|
Mayors of Boise, 1866-2023 (may be incomplete!)
Ephraim
Smith 1866-67
Henry
E. Prickett 1867-68
Thomas
B. Hart 1868-69
Charles
Himrod 1869-72
George
H. Twitchell 1872-73
Thomas
E. Logan 1873-75
John
Lemp 1875-76
Thomas
E. Logan 1876-78
Charles
Himrod 1878-79
Cyrus
Y. Jacobs 1879-80
Charles
P. Bilderback 1880-81
James
A. Pinney 1881-85
Sol
Hasbrouck 1885
Joseph
W. Huston 1885-87
Peter
J. Pefley 1887-89
James
A. Pinney 1889-93
Peter
Sonna 1893-95
Walter
E. Pierce 1895-97
Moses
Alexander 1897-99
James
H. Richards 1899-1901
Moses
Alexander 1901-03
James
H. Hawley 1903-05
James
A. Pinney 1905-07
John
M. Haines 1907-09
Joseph
T. Pence 1909-11
Harry
K. Fritchman 1911-12
Arthur
Hodges 1912-15
Jeremiah
W. Robinson 1915-16
Samuel
H. Hays 1916-19
Ern
G. Eagleson 1919-21
Eugene
B. Sherman 1921-25
Ern
G. Eagleson 1925-27
Herbert
F. Lemp 1927
Walter
F. Hansen 1927-29
James
P. Pope 1929-33
Ross
Cady 1933
John
J. McCue 1933-35
Byron
E. Hyatt 1935-36
James
L. Edlefsen 1936-39
James
L. Straight 1939-41
H.
Westerman Whillock 1941-42
Austin
A. Walker 1942-45
Samuel
S. Griffin 1945-46
H.
Westerman Whillock 1946-47
Potter
P. Howard 1947-51
Russell
E. Edlefsen 1951-59
Robert
L. Day 1959-61
Eugene
W. Shellworth 1961-65
Jay
S. Amyx 1966-73
Richard
R. Eardley 1974-85
Dirk
Kempthorne 1986-93
H.
Brent Coles 1993-2003
Carolyn
Terteling-Payne 2003
David
H. Bieter 2004-19
Lauren
McLean 2020-
Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)
1871:
John
Hailey, elected, but never took office.
1885 Nov 5:
Sol
Hasbrouck, resigned.
1901 Jul 9:
Moses
Alexander (Citizens), elected.
1907 Apr 2:
John
M. Haines (Rep), elected.
1909 Apr 8:
Joseph
T. Pence (Dem), elected;
John
M. Haines (Rep), defeated.
1911 Apr 4:
Harry
K. Fritchman (Rep), elected.
1913 Apr 1:
Arthur
Hodges, elected;
James
S. Bogart, defeated.
1917:
Samuel
H. Hays, elected.
1919 Apr 22:
Ern
G. Eagleson, elected;
John
McMillan, defeated.
1921 Apr 5:
Eugene
B. Sherman, elected;
Ern
G. Eagleson, defeated.
1923 Apr 3:
Eugene
B. Sherman, elected;
Jeremiah
W. Robinson, defeated;
Charles
Arbuckle, defeated.
1925 Apr 7:
Ern
G. Eagleson, advanced to runoff;
John
P. Congdon, advanced to runoff;
C.
J. Sinsel, defeated;
Edward
G. Rosenheim, defeated;
W.
W. Pefley, defeated.
1925 Apr 28:
Ern
G. Eagleson, elected;
John
P. Congdon, defeated.
1927 Apr 5:
Herbert
F. Lemp, elected;
Ern
G. Eagleson, defeated.
1927 May 6:
Herbert
F. Lemp, died in office.
1929 Apr 2:
Walter
F. Hansen, advanced to runoff;
James
P. Pope, advanced to runoff;
Arch
Cunningham, defeated;
Eugene
B. Sherman, defeated;
Ern
G. Eagleson, defeated;
Arthur
Hodges, defeated;
C.
T. Barringer, defeated.
1929 Apr 23:
James
P. Pope, elected;
Walter
F. Hansen, defeated.
1931 Apr 7:
James
P. Pope, elected unopposed.
1933 Feb 13:
James
P. Pope, resigned.
1933 Apr 4:
John
J. McCue, advanced to runoff;
Ben
Oppenheim, advanced to runoff;
W.
