The office of United States attorney for the District of Nebraska was created when Nebraska became a state in 1867 and continues to the present day. It was preceded by the office of the United States attorney for the Territory of Nebraska, which began with the creation of Nebraska Territory by the Kansas–Nebraska Act in 1854. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Nebraska represents the United States in civil and criminal litigation in the United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. As of 2025, the U.S. Attorney is Lesley Woods Murphy.

List of territorial U.S. attorneys # Image U.S. Attorney Years Appointed by 1 Experience Estabrook 1854–1859 Franklin Pierce 2 Leavitt L. Bowen 1859–1860 James Buchanan 3 Robert A. Howard 1860–1861 4 David L. Collier 1861–1864 Abraham Lincoln 5 Daniel Gantt 1864–1867

List of U.S. attorneys for the District of Nebraska # Image U.S. Attorney Years Appointed by 1 Daniel Gantt 1867–1876 Abraham Lincoln 2 James Neville 1876–1878 Ulysses S. Grant 3 Gerrio M. Sambertson 1878–1887 Rutherford B. Hayes 4 George E. Prichett 1887–1890 Grover Cleveland 5 Benjamin S. Baker 1890–1894 Benjamin Harrison 6 Andrew Jackson Sawyer 1894–1898 Grover Cleveland 7 Williamson S. Summers 1898–1904 William McKinley 8 Irving F. Baxter 1904–1905 Theodore Roosevelt 9 Charles A. Goss 1905–1910 10 Francis S. Howell 1910–1915 William Howard Taft 11 Thomas S. Allen 1915–1921 Woodrow Wilson 12 James C. Kinsler 1921–1930 Warren G. Harding 13 Charles E. Sandall 1930–1935 Herbert Hoover 14 Joseph T. Votava 1935–1954 Franklin D. Roosevelt 15 Donald Roe Ross 1954–1956 Dwight Eisenhower 16 Henry W. Shackelford 1956 17 William C. Spire 1956–1961 18 Theodore L. Richling 1961–1969 John F. Kennedy 19 Richard A. Dier 1969–1972 Richard Nixon 20 William K. Schaphorst 1972–1975 21 Daniel E. Wherry 1975–1977 Gerald Ford 22 Edward G. Warin 1977–1981 Jimmy Carter Thomas D. Thalken 1981 Acting 23 Ronald D. Lahners 1981–1993 Ronald Reagan 24 Thomas J. Monaghan 1993–2001 Bill Clinton 25 Michael Heavican 2001–2006 George W. Bush 26 Joe Stecher 2006–2009 27 Deborah R. Gilg 2009–2017 Barack Obama Robert C. Stuart 2017–2018 Acting 28 Joseph P. Kelly 2018–2021 Donald Trump Jan W. Sharp 2021–2022 Acting Steven A. Russell 2022–2023 Acting 29 Susan T. Lehr 2023–2025 Court appointed 30 Lesley Woods Murphy 2025–present Donald Trump

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