| Post: | Mayor |
| Body: | Boise, Idaho |
| Insigniasize: | 100px |
| Insigniacaption: | Seal of Boise City |
| Incumbent: | Lauren McLean |
| Incumbentsince: | January 7, 2020 |
| Termlength: | 4 years |
| Formation: | 1866 |
| Inaugural: | Ephraim Smith |
| Website: | Mayor's Office |
This is a list of mayors of Boise, Idaho.
Boise mayors were originally elected to one-year terms. The terms were extended to two years in 1881 and to four years in 1965.
Lauren McLean, the incumbent, was elected in 2019. The most recent Boise mayoral election occurred in November 2023.
| Portrait | Name | Term start | Term end | class=unsortable | Note | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ephraim Smith (1819–1891; aged 72) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 2 | Henry E. Prickett (1829–1885; aged 55–56) | bgcolor= | Republican | Appointed | |||||
| 3 | Thomas B. Hart (1831–1911; aged 79–80) | bgcolor= | Elected | ||||||
| 4 | Charles Himrod (1st) (1842–1920; aged 77) | bgcolor= | Democratic | Appointed | |||||
| 5 | George H. Twitchell | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 6 | Thomas E. Logan (1st) (1834–1894; aged 59–60) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 7 | John Lemp (1838–1912; aged 74) | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||||
| 8 | Thomas E. Logan (2nd) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 9 | Charles Himrod (2nd) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||||
| 10 | Cyrus Y. Jacobs (1831–1900; aged 68) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 11 | Charles P. Bilderback (1846–1917; aged 71) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 12 | James A. Pinney (1st) (1835–1914; aged 78) | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||||
| 13 | Sol Hasbrouck (1833–1906; aged 73) | bgcolor= | Republican | Resigned | |||||
| 14 | James W. Huston | bgcolor= | Republican | Appointed | |||||
| 15 | Peter J. Pefley (1830–1906; aged 75) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||||
| 16 | James A. Pinney (2nd) | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||||
| 17 | Peter Sonna (1835–1907; aged 71) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 18 | Walter E. Pierce (1860–1951; aged 91) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||||
| 19 | Moses Alexander (1st) (1853–1932; aged 78) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||||
| 20 | James H. Richards | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 21 | Moses Alexander (2nd) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||||
| 22 | James H. Hawley (1847–1929; aged 82) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||||
| 23 | James A. Pinney (3rd) | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||||
| 24 | John M. Haines (1863–1917; aged 54) | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||||
| 25 | Joseph T. Pence (1869–1941; aged 71) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||||
| 26 | Harry Fritchman (1865–1942; aged 77) | bgcolor= | Republican | Resigned | |||||
| 27 | Arthur Hodges (1865–1944; aged 79) | bgcolor= | Republican | Appointed, Elected | |||||
| 28 | J. W. Robinson (1860–1939; aged 78) | bgcolor= | Recalled | ||||||
| 29 | S. H. Hays (1864–1934; aged 70) | bgcolor= | Democratic | Appointed, Elected | |||||
| 30 | Ernest G. Eagleson (1st) (1864–1956; aged 92) | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||||
| 31 | Eugene B. Sherman (1871–1963; aged 91) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 32 | Ernest G. Eagleson (2nd) | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||||
| 33 | Herbert F. Lemp (1884–1927; aged 42) | bgcolor= | Died in office | ||||||
| 34 | Walter F. Hansen (1877–1965; aged 88) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 35 | James P. Pope (1884–1966; aged 81) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||||
| 36 | Ross Cady (1884–1959; aged 74) | bgcolor= | Appointed[1] [2] | ||||||
| 37 | J. J. McCue (1875–1935; aged 60) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 38 | Byron E. Hyatt (1873–1936; aged 63) | bgcolor= | Died in office | ||||||
| 39 | J. L. Edlefsen (1874–1948; aged 73) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 40 | James L. Straight (1909–1981; aged 72) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 41 | H. W. Whillock (1st) (1904–1992; aged 88) | bgcolor= | Resigned | ||||||
| 42 | Austin Walker (1883–1945; aged 62) | bgcolor= | Died in office | ||||||
| 43 | Sam S. Griffin (1892–1951; aged 59) | bgcolor= | Resigned | ||||||
| 44 | H. W. Whillock (2nd) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 45 | Potter P. Howard (1890–1956; aged 66) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 46 | R. E. Edlefsen (1906–1986; aged 80) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 47 | Robert L. Day (1920–1999; aged 79) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 48 | Eugene W. Shellworth (1912–1997; aged 85) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 49 | Jay S. Amyx (1923–2014; aged 90) | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||||
| 50 | Dick Eardley (1928–2012; aged 83) | bgcolor= | |||||||
| 51 | Dirk Kempthorne (born in 1951; age) | bgcolor= | Republican | Resigned to become U.S. Senator | |||||
| 52 | H. Brent Coles (born in 1951; age) | bgcolor= | Republican | Resigned[3] | |||||
| 53 | Jerome Mapp (born in 1947; age) | bgcolor= | (acting until appointment) | ||||||
| 54 | Carolyn Terteling-Payne (born in 1937; age) | bgcolor= | Republican | Appointed, did not run | |||||
| 55 | Dave Bieter (born in 1959; age) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||||
| 56 | Lauren McLean | (Incumbent) | bgcolor= | Democratic |
| Incumbent | Reason for Vacancy | Appointed Successor | Date of Appointment | Elected Successor | Date of Election |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| L. B. Lindsay | Disqualified, never took office | Henry E. Prickett | November 19, 1867 | Thomas B. Hart | January 1868 |
| John Hailey | Never took office | Charles Himrod | July 10, 1871 | George H. Twitchell | July 8, 1872 |
| Sol Hasbrouck | Resigned November 5, 1885 | James W. Huston | December 28, 1885 | Peter J. Pefley | July 1887 |
| Harry Fritchman | Resigned May 25, 1912 | Arthur Hodges | May 25, 1912 | Arthur Hodges | April 1, 1913 |
| J. W. Robinson | Recalled June 1, 1916 | S. H. Hays | June 6, 1916 | S. H. Hays | April 1917 |
| Herbert F. Lemp | Died May 6, 1927 | Walter F. Hansen | May 6, 1927 | James P. Pope | April 1929 |
| James P. Pope | Resigned February 13, 1933 | Ross Cady | February 13, 1933 | J. J. McCue | April 1933 |
| Byron E. Hyatt | Died November 11, 1936 | J. L. Edlefsen | November 11, 1936 | J. L. Edlefsen | April 1937 |
| H. W. Whillock | Resigned May 11, 1942 | Austin Walker | May 11, 1942 | Austin Walker | April 1943 |
| Austin Walker Sam S. Griffin | Died October 31, 1945 Resigned February 25, 1946 | Sam S. Griffin H. W. Whillock | October 31, 1945 February 25, 1946 | Potter P. Howard | April 1947 |
| Dirk Kempthorne | Resigned January 5, 1993 | H. Brent Coles | January 5, 1993 | H. Brent Coles | November 1993 |
| H. Brent Coles | Resigned February 15, 2003 | Carolyn Terteling-Payne | February 18, 2003 | Dave Bieter | November 2003 |