E. Graham, defeated;
Ira
E. High, defeated;
Joe
Imhoff, defeated;
Esther
Marenholtz, defeated;
M.
E. Duncan, Jr., defeated;
Arthur
Frazier, defeated;
Arthur
Hodges, defeated;
George
P. Dawson, defeated.
1933 Apr 25:
John
J. McCue, elected;
Ben
Oppenheim, defeated.
1935 Apr 2:
Byron
E. Hyatt, advanced to runoff;
John
J. McCue, advanced to runoff;
Dow
Dunning, defeated;
Harold
W. Miniely, defeated;
Sam
Ballantyne, defeated;
James
Lusk, defeated;
Joseph
F. Kallas, defeated.
1935 Apr 23:
Byron
E. Hyatt, elected;
John
J. McCue, defeated.
1936 Nov 11:
Byron
E. Hyatt, died in office.
1937 Apr 6:
James
L. Edlefsen, elected;
Daniel
F. Banks, defeated;
Asa
E. Tillotson, defeated.
1939 Apr 4:
James
L. Edlefsen, advanced to runoff;
James
L. Straight, advanced to runoff;
C.
W. Larsen, defeated;
Harry
Hopffgarten, defeated;
W.
R. Morris, defeated.
1939 Apr 25:
James
L. Straight, elected;
James
L. Edlefsen, defeated.
1941 Apr 1:
H.
Westerman Whillock, advanced to runoff;
J.
Emer Harris, advanced to runoff;
Jack
R. Biggs, defeated;
Ward
Fuller, defeated;
Raymond
G. Morris, defeated.
1941 Apr 15:
H.
Westerman Whillock, elected;
J.
Emer Harris, defeated.
1942 May 11:
H.
Westerman Whillock, resigned.
1943 Apr 6:
Austin
A. Walker, elected unopposed.
1945 Apr 3:
Austin
A. Walker, elected;
Joseph
H. Heister, defeated.
1945 Oct 31:
Austin
A. Walker, died in office.
1946 Feb 25:
Samuel
S. Griffin, resigned;
H.
Westerman Whillock, appointed.
1947 Apr 1:
Potter
P. Howard, elected;
Edward
Bell, defeated;
Joseph
H. Heister, defeated.
1949 Apr 5:
Potter
P. Howard, elected;
Eugene
R. Howell, Jr., defeated.
1951 Apr 3:
Potter
P. Howard, advanced to runoff;
Russell
E. Edlefsen, advanced to runoff;
Park
P. Gavin, defeated.
1951 Apr 17:
Russell
E. Edlefsen, elected;
Potter
P. Howard, defeated.
1953 Apr 7:
Russell
E. Edlefsen, advanced to runoff;
Harold
T. Jones, advanced to runoff;
Oscar
J. Grim, defeated;
Park
P. Gavin, defeated.
1953 Apr 21:
Russell
E. Edlefsen, elected;
Harold
T. Jones, defeated.
1955 Apr 5:
Russell
E. Edlefsen, elected unopposed.
1957 Apr 2:
Russell
E. Edlefsen, elected unopposed.
1959 Apr 7:
Robert
L. Day, advanced to runoff;
Russell
E. Edlefsen, advanced to runoff;
Dan
O. Turnipseed, defeated;
Gordon
H. Eichmann, defeated.
1959 Apr 21:
Robert
L. Day, elected;
Russell
E. Edlefsen, defeated.
1961 Apr 4:
Eugene
W. Shellworth, elected;
Robert
L. Day, defeated;
C.
Leo Holt, defeated.
1963 Nov 5:
Eugene
W. Shellworth, advanced to runoff;
C.
Leo Holt, advanced to runoff;
Jay
S. Amyx, defeated.
1963 Nov 26:
Eugene
W. Shellworth, elected;
C.
Leo Holt, defeated.
1965 Nov 2:
Eugene
W. Shellworth, advanced to runoff;
Jay
S. Amyx, advanced to runoff;
C.
Leo Holt, defeated.
1965 Nov 23:
Jay
S. Amyx, elected;
Eugene
W. Shellworth, defeated.
1969 Nov 4:
Jay
S. Amyx, elected;
Richard
Shaw, defeated;
Herb
Weirich, defeated.
1973 Nov 6:
Richard
R. Eardley, elected;
Frank
Batten, defeated;
Louis
Keefer, defeated;
Roger
McGinnis, defeated;
Darrell
Babbitt, defeated;
Bryson
Smith, defeated.
