Mayors of Omaha, Nebraska
Jesse Lowe
Term: March 5, 1857-March 2, 1858
Birth: March 11, 1814
Death: April 3, 1868
Andrew Jackson Poppleton
Term: March 2, 1858-September 14, 1858 (resigned from office)
Birth: July 24, 1830
Death: September 9, 1896
George Robert Armstrong, interim mayor
Term: September 14, 1858-March 10, 1859
Birth: August 1, 1819
Death: 1896
David Douglas Belden
Term: March 10, 1859-March 6, 1860
Birth: March 24, 1821
Death: December 2, 1897
Clinton Briggs
Term: March 6, 1860-March 5, 1861
Birth: September 9, 1828
Death: December 16, 1882
George Robert Armstrong
Term: March 5, 1861-November 5, 1862 (resigned from office)
Birth: August 1, 1819
Death: 1896
Benjamin Eli Barnet Kennedy, interim mayor
Term: November 5, 1862-March 15, 1864
Birth: April 20, 1827
Death: August 19, 1916
Addison R. Gilmore
Term: March 15, 1864-March 9, 1865
Birth: 1804
Death: January 9, 1866
Lorin Miller
Term: March 9, 1865-March 6, 1867
Birth: January 29, 1800
Death: July 31, 1888
Charles H. Brown
Term: March 6, 1867-March 4, 1868
Birth: April 12, 1834
Death: April 26, 1897
George M. Roberts
Term: March 4, 1868-June 7, 1869
Ezra Millard
Term: June 7, 1869-April 10, 1871
Birth: February 2, 1833
Death: August 20, 1886
Smith Samuel Caldwell
Term: April 10, 1871-April 9, 1872
Birth: September 4, 1834
Death: June 26, 1884
Joseph Hopkins Millard
Term: April 9, 1872-April 7, 1873
Birth: April 20, 1836
Death: January13, 1922
William M. Brewer
Term: April 7, 1873-February 3, 1874 (resigned from office)
James S. Gibson, acting mayor
Term: February 3, 1874-April 13, 1874
Champion S. Chase
Term: April 13, 1874-April 9, 1877
Birth: in Cornish, New Hampshire
Death: November 3, 1898
Reuben H. Wilbur
Term: April 9, 1877-April 7, 1879
Birth: April 26, 1825
Champion S. Chase
Term: April 7, 1879-April 12, 1881
Birth: in Cornish, New Hampshire
Death: November 3, 1898
James E. Boyd
Term: April 12, 1881-April 10, 1883
Birth: September 9, 1834
Death: April 30, 1906
Champion S. Chase
Term: April 10, 1883-June 30, 1884 (removed from office)
Birth: in Cornish, New Hampshire
Death: November 3, 1898
Patrick F. Murphy, acting mayor
Term: June 30, 1884-April 14, 1885
James E. Boyd
Term: April 14, 1885-May 10, 1887
Birth: September 9, 1834
Death: April 30, 1906
William J. Broatch
Term: May 10, 1887-January 7, 1890
Birth: July 31, 1841
Death: June 16, 1922
Richard C. Cushing
Term: January 7, 1890-January 5, 1892
Birth: December 23, 1843
Death: March 3, 1913
George Pickering Bemis
Term: January 5, 1892-January 7, 1896
Birth: March 15, 1838
Death: December 11, 1916
William J. Broatch
Term: January 7, 1896-May 10, 1897
Birth: July 31, 1841
Death: June 16, 1922
William F. Bechel, acting mayor
Term: May 1897-October 1897
Birth: February 27, 1841
Frank E. Moores
Term: May 10, 1897(?)-March 23, 1906 (died in office)
Birth: August 3, 1840
Death: March 23, 1906
Harry B. Zimman, acting mayor
Term: March 23, 1906-May 21, 1906
Birth: 1879
Death: February 29, 1936
James C. Dahlman
Term: May 21, 1906-May 13, 1918
Birth: December 15, 1856
Death: January 21, 1930
Edward Parsons Smith
Term: May 13, 1918-May 17, 1921
Birth: September 30, 1860
Death: May 21, 1930
James C. Dahlman
Term: May 17, 1921-January 21, 1930 (died in office)
Birth: December 15, 1856
Death: January 21, 1930
John H. Hopkins, acting mayor
Term: January 21, 1930-February 4, 1930
Richard Lee Metcalfe, interim mayor
Term: February 4, 1930-May 16, 1933
Birth: October 11, 1861
Death: March 31, 1954
Roy Nathan Towl
Term: May 16, 1933-May 26, 1936
Birth: March 29, 1881
Death: March 7, 1974
Dan Bernard Butler
Term: May 26, 1936-May 29, 1945
Birth: January 18, 1879
Death: March 14, 1953
Charles W. Leeman
Term: May 29, 1945-May 25, 1948
Birth: July 21, 1892
Death: July 3, 1979
Glenn C. Cunningham
Term: May 25, 1948-May 25, 1954
Birth: September 10, 1912
John R. Rosenblatt
Term: May 25, 1954-May 22, 1961
Birth: December 25, 1907
Death: October 29, 1979
James J. Dworak
Term: May 22, 1961-May 24, 1965
Birth: January 4, 1935
Alexander V. Sorensen
Term: May 24, 1965-May 26, 1969
Birth: February 20, 1905
Death: May 12, 1982
Eugene A. Leahy
Term: May 26, 1969-May 28, 1973
Birth: May 8, 1929
Death: January 18, 2000
Edward F. Zorinsky
Term: May 28, 1973-November 16, 1976 (resigned from office)
Birth: November 11, 1928
Death: March 6, 1987
Robert G. Cunningham, interim mayor
Term: November 16, 1976-June 6, 1977
Birth: March 13, 1923
Albert L. (Al) Veys
Term: June 6, 1977-June 8, 1981
Birth: January 10, 1919
Michael (Mike) Boyle
Term: June 8, 1981-January 26, 1987 (removed from office)
Birth: January 19, 1944
Stephen H. Tomasek Jr., acting mayor
Term: January 26, 1987-February 6, 1987
Birth: July 15, 1920
Bernard R. (Bernie) Simon, interim mayor
Term: February 6, 1987-April 13, 1988 (died in office)
Birth: May 1, 1927
Death: April 13, 1988
Fred L. Conley, acting mayor
Term: April 13, 1988-April 20, 1988
Birth: January 16, 1948
Walter M. Calinger, interim mayor
Term: April 20, 1988-June 5, 1989
Birth: January 20, 1940
Paul J. (PJ) Morgan Jr.
Term: June 5, 1989-September 20, 1994 (resigned from office)
Birth: April 9, 1940
Sebastian (Subby) Anzaldo, acting mayor
Term: September 20, 1994-January 9, 1995
Birth: 1933 (?)
Harold J. (Hal) Daub
Term: January 9, 1995-June 2001
Birth: April 23, 1941
Michael (Mike) Fahey
Term: June 2001-June 2009
Birth: December 20, 1943
James (Jim) Suttle
Term: June 8, 2009-June 10, 2013
Jean Stothert
Term: June 10, 2013-
originally prepared by the History & Social Sciences Department of the Omaha Public Library, and includes information compiled by Larry Scalise of the Omaha Fire Department.
