About J. James Exon
John James Exon was an American businessman and politician who served as the 33rd governor of Nebraska from 1971 to 1979, and as a United States senator from Nebraska from 1979 to 1997. A member of the Democratic Party, Exon never lost an election, and was the only Democrat ever to hold Nebraska's Class 2 U.S. Senate seat. He was elected governor in 1970, re-elected in 1974, elected to the Senate in 1978, and re-elected to that seat in 1984 and 1990. He founded Exon Office Supplies (later Exon's Inc.) in Lincoln in 1953 and served as its president until 1971. Exon's first bid for public office was his successful campaign for Governor of Nebraska, defeating incumbent Republican Norbert Tiemann. Exon was re-elected in a landslide in 1974, becoming the first person to serve eight years as Nebraska governor. His grandfather founded the Democratic Party of South Dakota.
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