Twenty-six busts located on the second floor of the Nebraska State Capitol commemorate members of the Hall of Fame.

In celebration of the centenary of his birth, the state placed the Norris bust in the southeast niche of the Great Hall of the capitol.

[3] The state permitted the commission to use the Norris bust in the capitol as the senator's statuary representation in the hall of fame.

"[5] The state dedicated the Neihardt bust on December 7, 1961, and placed it in a large niche above the landing of the northeast stairwell.

[9] The commission placed subsequent busts on limestone plinths throughout the second floor courtyard hallways to the north and south of the legislative chambers.

The legislature stated that the purpose of the hall is to "bring to public attention and to recognize officially those people who, in their lives, have achieved prominence and who were outstanding Nebraskans.

[13] Finally in 1998, the Nebraska State Legislature again amended statutes and provided that, beginning January 1, 2000, no more than one member may be named to the hall of fame every five years.

Critics of Wherry said he was an inappropriate inductee because of his "crusade to root out homosexuals in government" during his tenure in Congress at the height of McCarthyism.