List of mayors of Omaha, Nebraska

Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Incumbent
Jean Stothert
since June 10, 2013
StyleHer Honor
The Honorable
SeatOmaha City Hall
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderJesse Lowe
Formation19th Century
Websitemayors-office.cityofomaha.org

This is a list of mayors of Omaha, Nebraska, United States.

List of mayors

Order Image Name[1]
(Birth–Death) 		Term began[2][3] Term ended[2][3] Party affiliation Notes
1 Jesse Lowe
(1814–1868) 		March 5, 1857 March 2, 1858 Democratic [4]
2 Andrew Jackson Poppleton
(1830–1896) 		March 2, 1858 September 14, 1858
(resigned) 		Democratic
3 George Robert Armstrong
(1819-1896)
(interim mayor) 		September 14, 1858 March 10, 1859 Democratic
4 David Douglas Belden
(1821-1897) 		March 10, 1859 March 6, 1860 Democratic
5 Clinton Briggs
(1828-1882) 		March 6, 1860 March 5, 1861 Republican
6 George Robert Armstrong
(1819-1896) 		March 5, 1861 November 5, 1862
(resigned) 		Democratic
7 Benjamin Eli Barnet Kennedy
(1827-1916)
(interim mayor) 		November 5, 1862 March 15, 1864 Democratic
8 Addison R. Gilmore
(1804-1866) 		March 15, 1864 March 9, 1865 Democratic [5]
9 Lorin Miller
(1800-1888) 		March 9, 1865 March 6, 1867 Democratic [6]
10 Charles H. Brown
(1834-1897) 		March 6, 1867 March 4, 1868 Democratic
11 George M. Roberts
(1843-1906) 		March 4, 1868 June 7, 1869 Republican [7]
12 Ezra Millard
(1833-1886) 		June 7, 1869 April 10, 1871 Democratic
13 Smith Samuel Caldwell
(1834-1884) 		April 10, 1871 April 9, 1872 Republican
14 Joseph Hopkins Millard
(1836-1922) 		April 9, 1872 April 7, 1873 Republican
15 William M. Brewer
(?-1921) 		April 7, 1873 February 3, 1874
(resigned) 		Democratic [8]
16 James S. Gibson
(1835-1906)
(acting mayor) 		February 3, 1874 April 13, 1874 Democratic [9][10]
17 Champion S. Chase
(1820-1898) 		April 13, 1874 April 9, 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.[11]
18 Reuben H. Wilbur
(1825-1898) 		April 9, 1877 April 7, 1879 Republican [12]
19 Champion S. Chase
(1820-1898) 		April 7, 1879 April 12, 1881 Republican
20 James E. Boyd
(1834-1906) 		April 12, 1881 April 10, 1883 Democratic
21 Champion S. Chase
(1820-1898) 		April 10, 1883 June 30, 1884
(removed from office) 		Republican
22 Patrick F. Murphy
(?-1885)
(acting mayor) 		June 30, 1884 April 14, 1885 Republican [13]
23 James E. Boyd
(1834-1906) 		April 14, 1885 May 10, 1887 Democratic
24 William J. Broatch
(1841-1922) 		May 10, 1887 January 7, 1890 Republican
25 Richard C. Cushing
(1843-1913) 		January 7, 1890 January 5, 1892 Democratic
26 George Pickering Bemis
(1838-1916) 		January 5, 1892 January 7, 1896 Republican
27 William J. Broatch
(1841-1922) 		January 7, 1896 May 12, 1897
[14] 		Republican
28 Frank E. Moores†
(1840-1906) 		May 12, 1897
[14] 		March 23, 1906
(died in office)

(may have served illegally)[15]

Republican
29 Harry B. Zimman
(1879-1936)
(acting mayor) 		March 23, 1906 May 21, 1906 Republican
30 James C. Dahlman
(1856-1930) 		May 21, 1906 May 13, 1918 Democratic
31 Edward Parsons Smith
(1860-1930) 		May 13, 1918 May 17, 1921 Democratic
32 James C. Dahlman†
(1856-1930) 		May 17, 1921 January 21, 1930
(died in office) 		Democratic
33 John H. Hopkins
(1886-1954)
(acting mayor) 		January 21, 1930 February 4, 1930 Democratic
34 Richard Lee Metcalfe
(1861-1954)
(interim mayor) 		February 4, 1930 May 16, 1933 Democratic
35 Roy Nathan Towl
(1881-1974) 		May 16, 1933 May 26, 1936 Republican
36 Dan Bernard Butler
(1879-1953) 		May 26, 1936 May 29, 1945 Democratic
37 Charles W. Leeman
(1892-1979) 		May 29, 1945 May 25, 1948 Democratic
38 Glenn C. Cunningham
(1912-2003) 		May 25, 1948 May 25, 1954 Republican
39 Johnny Rosenblatt
(1907-1979) 		May 25, 1954 May 22, 1961 Democratic[16] First Jewish mayor of Omaha.
40 James Dworak
(1925-2002) 		May 22, 1961 May 24, 1965 Democratic
41 Alexander V. Sorensen
(1905-1982) 		May 24, 1965 May 26, 1969 Republican [17]
42 Eugene A. Leahy
(1929-2000) 		May 26, 1969 May 28, 1973 Democratic
43 Edward Zorinsky
(1928-1987) 		May 28, 1973 November 16, 1976
(resigned) 		Republican (before 1975) Second Jewish mayor. Resigned after winning election to the U.S. Senate.
Democratic (1975-1987)[18]
44 Robert G. Cunningham
(1923-2014)
(interim mayor)
 November 16, 1976 June 6, 1977 Republican Succeeded mayor Edward Zorinsky who won election to the U.S. Senate. Stepped down June 6, 1977 to serve on the State Game and Parks Commission.[19]
45 Albert L. Veys
(1919-2002) 		June 6, 1977 June 8, 1981 Democratic [20][21]
46 Mike Boyle
(1944-2021) 		June 8, 1981 January 26, 1987
(removed from office) 		Democratic
47 Stephen H. Tomasek, Jr.
(1920-2001)
(acting mayor) 		January 26, 1987 February 6, 1987 Democratic City Council President Tomasek served as acting mayor after mayor Mike Boyle was recalled.[22]
48 Bernard R. Simon†
(1927-1988)
(interim mayor) 		February 6, 1987 April 14, 1988
(died in office) 		Democratic Named mayor by the City Council on February 3, 1987 after mayor Mike Boyle was recalled.[23]
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.[23]
49 Fred L. Conley
(b. 1948)
(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 Simon on April 14, 1988.[23]
50 Walt Calinger
(b. 1940)
(interim mayor) 		April 20, 1988 June 5, 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 Simon.[24]
51 P. J. Morgan
(b. 1940) 		June 5, 1989 September 20, 1994
(resigned) 		Republican [25]
52 Subby Anzaldo
(1933-2019)
(acting mayor) 		September 20, 1994 January 9, 1995 Democratic
53 Hal Daub
(b. 1941) 		January 9, 1995 June 10, 2001 Republican
54 Mike Fahey
(b. 1943) 		June 10, 2001 June 8, 2009 Democratic
55 Jim Suttle
(b. 1944) 		June 8, 2009 June 10, 2013 Democratic
56 Jean Stothert
(b. 1954) 		June 10, 2013 Present Republican First woman mayor of Omaha

See also

References

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