J. James Exon

A Senator from Nebraska. Born in Geddes, Charles Mix County, S. Dak. , August 9, 1921. Attended the public schools. Attended University of Omaha, Omaha, Nebr. , 1939-1941. United States Army Signal Corps 1942-1945. United States Army Reserve 1945-1949. Branch manager of a financial corporation. Founder and president of an office equipment firm 1953-1971. Governor of Nebraska 1971-1979. Elected as a Democrat to the United States Senate in 1978. Reelected in 1984 and again in 1990 and served from January 3, 1979 to January 3, 1997. Not a candidate for reelection in 1996. Was a resident of Lincoln, Neb. , until his death, due to cancer, on June 10, 2005. Lay in state in the rotunda of the Nebraska state capitol, June 14-15, 2005. Interment in Wyuka Cemetery, Lincoln.