Post: | Mayor |
Body: | Omaha, Nebraska |
Flag: | Flag of Omaha, Nebraska.svg |
Flagsize: | 150px |
Incumbent: | Jean Stothert |
Incumbentsince: | June 10, 2013 |
Style: | Her Honor The Honorable |
Seat: | Omaha City Hall |
Termlength: | Four years |
Formation: | 19th Century |
Inaugural: | Jesse Lowe |
This is a list of mayors of Omaha, Nebraska, United States.
Order | Image | Name | Term began | Term ended | Party affiliation | Notes | |||
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1 | Jesse Lowe | 1857 | 1858 | ||||||
2 | Andrew Jackson Poppleton | 1858 | 1858 (resigned) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
3 | George Robert Armstrong (interim mayor) | 1858 | 1859 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
4 | David Douglas Belden | 1859 | 1860 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
5 | Clinton Briggs | 1860 | 1861 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
6 | George Robert Armstrong | 1861 | 1862 (resigned) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
7 | Benjamin Eli Barnet Kennedy (interim mayor) | 1862 | 1864 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
8 | Addison R. Gilmore | 1864 | 1865 | ||||||
9 | Lorin Miller | 1865 | 1867 | ||||||
10 | Charles H. Brown | 1867 | 1868 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
11 | George M. Roberts | 1868 | 1869 | ||||||
12 | Ezra Millard | 1869 | 1871 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
13 | Smith Samuel Caldwell | 1871 | 1872 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
14 | Joseph Hopkins Millard | 1872 | 1873 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
15 | William M. Brewer | 1873 | 1874 (resigned) | ||||||
16 | James S. Gibson (acting mayor) | 1874 | 1874 | ||||||
17 | Champion S. Chase | 1874 | 1877 | bgcolor= | 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 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
20 | James E. Boyd | 1881 | 1883 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
21 | Champion S. Chase | 1883 | 1884 (removed from office) | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
22 | Patrick F. Murphy (acting mayor) | 1884 | 1885 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
23 | James E. Boyd | 1885 | 1887 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
24 | William J. Broatch | 1887 | 1890 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
25 | Richard C. Cushing | 1890 | 1892 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
26 | George Pickering Bemis | 1892 | 1896 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
27 | William J. Broatch | 1896 | 1897 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
28 | William F. Bechel (acting mayor) | 1897 | 1897 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
29 | Frank E. Moores† | 1897 | 1906 (died in office) (may have served illegally)[2] | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
30 | Harry B. Zimman (acting mayor) | 1906 | 1906 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
31 | James C. Dahlman | 1906 | 1918 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
32 | 1918 | 1921 | bgcolor= | Democratic | |||||
33 | James C. Dahlman† | 1921 | 1930 (died in office) | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
34 | John H. Hopkins (acting mayor) | 1930 | 1930 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
35 | Richard Lee Metcalfe (interim mayor) | 1930 | 1933 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
36 | Roy Nathan Towl | 1933 | 1936 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
37 | Dan Bernard Butler | 1936 | 1945 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
38 | Charles W. Leeman | 1945 | 1948 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
39 | Glenn C. Cunningham | 1948 | 1954 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
40 | Johnny Rosenblatt | 1954 | 1961 | First Jewish mayor of Omaha. | |||||
41 | James Dworak | 1961 | 1965 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
42 | Alexander V. Sorensen | 1965 | 1969 | ||||||
43 | Eugene A. Leahy | 1969 | 1973 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
44 | Edward Zorinsky | 1973 | 1976 (resigned) | bgcolor= | Republican (before 1976) | Second Jewish mayor. Resigned after winning election to the U.S. Senate. | |||
bgcolor= | Democratic (1976-1987) | ||||||||
45 | Robert G. Cunningham (interim mayor) | 1976 | June 6, 1977 | bgcolor= | 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 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
47 | Mike Boyle | 1981 | January 19, 1987 (removed from office) | bgcolor= | 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) | bgcolor= | 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. | |||
50 | Fred L. Conley (acting mayor) | April 14, 1988 | April 20, 1988 | bgcolor= | 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. | |||
51 | Walt Calinger (interim mayor) | April 20, 1988 | 1989 | bgcolor= | 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) | bgcolor= | Republican | [7] | |||
53 | Subby Anzaldo (acting mayor) | 1994 | 1995 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
54 | Hal Daub | 1995 | 2001 | bgcolor= | Republican | ||||
55 | Mike Fahey | 2001 | 2009 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
56 | Jim Suttle | 2009 | 2013 | bgcolor= | Democratic | ||||
57 | Jean Stothert | 2013 | Present | bgcolor= | Republican | First woman mayor of Omaha |