a continuation at the national level of the various state-level Boys State programs.

In Nebraska, two outstanding citizens of Cornhusker Boys’ State are selected by a vote of the 32-member town counseling staff.  These two Boys Nation Senators are judged to be those most capable of representing our program in Washington D.C., where they will enjoy an expenses-paid opportunity to learn about the federal government.

Boys Nation is held annually in July, approximately six weeks after Cornhusker Boys’ State.

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Nebraska Boys Nation Senators:

1946	GILBERT EGGEN	NORFOLK	NORFOLK HS
	RICHARD KUSKA	OMAHA	unk
1947	SID JOHNSON	NORFOLK	NORFOLK HS
	DELWYN NAGENGAST	HOWELLS	unk
1948	PON CHINN	NORTH PLATTE	NORTH PLATTE HS
	ROBERT GILMORE	OMAHA	BENSON HS
1949	JIM LANCASTER	KEARNEY	KEARNEY HS
	WILLIAM E JAMES	PALMER	PALMER HS
1950	BILL BURKE	OMAHA	CENTRAL HS
	JERRY BARTON	GERING	unk
1951	MICHAEL YANNEY	KEARNEY	unk
	PAUL BUNGE	AUBURN	unk
1952	CRAIG SVOBODA	NORFOLK	unk
	DON BECK	FREMONT	unk
1953	CHARLES LARSON	OMAHA	NORTH HS
	DIRK YOUNG	IMPERIAL	CHASE CO HS
1954	BRUCE FLEMING	OMAHA	NORTH HS
	TOM GILLILAND	SIDNEY	unk
1955	DON NELSON	LINCOLN	unk
	ROBERT STONER	KENESAW	unk
1956	WILLIAM BAUER	MCCOOK	unk
	ROGER HOLTHAUS	HASTINGS	unk
1957	RICHARD STUCKEY	LEXINGTON	unk
	JIM KIRKMAN, JR	NORTH PLATTE	unk
1958	JOHN ROGER MYERS	GRAND ISLAND	GRAND ISLAND HS
	SIDNEY R HENDERSON	SCOTTSBLUFF	SCOTTSBLUFF HS
1959	DOUGLAS BUSSKOHL	NORFOLK	unk
	FRANK SOBOTA	SCHUYLER	unk
1960	MICHAEL MCINTOSH	FREMONT	unk
	STEVE MARTIN	GRAND ISLAND	unk
1961	KERMIT BRASHEAR	CRAWFORD	CRAWFORD HS
	CHRIS BEUTLER	OMAHA	BENSON HS
1962	FEDRICO MARQUES	HERSHEY	HERSHEY HS
	ROBERT HARRIS	LINCOLN	SOUTHEAST HS
1963	GEROLD GDOWSKI	GENOA	GENOA HS
	TOMMI THOMPSON	LINCOLN	LINCOLN HS
1964	ROGER STARK	LINCOLN	LINCOLN HS
	KENT HASSELBALCH	ST EDWARD	ST EDWARD HS
1965	RANDALL REEVES	OMAHA	BENSON HS
	TERRY PETRZELKA	PRAGUE	unk
1966	JOHN SIMON	FALLS CITY	SACRED HEART HS
	RALPH EICKHOFF	COLUMBUS	COLUMBUS HS
1967	MAX LINDER	PLATTSMOUTH	PLATTSMOUTH HS
	HOWARD WIGERT	MITCHELL	MITCHELL HS
