List of mayors of Omaha, Nebraska

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

Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Incumbent Jean Stothert 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.cityofomaha.org

List of mayors

Order	Image	Name	Term began	Term ended	Party affiliation		Notes
1		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
12		Ezra Millard	1869	1871		Democratic
13		Smith Samuel Caldwell	1871	1872		Republican
14		Joseph Hopkins Millard	1872	1873		Republican
15		William M. Brewer	1873	1874 (resigned)
16		James S. Gibson (acting mayor)	1874	1874
17		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
19		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
23		James E. Boyd	1885	1887		Democratic
24		William J. Broatch	1887	1890		Republican
25		Richard C. Cushing	1890	1892		Democratic
26		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
30		Harry B. Zimman (acting mayor)	1906	1906		Republican
31		James C. Dahlman	1906	1918		Democratic
32		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
35		Richard Lee Metcalfe (interim mayor)	1930	1933		Democratic
36		Roy Nathan Towl	1933	1936		Republican
37		Dan Bernard Butler	1936	1945		Democratic
38		Charles W. Leeman	1945	1948		Democratic
39		Glenn C. Cunningham	1948	1954		Republican
40		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
44		Edward Zorinsky	1973	1976 (resigned)		Republican (before 1976)	Second Jewish mayor. Resigned after winning election to the U.S. Senate.
						Democratic (1976-1987)
45		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
47		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]
49		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]
50		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]
51		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]
52		P. J. Morgan	1989	1994 (resigned)		Republican	[7]
53		Subby Anzaldo (acting mayor)	1994	1995		Democratic
54		Hal Daub	1995	2001		Republican
55		Mike Fahey	2001	2009		Democratic
56		Jim Suttle	2009	2013		Democratic
57		Jean Stothert	2013	Present		Republican	First woman mayor of Omaha

See also

• Government of Omaha
• History of Omaha

References

1. Omaha Illustrated: A History of the Pioneer Period and the Omaha of Today. D.C. Dunbar and Co. 1888. Retrieved June 2, 2019.
2. "Nebraska Supreme Court holds his election illegal on the grounds he is a defaulter," New York Times. September 24, 1898. Retrieved 1/23/08.
3. "Dahlquist to Liquor Commission, Cunningham to Game and Parks". Lincoln Journal. May 16, 1977 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
4. "Omaha officials search for new mayor". Colorado Springs Gazette. January 15, 1987 – via NewspaperArchive.com.
5. "Omaha mayor dies; cancer fight lauded". Lincoln Journal Star. April 14, 1988. pp. 1, 9 – via Newspapers.com.
6. "Omaha council picks Calinger as mayor". Lincoln Journal Star. April 20, 1988 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "P.J. Morgan, an Omaha real estate manager, was elected mayor May 9". Omaha World-Herald. December 24, 1989 – via Newspapers.com.