1977 Nov 8:
Richard
R. Eardley, elected;
Kenneth
Alpert, defeated.
1981 Nov 3:
Richard
R. Eardley, elected;
Kelly
Pearce, defeated;
Paul
Buser, defeated;
James
Sorrell, defeated;
D.
R. 'Don' Brannen, defeated.
1985 Nov 5:
Dirk
Kempthorne, elected;
Glenn
Selander, defeated;
Donald
Winder, defeated;
John
Abel, defeated.
1989 Nov 7:
Dirk
Kempthorne, elected unopposed.
1993 Nov 2:
H.
Brent Coles, elected;
Tracy
Andrus, defeated;
Wade
Frogley, defeated;
Michael
Hall, defeated.
1997 Nov 4:
H.
Brent Coles, elected;
Matthew
Shapiro, defeated.
2001 Nov 6:
H.
Brent Coles, elected;
Rod
Beck, defeated;
Jeremy
Maxand, defeated;
Jane
Reiser, defeated;
Ron
Dillon, defeated;
Harley
Brown, defeated;
Gene
Summa, defeated.
2003 Feb 14:
H.
Brent Coles, resigned.
2003 Nov 4:
David
H. Bieter, elected;
Charles
L. Winder, defeated;
Vaughn
Killeen, defeated;
Max
Mohammadi, defeated.
2007 Nov 6:
David
H. Bieter, elected;
Jim
Tibbs, defeated.
2011 Nov 8:
David
H. Bieter, elected;
David
B. Hall, defeated.
2015 Nov 3:
David
H. Bieter, elected;
Judy
Peavey-Derr, defeated;
Seth
M. Holden, defeated.
2019 Nov 5:
Lauren
McLean, advanced to runoff;
David
H. Bieter, advanced to runoff;
Rebecca
W. Arnold, defeated;
H.
Brent Coles, defeated;
Wayne
Richey, defeated;
Adriel
Martinez, defeated;
Cortney
Nielsen, defeated.
2019 Dec 3:
Lauren
McLean, elected;
David
H. Bieter, defeated.
2023 Nov 7:
Lauren
McLean, elected;
Mike
Masterson, defeated;
Joe
Evans, defeated;
Aaron
Reis, defeated.
Postmasters at Boise, 1864-1974 (may be
incomplete!)
Bolivar
B. Bishop 1864-65
Alonzo
G. Cook 1865
Joseph
H. Misener 1865-66
Robert
H. Lindsay 1866-69
Thomas
E. Logan 1869-73
John
A. Post 1873-83
Jeremiah
McKean 1883-85
John
A. Post 1885-86
Thomas
B. Gess 1886-88
Charles
P. Bilderback 1888-89
Emerie
R. Leonard 1889-93
Edgar
B. Tage 1893-97
Warren
C. Fenton 1897-1910
John
McMillan 1910-14
Peter
M. Davis 1914-23
Louis
W. Thrailkill 1923-35
Harry
L. Yost 1935-50
Joe
R. Williams 1950-52
James
F. Hughes 1952-62
John
G. Rost 1962-63
John
G. Rost 1963-74
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Boise, 1867-1951
(may be incomplete!)
J.
Cary Geer as of 1867
Austin
Savage as of 1879
Lewis
Williams as of 1919
Evan
Evans as of 1921-32
John
R. Viley as of 1936-47
Calvin
E. Wright as of 1951
|
|
The coverage of this site includes (1) the President, Vice President,
members of Congress, elected state and territorial officeholders in
all fifty states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. territories; and
the chief elected official, typically the mayor, of qualifying
municipalities; (2) candidates at election, including primaries, for
any of the above; (3) all federal judges and all state appellate
judges; (4) certain federal officials, including the federal cabinet,
diplomatic chiefs of mission, consuls, U.S. district attorneys,
collectors of customs and internal revenue, members of major
federal commissions; and political appointee (pre-1969) postmasters
of qualifying communities; (5) state and national political party
officials, including delegates, alternate delegates, and other
participants in national party nominating conventions;
(6) Americans who served as "honorary" consuls for other nations
before 1950. Note: municipalities or communities "qualify",
for Political Graveyard purposes, if they
have at least half a million person-years of history, inclusive of
predecessor, successor, and merged entities.