List of mayors of Boise, Idaho

Mayor of Boise, Idaho
Seal of Boise City
Incumbent Dave Bieter since January 6, 2004
Term length	4 years
Inaugural holder	Ephraim Smith
Formation	1866
Website	Mayor's Office

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.

Dave Bieter is the incumbent, elected in 2003 and reelected in 2007, 2011 and 2015. The next Boise mayoral election is scheduled for November 2019.

Image	Mayor	Term
	Ephraim Smith	1866–1867
	Henry E. Prickett	1867–1868
	Thomas B. Hart	1868–1869
	Charles Himrod	1869–1872*
	George H. Twitchell	1872–1873
	Thomas E. Logan	1873–1875
	John Lemp	1875–1876
	Thomas E. Logan	1876–1878
	Charles Himrod	1878–1879
	Cyrus Y. Jacobs	1879–1880
	Charles P. Bilderback	1880–1881
	James A. Pinney	1881–1885
	Sol Hasbrouck	1885
	James W. Huston	1885–1887
	Peter J. Pefley	1887–1889
	James A. Pinney	1889–1893
	Peter Sonna	1893–1895
	W. E. Pierce	1895–1897
	Moses Alexander	1897–1899
	J. H. Richards	1899–1901
	Moses Alexander	1901–1903
	James H. Hawley	1903–1905
	James A. Pinney	1905–1907
	John M. Haines	1907–1909
	J. T. Pence	1909–1911
	Harry Fritchman	1911–1912
	Arthur Hodges	1912–1915
	J. W. Robinson	1915–1916
	S. H. Hays	1916–1919
	Ernest G. Eagleson	1919–1921
	Eugene B. Sherman	1921–1925
	Ernest G. Eagleson	1925–1927
	Herbert F. Lemp	1927
	Walter F. Hansen	1927–1929
	James P. Pope	1929–1933
	Ross Cady	1933
	J. J. McCue	1933–1935
	Byron E. Hyatt	1935–1936
	J. L. Edlefsen	1936–1939
	James L. Straight	1939–1941
	H. W. Whillock	1941–1942
	Austin Walker	1942–1945
	Sam S. Griffin	1945–1946
	H. W. Whillock	1946–1947
	Potter P. Howard	1947–1951
	R. E. Edlefsen	1951–1959
	Robert L. Day	1959–1961
	Eugene W. Shellworth	1961–1965
	Jay S. Amyx	1966–1974
	Dick Eardley	1974–1986
	Dirk Kempthorne	1986–1993
	H. Brent Coles	1993–2003
	Carolyn Terteling-Payne	2003–2004
	Dave Bieter	2004–present

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

• John Hailey was the winner of the 1871 Boise mayoral election but never took office. According to city records Himrod served the term instead.
• http://www.cityofboise.org/city_clerk/cityhistory/
• http://www.cityofboise.org/Departments/Mayor/PastPresent/page973.aspx

References

• Former Mayors of the City of Boise