List of mayors of Lincoln, Nebraska

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The Mayor of Lincoln, Nebraska is the head of the government of Lincoln, a city located in the State of Nebraska in the United States. The mayor is vested with the executive and administrative power of the city of Lincoln and is the ceremonial head of its government.{{cite web|title=Lincoln City Charter, Article IV, Section 12|website=City of Lincoln, Nebraska|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://online.encodeplus.com/regs/lincoln-ne-cc/doc-viewer.aspx#secid-791}}

The Lincoln mayor is elected every four years on the first Tuesday in May of every other odd-numbered year.{{cite web|title=Lincoln City Charter, Article IV, Section 1|website=City of Lincoln, Nebraska|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://online.encodeplus.com/regs/lincoln-ne-cc/doc-viewer.aspx#secid-791}} The mayor, along with newly elected city council members, takes office on the second Monday after the first Tuesday in May (election day).{{cite web|title=Lincoln City Charter, Article IV, Section 11|website=City of Lincoln, Nebraska|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://online.encodeplus.com/regs/lincoln-ne-cc/doc-viewer.aspx#secid-790}} Due to an amendment of the Lincoln City Charter passed by the voters in November 2018, the Lincoln mayor is limited to only serve a maximum of three consecutive terms in office.{{cite news|title=Beutler can't run again|author=Nancy Hicks|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|date=November 7, 2018|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/503381099/}} To date, Chris Beutler is Lincoln's longest serving mayor, having held the office for 12 years. As happened last in 1998, if a vacancy occurs in the mayoral office, the vacancy is filled by majority vote of the Lincoln City Council.{{cite web|title=Lincoln City Charter, Article IV, Section 19|website=City of Lincoln, Nebraska|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://online.encodeplus.com/regs/lincoln-ne-cc/doc-viewer.aspx?secid=798}}

Among the powers and responsibilities of the mayor as specified by the Lincoln City Charter are these: to supervise all city departments and agencies, to enforce the city charter and ordinances, to submit an annual city budget to the city council and approve large purchases, to promote the commercial and industrial growth of the city, and to appoint the heads of all city departments with the approval of the city council and appoint other city officers, employees, and members of boards and commissions.

History

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Lincoln, Nebraska, was officially incorporated as a town on April 7, 1869, by the commissioners of Lancaster County. Interim trustees were chosen for its Board of Trustees, which functioned as its city council. Permanent trustees were then officially elected by the citizens of Lincoln on May 3, 1869. A chairman was chosen by the trustees, and although there was no official title of "mayor" of Lincoln at this time, the chairman of the Board of Trustees was effectively the mayor of Lincoln. Lincoln's first chairman of the board of trustees was Humphrey D. Gilbert, elected in 1869, and Lincoln's second chairman of the board of trustees was Charles H. Gere, elected in 1870.

Lincoln was later incorporated as a city of the second class by the Legislature of Nebraska on March 18, 1871, which allowed its citizens to directly elect a mayor. The first mayor elected by the citizens of Lincoln was William F. Chapin, a lawyer and former Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives, who was elected on April 4, 1871. Lincoln continued to elect mayors in April of every year to one-year terms until 1883, when the Nebraska Legislature passed a bill stipulating that the mayors of all second-class cities would be elected to two-year terms on the first Tuesday in April.{{cite news|title=Municipal Law, Cities of the Second Class: The New Code for the Government of the City of Lincoln|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=March 2, 1883|access-date=April 3, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313727873/}} Thus, from 1883 to 1911, the mayor was elected directly by the citizens of Lincoln for a term of two years. In 1912, the Nebraska Legislature amended the state's laws to give cities the option to adopt a "commission" form of government, which Lincoln adopted for its government in a special election in 1912.{{cite news|title=Commission Form Carried: Lincoln Adopts New Scheme at Special Election|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=April 20, 1912|access-date=April 3, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/314182464/}} This meant that the Lincoln mayor was now to be chosen by the city council from among the council membership instead of elected directly by the voters. This system of Lincoln city government persisted through the election of 1935.

In 1935, the voters of Lincoln adopted an amendment to its city charter increasing the number of city council members from five to seven and creating a system where the mayor was once again directly elected by the voters. However, though no longer chosen by fellow council members, the mayor remained a member of the Lincoln city council. The mayor was still elected to a two-year term while all other council members' terms were increased to four years under the new plan. The first mayor to take office under this new system was Oren S. Copeland in 1937. In the election of 1962, the voters of Lincoln adopted an amendment to the city charter that made the mayor's office separate from the city council and extended the mayor's term to four years. This made the mayor's job a "full-time position" since the mayor was no longer a member of the council. Dean H. Petersen was the first mayor elected in 1963 under this system, which remains the current system of Lincoln's city government.