1968	DAVE HOLST	HASTINGS	HASTINGS HS
	GARY PAPKE	LINCOLN	NORTHEAST HS
1969	DAVE MORRISON	KEARNEY	unk
	LEE NEWCOMER	YORK	unk
1970	STEVE ANDREWS	LINCOLN	SOUTHEAST HS
	SCOTT BYE	KEARNEY	KEARNEY HS
1971	LEE BUSSELMAN	HOOPER	unk
	TOM CAMP	KEARNEY	unk
1972	REG GAST	LINCOLN	EAST HS
	SCOTT JAMES	OMAHA	BENSON HS
1973	DAN ROH	ABIE	DAVID CITY AQUINAS HS
	MARK STORTVEDT	NORFOLK	NORFOLK HS
1974	TIM GREEN	OMAHA	NORTHWEST HS
	JAY MATZKE	SIDNEY	SIDNEY HS
1975	JAMES DUNNING	OMAHA	NORTHWEST HS
	KENNETH B NUNN	OMAHA	TECH HS
1976	KEN ALLEN	OMAHA	CENTRAL HS
	KARL SCHOLZ	LINCOLN	LINCOLN HS
	JOHN VISTY	OMAHA	GROSS HS
1977	ROBIN K METER	GERING	MELBETA HS
	JOHN L VITEK	LINCOLN	EAST HS
1978	BILL WHEELER	GRAND ISLAND	GRAND ISLAND HS
	BARNABY SPRING	BOYSTOWN	BOYSTOWN HS
1979	BRUCE CROWTHER	LINCOLN	LINCOLN HS
	DAVID POPPE	SCRIBNER	SCRIBNER HS
1980	KENT KINZER	COLUMBUS	COLUMBUS HS
	RANDAL MESKE	FREMONT	FREMONT HS
1981	DAVID J NASHELSKY	SCOTTSBLUFF	SCOTTSBLUFF HS
	CRAIG W CARLSON	OMAHA	MILLARD HS
1982	PATRICK J COMBS	MALCOLM	MALCOLM HS
	BRYAN C HOWELL	PAPILLION	PAPILLION HS
1983	TUCKER B MAGID	OMAHA	WESTSIDE HS
	KEVIN M SALTZMAN	OMAHA	BURKE HS
1984	DANIEL E MILLER	GRAND ISLAND	GRAND ISLAND HS
	KERMIT BRASHEAR, III	LINCOLN	NORTHEAST HS
1985	TIM MULLIGAN	MURDOCK	MURDOCK HS
	DAN SIDNER	KEARNEY	KEARNEY HS
1986	JOHN T MOORE, JR	HICKMAN	NORRIS HS
	MARK W BODE	LINCOLN	EAST HS
1987	JOHN MAISCH	GRAND ISLAND	GRAND ISLAND HS
	J F HOFFMAN	HOLBROOK	CAMBRIDGE HS
1988	TODD HEYNE	OSHKOSH	GARDEN COUNTY HS
	JONATHAN BAUER	OMAHA	MILLARD NORTH HS
1989	BENJAMIN SASSE	FREMONT	FREMONT HS
	KEVIN CALDWELL	OMAHA	MILLARD SOUTH HS
1990	CHARLES MCCLENDON	OMAHA	BRYAN HS
	NATHAN SPILKER	DEWITT	WILBER-CLATONIA HS
1991	TODD RIDDLE	LINCOLN	LINCOLN PIUS X HS
	LANCE SCHAECHER	BATTLE CREEK	BATTLE CREEK HS
1992	JASON SHARP	OMAHA	MILLARD NORTH HS
	SCOTT DAY	WAYNE	WAYNE HS
1993	JOSHUA VOLLERTSEN	PALMYRA	PALMYRA HS
	ANDREW FISCHER	VALLEY	VALLEY HS
1994	MATTHEW WILSON	OMAHA	ELKHORN MT MICHAEL HS
	ANDREW BRADLEY	GRAND ISLAND	GRAND ISLAND HS
1995	HAL HANSEN	LINCOLN	LINCOLN HS
	TIMOTHY BEARD	LINCOLN	SOUTHEAST HS
