As selected by vote of the citizens of Cornhusker Boys’ State at the end of the week, the governorship of CBS represents the highest peer-elected office to which a CBS citizen may aspire.
Upon inauguration, a newly-elected CBS governor is awarded custody of the R.N. Riddle Traveling Trophy, is honored with the task of representing CBS throughout his senior year of high school during various American Legion events across Nebraska, and is also invited to return to CBS the summer after his high school graduation, during which time he serves as the sitting Governor of Cornhusker Boys’ State.
Governors of Cornhusker Boys’ State:
1938 | WILLIAM A DAFOE | TECUMSEH | unk |
1939 | JAMES J FARRALD | BOYSTOWN | unk |
1940 | DAVID A WEIDLER | YORK | unk |
1941 | GOULD B FLAGG, JR | ORD | unk |
1942 | ROBERT J ACKERMAN | SIDNEY | unk |
1943 | WWII | n/a | n/a |
1944 | WWII | n/a | n/a |
1945 | WWII | n/a | n/a |
1946 | GIB EGGEN | NORFOLK | NORFOLK HS |
1947 | SID JOHNSON | NORFOLK | NORFOLK HS |
1948 | PON CHINN | NORTH PLATTE | NORTH PLATTE HS |
1949 | JIM LANCASTER | KEARNEY | unk |
1950 | BILL BURKE | OMAHA | CENTRAL HS |
1951 | JIM COOPER | NORTH PLATTE | unk |
1952 | CRAIG SWOBODA | NORFOLK | unk |
1953 | JERRY RIGG | OMAHA | BENSON HS |
1954 | BRUCE FLEMING | OMAHA | NORTH HS |
1955 | BRUCE BARTH | OMAHA | NORTH HS |
1956 | TOM ROSCH | OMAHA | BENSON HS |
1957 | JIM MATSCHULLAT | FREMONT | unk |
1958 | JOHN ROGER MYERS | GRAND ISLAND | GRAND ISLAND HS |
1959 | JOHN C SMITH | OMAHA | SOUTH HS |
1960 | BILL ABERNATHY | OMAHA | CENTRAL HS |
1961 | RON POGGEMEYER | NEBRASKA CITY | unk |
1962 | DOUG SORENSEN | SCOTTSBLUFF | unk |
1963 | JOHN ZYSMAN | OMAHA | CENTRAL HS |
1964 | ROGER STARK | LINCOLN | LINCOLN HS |
1965 | RANDALL REEVES | OMAHA | BENSON HS |
1966 | STUART O HALLGREN | OMAHA | BENSON HS |
1967 | BRIAN HEACOCK | LINCOLN | NORTHEAST HS |
1968 | JAMES M SANDER | GRAND ISLAND | unk |
1969 | STANELY D WALKER | SCOTTSBLUFF | unk |
1970 | STEVE GONZALES | OMAHA | TECH HS |
1971 | JOE WHITE | OMAHA | TECH HS |
1972 | VAUGHN BURKHOLDER | DAVID CITY | SCHUYLER CENTRAL HS |
1973 | DAN ROH | ABIE | DAVID CITY AQUINAS HS |
1974 | TIM GREEN | OMAHA | NORTHWEST HS |
1975 | JAMES DUNNING | OMAHA | NORTHWEST HS |
1976 | MARK KNIGHT | MILLARD | unk |
1977 | KEVIN MORROW | OMAHA | NORTHWEST HS |
1978 | BARNABY SPRING | BOYSTOWN | BOYSTOWN HS |
1979 | DAVID POPPE | SCRIBNER | SCRIBNER HS |
1980 | JORGE RUIZ | BOYSTOWN | BOYSTOWN HS |
1981 | CRAIG W CARLSON | MILLARD | MILLARD HS |
1982 | PATRICK J COMBS | MALCOLM | MALCOLM HS |
1983 | WILLIAM HELLERICH | RAYMOND | unk |
1984 | FRANK R TIMPERLY, JR | BENNINGTON | unk |
1985 | TIM F MULLIGAN | MURDOCK | MURDOCK HS |
1986 | CHARLES GRAY | OMAHA | BURKE HS |
1987 | JOHN MAISCH | GRAND ISLAND | GRAND ISLAND HS |
1988 | TODD HEYNE | OSHKOSH | OSHKOSH HS |
1989 | BENJAMIN SASSE | FREMONT | FREMONT HS |
1990 | TIMOTHY ASCHOFF | MADISON | MADISON HS |
1991 | KOBIE BOYKINS | OMAHA | NORTHWEST HS |
1992 | JASON SHARP | OMAHA | MILLARD NORTH HS |
1993 | FARUK ABDULLAH | COLUMBUS | COLUMBUS HS |
1994 | JESS SWELEY | KEARNEY | KEARNEY HS |
1995 | TIMOTHY BEARD | LINCOLN | SOUTHEAST HS |
1996 | BRANDON KATZBERG | JUNIATA | ADAMS CENTRAL HS |
1997 | COREY KLIEWER | PHILLIPS | AURORA HS |
1998 | CHRISTOPHER QUIGLEY | BOYS TOWN | BOYS TOWN HS |
1999 | REESE A PEARSON | DAVENPORT | DAVENPORT HS |
2000 | JONATHAN S CAMP | LINCOLN | EAST HS |
2001 | MONTREL TERRY | BOYS TOWN | BOYS TOWN HS |
2002 | ANTHONY L HERRON, JR | OMAHA | BURKE HS |
2003 | RICHARD L LICHTAS, JR | ASHLAND | ASHLAND-GREENWOOD HS |
2004 | KENT LIVINGSTON | NORTH PLATTE | NORTH PLATTE HS |
2005 | STEVE DUNNING | OMAHA | ELKHORN MT MICHAEL HS |
2006 | WESLEY PRATER | ELGIN | ELGIN HS |
2007 | WEI JOHNNY JIANG | COOK | NEMAHA VALLEY HS |
2008 | SAMUEL J SCHNEIDER | GRAND ISLAND | GRAND ISLAND NORTHWEST HS |
2009 | BRYCE E CAIN | OMAHA | OMAHA BURKE HS |
2010 | NICK SCHREINER | SEWARD | PARKVIEW CHRISTIAN HS |
2011 | CHRISTIAN MAPES | OMAHA | CREIGHTON PREP HS |
2012 | CARRICK PERLINGER | PAXTON | PAXTON HS |
2013 | WALTER PAUL | OMAHA | CREIGHTON PREP HS |
2014 | HUNTER TRAYNOR | ELKHORN | ELKHORN HS |
2015 | JAMES MOSEMAN | OAKLAND | OAKLAND CRAIG HS |
2016 | RUBEN AGUILAR | LINCOLN | NORTH STAR HS |
2017 | RILEY KNUST | PLYMOUTH | TRI-COUNTY HS |
2018 | JACOB MASON | FIRTH | NORRIS HS |
2019 | EVAN JOLLEY | OMAHA | MILLARD NORTH HS |
2020 | COVID | n/a | n/a |
2021 | COVID | n/a | n/a |
2022 | VIKRAM MENON | OMAHA | MILLARD NORTH HS |
2023 | ANISH AMIN | OMAHA | MILLARD NORTH HS |