List of mayors of Omaha, Nebraska explained

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.

List of mayors

OrderImageNameTerm beganTerm endedParty affiliationNotes
1Jesse Lowe18571858
2Andrew Jackson Poppleton18581858
(resigned)
bgcolor=Democratic
3George Robert Armstrong
(interim mayor)
18581859bgcolor=Democratic
4David Douglas Belden18591860bgcolor=Democratic
5Clinton Briggs18601861bgcolor=Republican
6George Robert Armstrong18611862
(resigned)
bgcolor=Democratic
7Benjamin Eli Barnet Kennedy
(interim mayor)
18621864bgcolor=Democratic
8Addison R. Gilmore18641865
9Lorin Miller18651867
10Charles H. Brown18671868bgcolor=Democratic
11George M. Roberts18681869
12Ezra Millard18691871bgcolor=Democratic
13Smith Samuel Caldwell18711872bgcolor=Republican
14Joseph Hopkins Millard18721873bgcolor=Republican
15William M. Brewer18731874
(resigned)
16James S. Gibson
(acting mayor)
18741874
17Champion S. Chase18741877bgcolor=RepublicanFirst 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]
18Reuben H. Wilbur18771879
19Champion S. Chase18791881bgcolor=Republican
20James E. Boyd18811883bgcolor=Democratic
21Champion S. Chase18831884
(removed from office)
bgcolor=Republican
22Patrick F. Murphy
(acting mayor)
18841885bgcolor=Republican
23James E. Boyd18851887bgcolor=Democratic
24William J. Broatch18871890bgcolor=Republican
25Richard C. Cushing18901892bgcolor=Democratic
26George Pickering Bemis18921896bgcolor=Republican
27William J. Broatch18961897bgcolor=Republican
28William F. Bechel
(acting mayor)
18971897bgcolor=Republican
29Frank E. Moores†18971906
(died in office)
(may have served illegally)[2]
bgcolor=Republican
30Harry B. Zimman
(acting mayor)
19061906bgcolor=Republican
31James C. Dahlman19061918bgcolor=Democratic
3219181921bgcolor=Democratic
33James C. Dahlman19211930
(died in office)
bgcolor=Democratic
34John H. Hopkins
(acting mayor)
19301930bgcolor=Democratic
35Richard Lee Metcalfe
(interim mayor)
19301933bgcolor=Democratic
36Roy Nathan Towl19331936bgcolor=Republican
37Dan Bernard Butler19361945bgcolor=Democratic
38Charles W. Leeman19451948bgcolor=Democratic
39Glenn C. Cunningham19481954bgcolor=Republican
40Johnny Rosenblatt19541961First Jewish mayor of Omaha.
41James Dworak19611965bgcolor=Democratic
42Alexander V. Sorensen19651969
43Eugene A. Leahy19691973bgcolor=Democratic
44Edward Zorinsky19731976
(resigned)
bgcolor=Republican (before 1976)Second Jewish mayor. Resigned after winning election to the U.S. Senate.
bgcolor=Democratic (1976-1987)
45Robert G. Cunningham
(interim mayor)
1976June 6, 1977bgcolor=RepublicanSucceeded 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]
46Albert L. Veys19771981bgcolor=Republican
47Mike Boyle1981January 19, 1987
(removed from office)
bgcolor=Democratic
48Stephen H. Tomasek, Jr.
(acting mayor)
January 19, 1987February 10, 1987City Council President Tomasek served as acting mayor after mayor Mike Boyle was recalled.[4]
49Bernard R. Simon†
(interim mayor)
February 10, 1987April 14, 1988
(died in office)
bgcolor=DemocraticNamed 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.
50Fred L. Conley
(acting mayor)
April 14, 1988April 20, 1988bgcolor=DemocraticFirst 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.
51Walt Calinger
(interim mayor)
April 20, 19881989bgcolor=DemocraticNamed interim mayor on April 20, 1988 by a 4-3 vote of the City Council to finish the unexpired term of Bernie Stone.[6]
52P. J. Morgan19891994
(resigned)
bgcolor=Republican[7]
53Subby Anzaldo
(acting mayor)
19941995bgcolor=Democratic
54Hal Daub19952001bgcolor=Republican
55Mike Fahey20012009bgcolor=Democratic
56Jim Suttle20092013bgcolor=Democratic
57Jean Stothert2013Presentbgcolor=RepublicanFirst woman mayor of Omaha

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Omaha Illustrated: A History of the Pioneer Period and the Omaha of Today. D.C. Dunbar and Co.. 1888 . June 2, 2019.
  2. https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1898/09/24/102123207.pdf "Nebraska Supreme Court holds his election illegal on the grounds he is a defaulter,"
  3. News: Dahlquist to Liquor Commission, Cunningham to Game and Parks . Lincoln Journal. May 16, 1977. NewspaperArchive.com.
  4. News: Omaha officials search for new mayor . Colorado Springs Gazette. January 15, 1987. NewspaperArchive.com.
  5. News: Omaha mayor dies; cancer fight lauded. Lincoln Journal Star. April 14, 1988 . 1, 9 . Newspapers.com.
  6. News: Omaha council picks Calinger as mayor . Lincoln Journal Star. April 20, 1988. Newspapers.com.
  7. News: P.J. Morgan, an Omaha real estate manager, was elected mayor May 9 . Omaha World-Herald. December 24, 1989. Newspapers.com.