1996	BRANDON KATZBERG	JUNIATA	ADAMS CENTRAL HS
	ERIK GERMAN	LINCOLN	LINCOLN HS
1997	MICHAEL SHEARER	NORTH PLATTE	NORTH PLATTE HS
	BENJAMIN MCCARTY	GRAND ISLAND	CENTRAL CATHOLIC HS
1998	DAVID C RENNARD	OMAHA	CENTRAL HS
	NATHAN R TODD	NORTH PLATTE	NORTH PLATTE HS
1999	REESE A PEARSON	DAVENPORT	DAVENPORT HS
	BRENT HOOPS	COLUMBUS	COLUMBUS HS
2000	ERIC A ASBOE	LINCOLN	LINCOLN HS
	JACOB F HOPPE	LINCOLN	EAST HS
2001	BENJAMIN J KEELE	HASTINGS	HASTINGS HS
	ANDREW C CULP	OMAHA	MILLARD NORTH HS
2002	CALE W FARQUHAR	ELM CREEK	ELM CREEK HS
	ANTHONY L HERRON JR	OMAHA	BURKE HS
2003	DAVID M SLOBOTSKI	OMAHA	NORTHWEST HS
	JEREMY HUTCHESON	GORDON	GORDON HS
2004	BURKE BOURNE	OMAHA	MILLARD NORTH HS
	ED JAROS	LINCOLN	LINCOLN PIUS X HS
2005	PHONG TRAN	LINCOLN	LINCOLN HS
	E ALEXANDER MUNSON	HARRISON	SIOUX COUNTY HS
2006	WESLEY PRATER	ELGIN	ELGIN HS
	JUSTIN L GREEN	SUTTON	SUTTON HS
2007	JED DUSH	ELBA	ELBA HS
	DAVID APPLEGARTH	OMAHA	MILLARD WEST HS
2008	LUKE HAWBAKER	OMAHA	OMAHA CENTRAL HS
	WADE KELLETT	PAPILLION	PAPILLION-LAVISTA HS
2009	EDSON DE OLIVEIRA	EWING	EWING HS
	BRYCE CAIN	OMAHA	OMAHA BURKE HS
2010	ALEJANDRO RAMIREZ	MADISON	MADISON HS
	BENJAMIN CRELIN	LINCOLN	LINCOLN SOUTHWEST HS
2011	CHRISTIAN MAPES	OMAHA	CREIGHTON PREP HS
	LUKAS FRICKE	ULYLLES	DAVID CITY HS
2012	HENRY HAWBAKER	OMAHA	OMAHA CENTRAL HS
	ROBERT LEDDY	OMAHA	CREIGHTON PREP HS
2013	JOHN M HOGUE	OMAHA	CREIGHTON PREP HS
	DAVIS C ERKER	OMAHA	CREIGHTON PREP HS
2014	JOSEPH FERRIS	OMAHA	OMAHA CENTRAL HS
	MICHAEL KELLY	OMAHA	OMAHA CENTRAL HS
2015	BRODEY WEBER	LINCOLN	LINCOLN NORTH STAR HS
	CODY SCHEELE	ODELL	DILLER-ODELL HS
2016	JACOB GIDEON	OMAHA	ELKHORN SOUTH HS
	CHOTEAU KAMMEL	OMAHA	OMAHA CENTRAL HS
2017	MICHAEL MCCLELLEN	OMAHA	CREIGHTON PREP HS
	NICHOLAS KOHLER	OMAHA	OMAHA CENTRAL HS
2018	CALEB HENDRICKSON	SHICKLEY	SHICKLEY HS
	SEBASTIAN BOELHOWER	HASTINGS	ADAMS CENTRAL HS
2019	FLOPATEER HABIB	WAVERLY	WAVERLY HS
	ETHAN GOLDFISH VINSON	COLUMBUS	LAKEVIEW HS
2022	HOLDEN FERSHEE	OMAHA	OMAHA CENTRAL HS
	VIKRAM MENON	OMAHA	MILLARD NORTH HS
2023	PORTER NELSON	LINCOLN	LINCOLN SOUTHEAST HS
	NAYAN VEL	OMAHA	MILLARD NORTH HS