Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
Incumbent
Jean Stothert
since June 10, 2013
StyleHer Honor
The Honorable
SeatOmaha City Hall
Term lengthFour years
Inaugural holderJesse Lowe
Formation19th Century
Websitemayors-office.cityofomaha.org

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

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
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) First Jewish mayor of Omaha. 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
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

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. ^ a b c "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.
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