Official Site of Nebraska State Government

HISTORY OF COMMISSIONERS 1935 - Present

Year

Commission #1

Year

Commissioner #2

Year

Commissioner #3

1935-36 Thos. Gass 1935-38 W.W. Carmichael 1935-46 J.A. MC Eachen
1937-48 Theo M. Osterman 1939-44 Jackson B. Chase 1947-50 Blaine Young
1949-60 Nathon B. Pont 1945-46 John F. Mericle 1951-52 G.H. Rydman
1961-62 Vernon Taylor 1946-46 Jackson B. Chase 1953-56 Tal Coonrad
1963-68 Alma W. Stephens 1947-50 Marcus L. Poteet 1957-58 Victor Bremer
1969-72 Ivan A. Armstrong 1951-52 Gus Prestegaard 1959-60 Frank Sorrell
1973-78 Lowell Shaffer 1953-56 Carl E. Linn 1961-64 Francis Robinson
1979-84 Herbert J. Duis 1957-74 Ray Osborn 1965-70 Thomas J. Cheslak
1985-91 Donald N. Dworak 1975-80 Phil Weaver 1971-76 Edward Robinson
1992-99 John 'Jack' Crowley 1981-86 William H. Palmer 1977-80 Catherine Dahlquist
1999-2009 Rhonda Flower 1987-92 Fred 'Bob' Sikyta 1981-82 Thomas Fitzgerald
2009-2015 Janice Wiebusch 1993-99 Nancy J. McGinley 1983-88 John P. Miller
    1999-2011 Robert 'Bob' Logsdon 1989-95 William R. Skarda
    2011-2017 William Austin 1996-2007 Richard L. Coyne
        2008-2014 Robert 'Bob' Batt

Each Commissioner serves a six year fixed term, and must represent one of the three congressional districts within Nebraska. Their powers and duties include:

1. Final administrative approval of all retail liquor licenses.

2. Conducting citation hearings, which include deciding innocence or guilt and imposing sanctions on licensees ranging from a letter of reprimand to revocation of the license.

3. Establishment of rules and regulations.

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