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, 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				-
2		Henry E. Prickett			Republican Party\|Republican]	Appointed
3		Thomas B. Hart				Elected
4		Charles Himrod			Democratic Party\|Democratic]	Appointed
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	Resigned
14		James W. Huston			Republican	Appointed
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	Resigned
27		Arthur Hodges			Republican	Appointed, Elected
28		J. W. [Robinson (mayor)\|J. W. Robinson]				Recalled
29		S. H. Hays			Democratic	Appointed, Elected
30		Ernest G. Eagleson			Republican	-
31		Eugene B. Sherman				-
32		Ernest G. Eagleson			Republican	-
33		Herbert F. Lemp				Died in office
34		Walter F. Hansen				-
35		James P. Pope			Democratic	-
36		Ross Cady				Appointed
37		J. J. McCue				-
38		Byron E. Hyatt				Died in office
39		J. L. Edlefsen				-
40		James L. Straight				-
41		H. W. Whillock				Resigned
42		Austin Walker				Died in office
43		Sam S. Griffin				Resigned
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	Resigned to become U.S. Senator
52		H. Brent Coles			Republican	Resigned
53		Jerome Mapp
54		Carolyn Terteling-Payne			Republican	Appointed, did not run
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