List of mayors of Nampa, Idaho

The following is a list of mayors of the city of Nampa, Idaho, United States.

Former city hall building in Nampa, Idaho; built in 1910, razed in 1991 (photo 1982)

• W. J. McClelland, c.1901-1903 ^[2]
• Frank H. Sutherland, c.1903-1904 [2]
• H. A. Partridge, c.1904-1905, 1907-1908, 1913-1914 ^[2]
• Rudolphus W. Purdum, c.1905-1906 ^[2]
• E. H. Dewey, c.1909-1911 [2]
• T. E. Munhall, c.1915-1917 [2]
• Robert A. Davis, c.1917-1919 ^{[2] [3]}
• H. H. Keim, c.1919-1920 ^[2]
• J. Fremont Bow, 1921-1923 [2] ^[4]
• Eugene Emerson, c.1923-1925 ^[2]
• George Meffan, 1925-1929 ^[5]
• Eustace Smallwood, c.1929-1930 ^{[2] [5]}
• E. W. Rising, c.1933-1935 ^[2]
• George I. Van Name, 1935-1937 ^[4]
• R. Lewis Ord, 1937-1939 ^[4]
• Ben H. Waigand, 1939-1943 ^[4]
• A. E. Lindsey, c.1943-1945 [2]
• Sevren G. Honstead, 1945-1947 ^[4]
• Peter Johnson, 1947-1951 ^[4]
• Preston Capell, c.1951-1957 ^[2]
• Thomas Leupp, 1957-1961 [4] ^[6]
• Ernest Starr, 1961-1981 [4] ^[7]
• Winston K. Goering, 1981-1993 ^{[4] [2]}
• Maxine Horn, c.2001 [2] ^[8]
• Tom Dale, c.2002-2013 ^[2]
• Bob Henry, c.2014-2017 ^[2]
• Debbie Kling, 2018-2025 ^[9]
• Rick Hogaboam, 2026-present

See also

• Nampa history

References

1. National Register of Historic Places Inventory— Nomination Form: Nampa City Hall (PDF), 1982 – via idaho.gov
2. Lawrence Kestenbaum (ed.), "Mayors and Postmasters of Nampa, Idaho", Political Graveyard, retrieved May 14, 2025
3. Caldwell Tribune, February 14, 1919 – via Library of Congress' Chronicling America
4. Digital Collections, Idaho: Nampa Public Library, retrieved May 14, 2025
5. National Register of Historic Places Registration Form: Old Nampa Neighborhood Historic District (PDF), 2007 – via idaho.gov
6. "Former Mayor Dies", The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho, June 30, 1991 – via Internet Archive
7. "Nampa's Starr Runs", The Times-News, Twin Falls, Idaho, October 2, 1977 – via Internet Archive
8. ci.nampa.id.us, City of Nampa, archived from the original on December 4, 2000 – via Wayback Machine
9. "Office of the Mayor", www.cityofnampa.us, retrieved May 14, 2025