List of mayors of Boise, Idaho
This is a list of Mayors of Boise, Idaho.
Boise mayors were originally elected to one-year terms. The terms were extended to two years in 1881 and to four years in 1965.
Lauren McLean is the incumbent, elected in 2019. The next Boise mayoral election is scheduled for November 2023.
# | Portrait | Name | Term start | Term end | Party | Party, Note |
1 | Ephraim Smith | |||||
2 | Henry E. Prickett | Republican | ||||
3 | Thomas B. Hart | |||||
4 | Charles Himrod | Democratic | ||||
5 | George H. Twitchell | |||||
6 | Thomas E. Logan | |||||
7 | John Lemp | Republican | ||||
8 | Thomas E. Logan | |||||
9 | Charles Himrod | Democratic | ||||
10 | Cyrus Y. Jacobs | |||||
11 | Charles P. Bilderback | |||||
12 | James A. Pinney | Republican | ||||
13 | Sol Hasbrouck | Republican | ||||
14 | James W. Huston | Republican | ||||
15 | Peter J. Pefley | Democratic | ||||
16 | James A. Pinney | Republican | ||||
17 | Peter Sonna | |||||
18 | Walter E. Pierce | Democratic | ||||
19 | Moses Alexander | Democratic | ||||
20 | James H. Richards | |||||
21 | Moses Alexander | Democratic | ||||
22 | James H. Hawley | Democratic | ||||
23 | James A. Pinney | Republican | ||||
24 | John M. Haines | Republican | ||||
25 | Joseph T. Pence | Democratic | ||||
26 | Harry Fritchman | Republican | ||||
27 | Arthur Hodges | Republican | ||||
28 | J. W. Robinson | |||||
29 | Samuel H. Hays | Democratic | ||||
30 | Ernest G. Eagleson | Republican | ||||
31 | Eugene B. Sherman | |||||
32 | Ernest G. Eagleson | Republican | ||||
33 | Herbert F. Lemp | |||||
34 | Walter F. Hansen | |||||
35 | James P. Pope | Democratic | ||||
36 | Ross Cady | |||||
37 | J. J. McCue | |||||
38 | Byron E. Hyatt | |||||
39 | J. L. Edlefsen | |||||
40 | James L. Straight | |||||
41 | H. W. Whillock | |||||
42 | Austin Walker | |||||
43 | Sam S. Griffin | |||||
44 | H. W. Whillock | |||||
45 | Potter P. Howard | |||||
46 | R. E. Edlefsen | |||||
47 | Robert L. Day | |||||
48 | Eugene W. Shellworth | |||||
49 | Jay S. Amyx | Republican | ||||
50 | Dick Eardley | |||||
51 | Dirk Kempthorne | Republican | ||||
52 | H. Brent Coles | Republican | ||||
53 | Jerome Mapp | |||||
54 | Carolyn Terteling-Payne | Republican | ||||
55 | Dave Bieter | Democratic | ||||
56 | Lauren McLean | Democratic |
Passages
Incumbent | Reason for Vacancy | Appointed Successor | Date of Appointment | Elected Successor | Date of Election |
L. B. Lindsay | Disqualified, never took office | Henry E. Prickett | November 19, 1867 | Thomas B. Hart | January 1868 |
John Hailey | Never took office | Charles Himrod | July 10, 1871 | George H. Twitchell | July 8, 1872 |
Sol Hasbrouck | Resigned November 5, 1885 | James W. Huston | December 28, 1885 | Peter J. Pefley | July 1887 |
Harry Fritchman | Resigned May 25, 1912 | Arthur Hodges | May 25, 1912 | Arthur Hodges | April 1, 1913 |
J. W. Robinson | Recalled June 1, 1916 | S. H. Hays | June 6, 1916 | S. H. Hays | April 1917 |
Herbert F. Lemp | Died May 6, 1927 | Walter F. Hansen | May 6, 1927 | James P. Pope | April 1929 |
James P. Pope | Resigned February 13, 1933 | Ross Cady | February 13, 1933 | J. J. McCue | April 1933 |
Byron E. Hyatt | Died November 11, 1936 | J. L. Edlefsen | November 11, 1936 | J. L. Edlefsen | April 1937 |
H. W. Whillock | Resigned May 11, 1942 | Austin Walker | May 11, 1942 | Austin Walker | April 1943 |
Austin Walker Sam S. Griffin | Died October 31, 1945 Resigned February 25, 1946 | Sam S. Griffin H. W. Whillock | October 31, 1945 February 25, 1946 | Potter P. Howard | April 1947 |
Dirk Kempthorne | Resigned January 5, 1993 | H. Brent Coles | January 5, 1993 | H. Brent Coles | November 1993 |
H. Brent Coles | Resigned February 15, 2003 | Carolyn Terteling-Payne | February 18, 2003 | Dave Bieter | November 2003 |