| Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Style | Her Honor The Honorable |
| Seat | Omaha City Hall |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Jesse Lowe |
| Formation | 19th Century |
| Website | mayors-office |
This is a list of mayors of Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
| Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska | |
|---|---|
| | |
| Style | Her Honor The Honorable |
| Seat | Omaha City Hall |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | Jesse Lowe |
| Formation | 19th Century |
| Website | mayors-office |
This is a list of mayors of Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
| Order | Image | Name | Term began | Term ended | Party affiliation | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  | Jesse Lowe | 1857 | 1858 | |||
| 2 |  | Andrew Jackson Poppleton | 1858 | 1858 (resigned) | Democratic | ||
| 3 | George Robert Armstrong (interim mayor) | 1858 | 1859 | Democratic | |||
| 4 | David Douglas Belden | 1859 | 1860 | Democratic | |||
| 5 | Clinton Briggs | 1860 | 1861 | Republican | |||
| 6 | George Robert Armstrong | 1861 | 1862 (resigned) | Democratic | |||
| 7 | Benjamin Eli Barnet Kennedy (interim mayor) | 1862 | 1864 | Democratic | |||
| 8 | Addison R. Gilmore | 1864 | 1865 | ||||
| 9 | Lorin Miller | 1865 | 1867 | ||||
| 10 | Charles H. Brown | 1867 | 1868 | Democratic | |||
| 11 | George M. Roberts | 1868 | 1869 | ||||
| 12 |  | Ezra Millard | 1869 | 1871 | Democratic | ||
| 13 |  | Smith Samuel Caldwell | 1871 | 1872 | Republican | ||
| 14 |  | Joseph Hopkins Millard | 1872 | 1873 | Republican | ||
| 15 | William M. Brewer | 1873 | 1874 (resigned) | ||||
| 16 | James S. Gibson (acting mayor) | 1874 | 1874 | ||||
| 17 |  | Champion S. Chase | 1874 | 1877 | Republican | First elected to a one-year term in 1874 and then to a two-year term in 1875 after Omaha extended the mayoral term to two years. [1] | |
| 18 | Reuben H. Wilbur | 1877 | 1879 | ||||
| 19 | | Champion S. Chase | 1879 | 1881 | Republican | ||
| 20 |  | James E. Boyd | 1881 | 1883 | Democratic | ||
| 21 | | Champion S. Chase | 1883 | 1884 (removed from office) | Republican | ||
| 22 | Patrick F. Murphy (acting mayor) | 1884 | 1885 | Republican | |||
| 23 | | James E. Boyd | 1885 | 1887 | Democratic | ||
| 24 |  | William J. Broatch | 1887 | 1890 | Republican | ||
| 25 | Richard C. Cushing | 1890 | 1892 | Democratic | |||
| 26 |  | George Pickering Bemis | 1892 | 1896 | Republican | ||
| 27 | | William J. Broatch | 1896 | 1897 | Republican | ||
| 28 | William F. Bechel (acting mayor) | 1897 | 1897 | Republican | |||
| 29 |  | Frank E. Moores† | 1897 | 1906 (died in office) (may have served illegally) [2] | Republican | ||
| 30 |  | Harry B. Zimman (acting mayor) | 1906 | 1906 | Republican | ||
| 31 |  | James C. Dahlman | 1906 | 1918 | Democratic | ||
| 32 |  | Edward Parsons Smith | 1918 | 1921 | Democratic | ||
| 33 | | James C. Dahlman† | 1921 | 1930 (died in office) | Democratic | ||
| 34 | John H. Hopkins (acting mayor) | 1930 | 1930 | Democratic | |||
| 35 |  | Richard Lee Metcalfe (interim mayor) | 1930 | 1933 | Democratic | ||
| 36 | Roy Nathan Towl | 1933 | 1936 | Republican | |||
| 37 |  | Dan Bernard Butler | 1936 | 1945 | Democratic | ||
| 38 | Charles W. Leeman | 1945 | 1948 | Democratic | |||
| 39 |  | Glenn C. Cunningham | 1948 | 1954 | Republican | ||
| 40 |  | Johnny Rosenblatt | 1954 | 1961 | |||
| 41 | James Dworak | 1961 | 1965 | Democratic | |||
| 42 | Alexander V. Sorensen | 1965 | 1969 | ||||
| 43 | Eugene A. Leahy | 1969 | 1973 | Democratic | |||
| 44 |  | Edward Zorinsky | 1973 | 1976 (resigned) | Republican (before 1976) | First Jewish mayor of Omaha. Resigned after winning election to the U.S. Senate. | |
| Democratic (1976-1987) | |||||||
| 45 |  | Robert G. Cunningham (interim mayor) | 1976 | June 6, 1977 | Republican | Succeeded mayor Edward Zorinsky who won election to the U.S. Senate. Stepped down June 6, 1987 to serve on the State Game and Parks Commission. [3] | |
| 46 | Albert L. Veys | 1977 | 1981 | Republican | |||
| 47 | Mike Boyle | 1981 | January 19, 1987 (removed from office) | Democratic | |||
| 48 | Stephen H. Tomasek, Jr. (acting mayor) | January 19, 1987 | February 10, 1987 | City Council President Tomasek served as acting mayor after mayor Mike Boyle was recalled. [4] | |||
| 49 |  | Bernard R. Simon† (interim mayor) | February 10, 1987 | April 14, 1988 (died in office) | Democratic | Named mayor by the City Council on February 3, 1987 after mayor Mike Boyle was recalled. [5] Simon died on April 14, 1988 with City Council President Fred Conley served as acting mayor until the council was able to convene to name an interim mayor. [5] | |
| 50 |  | Fred L. Conley (acting mayor) | April 14, 1988 | April 20, 1988 | Democratic | First African American councilmember in Omaha. As president of the City Council, Conley served as acting mayor after the death of interim mayor Bernie Stone on April 14, 1988. [5] | |
| 51 |  | Walt Calinger (interim mayor) | April 20, 1988 | 1989 | Democratic | Named interim mayor on April 20, 1988 by a 4-3 vote of the City Council to finish the unexpired term of Bernie Stone. [6] | |
| 52 | P. J. Morgan | 1989 | 1994 (resigned) | Republican | |||
| 53 |  | Subby Anzaldo (acting mayor) | 1994 | 1995 | Democratic | ||
| 54 |  | Hal Daub | 1995 | 2001 | Republican | ||
| 55 |  | Mike Fahey | 2001 | 2009 | Democratic | ||
| 56 |  | Jim Suttle | 2009 | 2013 | Democratic | ||
| 57 |  | Jean Stothert | 2013 | Present | Republican | First woman mayor of Omaha | |
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