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.

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|align=center|Ephraim Smith (1819–1891; aged 72)

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|align=center|Henry E. Prickett (1829–1885; aged 55–56)

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|align=center|Thomas B. Hart (1831–1911; aged 79–80)

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|align=center|Charles Himrod (1st) (1842–1920; aged 77)

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|align=center|George H. Twitchell

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|align=center|Thomas E. Logan (1st) (1834–1894; aged 59–60)

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|align=center|John Lemp (1838–1912; aged 74)

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|align=center|Thomas E. Logan (2nd)

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|align=center|Charles Himrod (2nd)

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|Democratic

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|align=center|Cyrus Y. Jacobs (1831–1900; aged 68)

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|align=center|Charles P. Bilderback (1846–1917; aged 71)

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|align=center|James A. Pinney (1st) (1835–1914; aged 78)

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|Republican

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|align=center|Sol Hasbrouck (1833–1906; aged 73)

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|align=center|James W. Huston

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|align=center|Peter J. Pefley (1830–1906; aged 75)

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|align=center|James A. Pinney (2nd)

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|align=center|Peter Sonna (1835–1907; aged 71)

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|align=center|Walter E. Pierce (1860–1951; aged 91)

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|Democratic

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|align=center|Moses Alexander (1st) (1853–1932; aged 78)

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|align=center|James H. Richards

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|align=center|Moses Alexander (2nd)

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|Democratic

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|align=center|James H. Hawley (1847–1929; aged 82)

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|Democratic

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|align=center|James A. Pinney (3rd)

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|Republican

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|align=center|John M. Haines (1863–1917; aged 54)

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|align=center|Joseph T. Pence (1869–1941; aged 71)

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|Democratic

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|align=center|Harry Fritchman (1865–1942; aged 77)

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|Republican

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|align=center|Arthur Hodges (1865–1944; aged 79)

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|Republican

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|align=center|J. W. Robinson (1860–1939; aged 78)

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|Recalled

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|align=center|S. H. Hays (1864–1934; aged 70)

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|Democratic

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|align=center|Ernest G. Eagleson (1st) (1864–1956; aged 92)

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|align=center|Eugene B. Sherman (1871–1963; aged 91)

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|align=center|Ernest G. Eagleson (2nd)

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|Republican

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|align=center|Herbert F. Lemp (1884–1927; aged 42)

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|align=center|Walter F. Hansen (1877–1965; aged 88)

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|align=center|James P. Pope (1884–1966; aged 81)

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|Democratic

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|align=center|Ross Cady (1884–1959; aged 74)

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|Appointed

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|align=center|J. J. McCue (1875–1935; aged 60)

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|align=center|Byron E. Hyatt (1873–1936; aged 63)

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|align=center|J. L. Edlefsen (1874–1948; aged 73)

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|align=center|James L. Straight (1909–1981; aged 72)

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|align=center|H. W. Whillock (1st) (1904–1992; aged 88)

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|Resigned

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|align=center|Austin Walker (1883–1945; aged 62)

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|align=center|Sam S. Griffin (1892–1951; aged 59)

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|align=center|H. W. Whillock (2nd)

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|align=center|Potter P. Howard (1890–1956; aged 66)

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|align=center|R. E. Edlefsen (1906–1986; aged 80)

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|align=center|Robert L. Day (1920–1999; aged 79)

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|align=center|Eugene W. Shellworth (1912–1997; aged 85)

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|align=center|Jay S. Amyx (1923–2014; aged 90)

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|align=center|Dick Eardley (1928–2012; aged 83)

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|align=center|Dirk Kempthorne (1951–2026; aged 74)

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|Resigned to become U.S. Senator

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|align=center|H. Brent Coles (born in 1951; age )

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|align=center|Jerome Mapp (born in 1947; age )

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|(acting until appointment)

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