Governors

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