Mayors of Boise, 1866-2023(may be incomplete!)
EphraimSmith 1866-67HenryE. Prickett 1867-68ThomasB. Hart 1868-69CharlesHimrod 1869-72GeorgeH. Twitchell 1872-73ThomasE. Logan 1873-75JohnLemp 1875-76ThomasE. Logan 1876-78CharlesHimrod 1878-79CyrusY. Jacobs 1879-80CharlesP. Bilderback 1880-81JamesA. Pinney 1881-85SolHasbrouck 1885JosephW. Huston 1885-87PeterJ. Pefley 1887-89JamesA. Pinney 1889-93PeterSonna 1893-95WalterE. Pierce 1895-97MosesAlexander 1897-99JamesH. Richards 1899-1901MosesAlexander 1901-03JamesH. Hawley 1903-05JamesA. Pinney 1905-07JohnM. Haines 1907-09JosephT. Pence 1909-11HarryK. Fritchman 1911-12ArthurHodges 1912-15JeremiahW. Robinson 1915-16SamuelH. Hays 1916-19ErnG. Eagleson 1919-21EugeneB. Sherman 1921-25ErnG. Eagleson 1925-27HerbertF. Lemp 1927WalterF. Hansen 1927-29JamesP. Pope 1929-33RossCady 1933JohnJ. McCue 1933-35ByronE. Hyatt 1935-36JamesL. Edlefsen 1936-39JamesL. Straight 1939-41H.Westerman Whillock 1941-42AustinA. Walker 1942-45SamuelS. Griffin 1945-46H.Westerman Whillock 1946-47PotterP. Howard 1947-51RussellE. Edlefsen 1951-59RobertL. Day 1959-61EugeneW. Shellworth 1961-65JayS. Amyx 1966-73RichardR. Eardley 1974-85DirkKempthorne 1986-93H.Brent Coles 1993-2003CarolynTerteling-Payne 2003DavidH. Bieter 2004-19LaurenMcLean 2020- Events and Candidates(may be incomplete!)
1871:JohnHailey, elected, but never took office. 1885 Nov 5:SolHasbrouck, resigned. 1901 Jul 9:MosesAlexander (Citizens), elected. 1907 Apr 2:JohnM. Haines (Rep), elected. 1909 Apr 8:JosephT. Pence (Dem), elected;JohnM. Haines (Rep), defeated. 1911 Apr 4:HarryK. Fritchman (Rep), elected. 1913 Apr 1:ArthurHodges, elected;JamesS. Bogart, defeated. 1917:SamuelH. Hays, elected. 1919 Apr 22:ErnG. Eagleson, elected;JohnMcMillan, defeated. 1921 Apr 5:EugeneB. Sherman, elected;ErnG. Eagleson, defeated. 1923 Apr 3:EugeneB. Sherman, elected;JeremiahW. Robinson, defeated;CharlesArbuckle, defeated. 1925 Apr 7:ErnG. Eagleson, advanced to runoff;JohnP. Congdon, advanced to runoff;C.J. Sinsel, defeated;EdwardG. Rosenheim, defeated;W.W. Pefley, defeated. 1925 Apr 28:ErnG. Eagleson, elected;JohnP. Congdon, defeated. 1927 Apr 5:HerbertF. Lemp, elected;ErnG. Eagleson, defeated. 1927 May 6:HerbertF. Lemp, died in office. 1929 Apr 2:WalterF. Hansen, advanced to runoff;JamesP. Pope, advanced to runoff;ArchCunningham, defeated;EugeneB. Sherman, defeated;ErnG. Eagleson, defeated;ArthurHodges, defeated;C.T. Barringer, defeated. 1929 Apr 23:JamesP. Pope, elected;WalterF. Hansen, defeated. 1931 Apr 7:JamesP. Pope, elected unopposed. 1933 Feb 13:JamesP. Pope, resigned. 1933 Apr 4:JohnJ. McCue, advanced to runoff;BenOppenheim, advanced to runoff;W.E. Graham, defeated;IraE. High, defeated;JoeImhoff, defeated;EstherMarenholtz, defeated;M.E. Duncan, Jr., defeated;ArthurFrazier, defeated;ArthurHodges, defeated;GeorgeP. Dawson, defeated. 1933 Apr 25:JohnJ. McCue, elected;BenOppenheim, defeated. 1935 Apr 2:ByronE. Hyatt, advanced to runoff;JohnJ. McCue, advanced to runoff;DowDunning, defeated;HaroldW. Miniely, defeated;SamBallantyne, defeated;JamesLusk, defeated;JosephF. Kallas, defeated. 1935 Apr 23:ByronE. Hyatt, elected;JohnJ. McCue, defeated. 1936 Nov 11:ByronE. Hyatt, died in office. 1937 Apr 6:JamesL. Edlefsen, elected;DanielF. Banks, defeated;AsaE. Tillotson, defeated. 1939 Apr 4:JamesL. Edlefsen, advanced to runoff;JamesL. Straight, advanced to runoff;C.W. Larsen, defeated;HarryHopffgarten, defeated;W.R. Morris, defeated. 1939 Apr 25:JamesL. Straight, elected;JamesL. Edlefsen, defeated. 1941 Apr 1:H.Westerman Whillock, advanced to runoff;J.Emer Harris, advanced to runoff;JackR. Biggs, defeated;WardFuller, defeated;RaymondG. Morris, defeated. 1941 Apr 15:H.Westerman Whillock, elected;J.Emer Harris, defeated. 1942 May 11:H.Westerman Whillock, resigned. 1943 Apr 6:AustinA. Walker, elected unopposed. 