Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska | |
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since June 10, 2013 | |
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.
List of mayors
Order | Image | Name | Term began | Term ended | Party affiliation | Notes | |
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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 | ||||
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Ezra Millard | 1869 | 1871 | Democratic | ||
13 | ![]() |
Smith Samuel Caldwell | 1871 | 1872 | Republican | ||
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Joseph Hopkins Millard | 1872 | 1873 | Republican | ||
15 | William M. Brewer | 1873 | 1874 (resigned) |
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16 | James S. Gibson (acting mayor) |
1874 | 1874 | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 | |||
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James E. Boyd | 1885 | 1887 | Democratic | ||
24 | ![]() |
William J. Broatch | 1887 | 1890 | Republican | ||
25 | Richard C. Cushing | 1890 | 1892 | Democratic | |||
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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 | ||
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Harry B. Zimman (acting mayor) |
1906 | 1906 | Republican | ||
31 | James C. Dahlman | 1906 | 1918 | Democratic | |||
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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 | |||
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Richard Lee Metcalfe (interim mayor) |
1930 | 1933 | Democratic | ||
36 | Roy Nathan Towl | 1933 | 1936 | Republican | |||
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Dan Bernard Butler | 1936 | 1945 | Democratic | ||
38 | Charles W. Leeman | 1945 | 1948 | Democratic | |||
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Glenn C. Cunningham | 1948 | 1954 | Republican | ||
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Johnny Rosenblatt | 1954 | 1961 | First Jewish mayor of Omaha. | ||
41 | James Dworak | 1961 | 1965 | Democratic | |||
42 | Alexander V. Sorensen | 1965 | 1969 | ||||
43 | Eugene A. Leahy | 1969 | 1973 | Democratic | |||
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Edward Zorinsky | 1973 | 1976 (resigned) |
Republican (before 1976) | Second Jewish mayor. Resigned after winning election to the U.S. Senate. | |
Democratic (1976-1987) | |||||||
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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 | |||
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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] | |||
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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] | |
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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] | |
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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] | |
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P. J. Morgan | 1989 | 1994 (resigned) |
Republican | [7] | |
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Subby Anzaldo (acting mayor) |
1994 | 1995 | Democratic | ||
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Hal Daub | 1995 | 2001 | Republican | ||
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Mike Fahey | 2001 | 2009 | Democratic | ||
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Jim Suttle | 2009 | 2013 | Democratic | ||
57 | Jean Stothert | 2013 | Present | Republican | First woman mayor of Omaha |
See also
References
- ^ Omaha Illustrated: A History of the Pioneer Period and the Omaha of Today. D.C. Dunbar and Co. 1888. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
- ^ "Nebraska Supreme Court holds his election illegal on the grounds he is a defaulter," New York Times. September 24, 1898. Retrieved 1/23/08.
- ^ "Dahlquist to Liquor Commission, Cunningham to Game and Parks". Lincoln Journal. May 16, 1977 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ "Omaha officials search for new mayor". Colorado Springs Gazette. January 15, 1987 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
- ^ a b c "Omaha mayor dies; cancer fight lauded". Lincoln Journal Star. April 14, 1988. pp. 1, 9 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Omaha council picks Calinger as mayor". Lincoln Journal Star. April 20, 1988 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "P.J. Morgan, an Omaha real estate manager, was elected mayor May 9". Omaha World-Herald. December 24, 1989 – via Newspapers.com.