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Mayor of Omaha, Nebraska
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 of Omaha, Nebraska

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Order	Name	Term began	Term ended		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.
44	Edward Zorinsky	1973	1976 (resigned)	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

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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