1945 Apr 3:AustinA. Walker, elected;JosephH. Heister, defeated. 1945 Oct 31:AustinA. Walker, died in office. 1946 Feb 25:SamuelS. Griffin, resigned;H.Westerman Whillock, appointed. 1947 Apr 1:PotterP. Howard, elected;EdwardBell, defeated;JosephH. Heister, defeated. 1949 Apr 5:PotterP. Howard, elected;EugeneR. Howell, Jr., defeated. 1951 Apr 3:PotterP. Howard, advanced to runoff;RussellE. Edlefsen, advanced to runoff;ParkP. Gavin, defeated. 1951 Apr 17:RussellE. Edlefsen, elected;PotterP. Howard, defeated. 1953 Apr 7:RussellE. Edlefsen, advanced to runoff;HaroldT. Jones, advanced to runoff;OscarJ. Grim, defeated;ParkP. Gavin, defeated. 1953 Apr 21:RussellE. Edlefsen, elected;HaroldT. Jones, defeated. 1955 Apr 5:RussellE. Edlefsen, elected unopposed. 1957 Apr 2:RussellE. Edlefsen, elected unopposed. 1959 Apr 7:RobertL. Day, advanced to runoff;RussellE. Edlefsen, advanced to runoff;DanO. Turnipseed, defeated;GordonH. Eichmann, defeated. 1959 Apr 21:RobertL. Day, elected;RussellE. Edlefsen, defeated. 1961 Apr 4:EugeneW. Shellworth, elected;RobertL. Day, defeated;C.Leo Holt, defeated. 1963 Nov 5:EugeneW. Shellworth, advanced to runoff;C.Leo Holt, advanced to runoff;JayS. Amyx, defeated. 1963 Nov 26:EugeneW. Shellworth, elected;C.Leo Holt, defeated. 1965 Nov 2:EugeneW. Shellworth, advanced to runoff;JayS. Amyx, advanced to runoff;C.Leo Holt, defeated. 1965 Nov 23:JayS. Amyx, elected;EugeneW. Shellworth, defeated. 1969 Nov 4:JayS. Amyx, elected;RichardShaw, defeated;HerbWeirich, defeated. 1973 Nov 6:RichardR. Eardley, elected;FrankBatten, defeated;LouisKeefer, defeated;RogerMcGinnis, defeated;DarrellBabbitt, defeated;BrysonSmith, defeated. 1977 Nov 8:RichardR. Eardley, elected;KennethAlpert, defeated. 1981 Nov 3:RichardR. Eardley, elected;KellyPearce, defeated;PaulBuser, defeated;JamesSorrell, defeated;D.R. 'Don' Brannen, defeated. 1985 Nov 5:DirkKempthorne, elected;GlennSelander, defeated;DonaldWinder, defeated;JohnAbel, defeated. 1989 Nov 7:DirkKempthorne, elected unopposed. 1993 Nov 2:H.Brent Coles, elected;TracyAndrus, defeated;WadeFrogley, defeated;MichaelHall, defeated. 1997 Nov 4:H.Brent Coles, elected;MatthewShapiro, defeated. 2001 Nov 6:H.Brent Coles, elected;RodBeck, defeated;JeremyMaxand, defeated;JaneReiser, defeated;RonDillon, defeated;HarleyBrown, defeated;GeneSumma, defeated. 2003 Feb 14:H.Brent Coles, resigned. 2003 Nov 4:DavidH. Bieter, elected;CharlesL. Winder, defeated;VaughnKilleen, defeated;MaxMohammadi, defeated. 2007 Nov 6:DavidH. Bieter, elected;JimTibbs, defeated. 2011 Nov 8:DavidH. Bieter, elected;DavidB. Hall, defeated. 2015 Nov 3:DavidH. Bieter, elected;JudyPeavey-Derr, defeated;SethM. Holden, defeated. 2019 Nov 5:LaurenMcLean, advanced to runoff;DavidH. Bieter, advanced to runoff;RebeccaW. Arnold, defeated;H.Brent Coles, defeated;WayneRichey, defeated;AdrielMartinez, defeated;CortneyNielsen, defeated. 2019 Dec 3:LaurenMcLean, elected;DavidH. Bieter, defeated. 2023 Nov 7:LaurenMcLean, elected;MikeMasterson, defeated;JoeEvans, defeated;AaronReis, defeated.
Postmasters at Boise, 1864-1974(may beincomplete!)
BolivarB. Bishop 1864-65AlonzoG. Cook 1865JosephH. Misener 1865-66RobertH. Lindsay 1866-69ThomasE. Logan 1869-73JohnA. Post 1873-83JeremiahMcKean 1883-85JohnA. Post 1885-86ThomasB. Gess 1886-88CharlesP. Bilderback 1888-89EmerieR. Leonard 1889-93EdgarB. Tage 1893-97WarrenC. Fenton 1897-1910JohnMcMillan 1910-14PeterM. Davis 1914-23LouisW. Thrailkill 1923-35HarryL. Yost 1935-50JoeR. Williams 1950-52JamesF. Hughes 1952-62JohnG. Rost 1962-63JohnG. Rost 1963-74
U.S. Collectors of Internal Revenue at Boise, 1867-1951(may be incomplete!)
J.Cary Geer as of 1867AustinSavage as of 1879LewisWilliams as of 1919EvanEvans as of 1921-32JohnR. Viley as of 1936-47CalvinE. Wright as of 1951 | |
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