List of mayors of Boise, Idaho

Template:Short description Template:More footnotes needed Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox political post 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, the incumbent, was elected in 2019. The most recent Boise mayoral election occurred in November 2023.

#	Portrait	Name	Term start	Term end		Party	Note
1		Ephraim Smith (1819–1891; aged 72)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
2		Henry E. Prickett (1829–1885; aged 55–56)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican	Appointed
3		Thomas B. Hart (1831Template:Fact–1911Template:Fact; aged 79–80)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts			Elected
4	File:Charleshimrod.JPG	Charles Himrod (1st) (1842–1920; aged 77)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic	Appointed
5		George H. Twitchell	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
6		Thomas E. Logan (1st) (1834–1894; aged 59–60)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
7		John Lemp (1838–1912; aged 74)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
8		Thomas E. Logan (2nd)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
9	File:Charleshimrod.JPG	Charles Himrod (2nd)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
10		Cyrus Y. Jacobs (1831–1900; aged 68)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
11		Charles P. Bilderback (1846–1917; aged 71)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
12	File:Jamesapinney.JPG	James A. Pinney (1st) (1835–1914; aged 78)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
13	File:Solhasbrouck.jpg	Sol Hasbrouck (1833–1906; aged 73)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican	Resigned
14	File:Jameswhuston.jpg	James W. Huston	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican	Appointed
15		Peter J. Pefley (1830–1906; aged 75)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
16	File:Jamesapinney.JPG	James A. Pinney (2nd)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
17		Peter Sonna (1835–1907; aged 71)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
18		Walter E. Pierce (1860–1951; aged 91)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
19		Moses Alexander (1st) (1853–1932; aged 78)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
20		James H. Richards	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
21		Moses Alexander (2nd)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
22		James H. Hawley (1847–1929; aged 82)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
23	File:Jamesapinney.JPG	James A. Pinney (3rd)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
24		John M. Haines (1863–1917; aged 54)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
25		Joseph T. Pence (1869–1941; aged 71)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
26		Harry Fritchman (1865–1942; aged 77)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican	Resigned
27		Arthur Hodges<ref>Template:Citation</ref> (1865–1944; aged 79)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican	Appointed, Elected
28	File:JWRobinson.jpg	J. W. Robinson (1860–1939; aged 78)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts			Recalled
29	File:SHHays.jpg	S. H. Hays (1864–1934; aged 70)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic	Appointed, Elected
30		Ernest G. Eagleson (1st) (1864–1956; aged 92)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
31		Eugene B. Sherman (1871–1963; aged 91)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
32		Ernest G. Eagleson (2nd)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
33		Herbert F. Lemp (1884–1927; aged 42)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts			Died in office
34		Walter F. Hansen (1877–1965; aged 88)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
35		James P. Pope (1884–1966; aged 81)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
36		Ross Cady (1884–1959; aged 74)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts			citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
37		J. J. McCue (1875–1935; aged 60)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
38		Byron E. Hyatt (1873–1936; aged 63)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts			Died in office
39		J. L. Edlefsen (1874–1948; aged 73)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
40		James L. Straight (1909–1981; aged 72)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
41		H. W. Whillock (1st) (1904–1992; aged 88)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts			Resigned
42		Austin Walker (1883–1945; aged 62)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts			Died in office
43		Sam S. Griffin (1892–1951; aged 59)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts			Resigned
44		H. W. Whillock (2nd)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
45		Potter P. Howard (1890–1956; aged 66)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
46		R. E. Edlefsen (1906–1986; aged 80)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
47		Robert L. Day (1920–1999; aged 79)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
48		Eugene W. Shellworth (1912–1997; aged 85)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
49		Jay S. Amyx (1923–2014; aged 90)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican
50		Dick Eardley (1928–2012; aged 83)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts
51		Dirk Kempthorne (born in 1951; age Template:Age)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican	Resigned to become U.S. Senator
52		H. Brent Coles (born in 1951; age Template:Age)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
53		Jerome Mapp (born in 1947; age Template:Age)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts			(acting until appointment)<ref name="ColesResign" />
54		Carolyn Terteling-Payne (born in 1937; age Template:Age)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Republican	Appointed, did not run
55		Dave Bieter (born in 1959; age Template:Age)	Template:Dts	Template:Dts	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic
56	File:Mcleanheadshot-scaled-e1677707351251-1024x1015.jpg	Lauren McLean (born in 1974; age Template:Age)	Template:Dts	(Incumbent)	bgcolor=Template:Party color|	Democratic

Passages

Incumbent	Reason for Vacancy	Appointed Successor	Date of Appointment	Elected Successor	Date of Election
L. B. Lindsay	Disqualified, never took officeTemplate:Efn	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

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