In 1975, after serving for 16 years on the Lincoln City Council, Helen Boosalis made history by becoming the first woman to serve as mayor of the city of Lincoln. In 1998, Mike Johanns became the first Lincoln mayor to be elected Governor of Nebraska while still in office, though he is not the only Lincoln mayor to be elected governor, as Charles W. Bryan and Victor E. Anderson also served as governor.{{cite news|title=Charter Says Johanns Must Leave Post|author=Mark Andersen|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|date=November 4, 1998|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/297716464/}}

List

This is a list of mayors of Lincoln, Nebraska.{{cite web|title=Past Mayors|website=City of Lincoln, Nebraska|access-date=March 29, 2023|url=https://www.lincoln.ne.gov/City/Mayor/Past-Mayors}}

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-{{efn|name=earlymayors|Lincoln, Nebraska, was officially incorporated as a town on April 7, 1869; interim trustees were chosen for its Board of Trustees, which functioned as its city council. Permanent trustees were then officially elected by the citizens of Lincoln on May 3, 1869. A chairman was chosen by the trustees, and although there was no official title of "mayor" of Lincoln, the chairman of the Board of Trustees was the de facto mayor of Lincoln. Lincoln was later incorporated as a city on March 18, 1871, which allowed its citizens to directly elect a mayor. While the city of Lincoln does not officially number Humphrey D. Gilbert or Charles H. Gere among its recognized mayors, some consider them to have been the first to effectively hold that position.}}

|{{sortname|Humphrey D.|Gilbert}}{{efn|Humphrey D. Gilbert is almost always referred to by sources as "H. D. Gilbert" or "Dr. H. D. Gilbert."{{cite news|title=A Pleasant Affair: A Farewell Tribute to a Worthy Man and a Good Citizen|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=December 2, 1880|access-date=April 4, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313728200/}} Few sources give his first name, but it can be found in an obscure source,{{cite news|title=Medical|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=December 30, 1876|access-date=April 4, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313717007/?terms=Humphrey}} where he is named as the chairman of the Lancaster County Medical Society around the time he was known to be a member of such society.{{cite news|title=The State Medical Society: Their Proceedings at the Convention Held in this City Last Week|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=October 3, 1876|access-date=April 4, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313710319/?terms=Gilbert}}}}

|April 10, 1869

|1870{{cite news|title=Town Ordinance|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=January 15, 1870|access-date=March 31, 2023|quote=H. D. Gilbert, Chariman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313726445/}}

|Served as first chairman of the Lincoln Board of Trustees, making him effectively the mayor of Lincoln{{cite news|title=Lincoln's first mayor-several choices|author=Jim McKee|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|date=April 21, 2002|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/298255363/}}{{cite book|title=History of the State of Nebraska|author=A. T. Andreas|publisher=The Western Historical Company|date=1882|location=Chicago|url=http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ne/topic/resources/andreas/lancaster/lancaster-p3.html}}{{cite news|title=Proceedings of the Board of Town Trustees|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=April 17, 1869|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313733194/}}

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|{{sortname|Charles Henry|Gere}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|1870

|April 4, 1871

|Served as second chairman of the Lincoln Board of Trustees, making him effectively the mayor of Lincoln{{cite news|title=Town Ordinances|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=June 17, 1870|access-date=March 31, 2023|quote=C. H. Gere, Chariman|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313727862/}}

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|{{sortname|William F.|Chapin}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|April 4, 1871}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 10, 1872}}

|First mayor elected directly by the citizens of Lincoln after incorporation as a city; Previously served as the Speaker of the Nebraska House of Representatives{{cite book|title=2020-21 Nebraska Blue Book|author=State of Nebraska|page=393|url=http://govdocs.nebraska.gov/epubs/l3000/D001-202021.pdf}}

|{{sortname|Erastus E.|Brown}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|April 10, 1872}}{{cite news|title=The City|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=April 10, 1872|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309245102/|quote=Mr. E. E. Brown, the newly elected mayor of Lincoln was qualified and assumed the duties of his office to day.}}

|{{Date table sorting|1873}}

|{{sortname|Robert D.|Silver, Jr.}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|1873}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 11, 1874}}

|{{sortname|Samuel W.|Little}}

|Temp{{efn|Mayor Samuel W. Little appears to have been a member of a "Temperance Party," which was opposed by a "Citizens' Party" in this election.{{cite news|title=Temperance Mass Meeting|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=April 2, 1874|access-date=April 3, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313712419/}}{{cite news|title=Victory! Victory! The Entire Republican Ticket Elected!|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=April 10, 1874|access-date=April 3, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309623340/}}}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 11, 1874}}{{cite news|title=Meeting of the City Council|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=April 12, 1874|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313713093/|quote=An adjourned meeting of the City Council was held at the Mayor's office yesterday afternoon... oath of office having been filed by S W Little, mayor...}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 16, 1875}}

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|{{sortname|Amasa|Cobb}}{{efn|A newspaper refers to J. R. Fairbank as "acting mayor" right before the inauguration of Robert D. Silver on April 11, 1876; however, he could not have served long since Amasa Cobb is still being referred to as the mayor in April 1876.{{cite news|title=The Funding of the City Debt|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=April 8, 1876|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313744059/}}}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|April 16, 1875}}{{efn|In the published city directory on April 15, 1875, Samuel W. Little is listed as mayor,{{cite news|title=Official Directory|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=April 15, 1875|access-date=April 3, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313720661/}} but in the published city directory on April 17, 1875, Amasa Cobb is listed as the mayor.{{cite news|title=Official Directory|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=April 17, 1875|access-date=April 3, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313720792}}}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 11, 1876}}

|Previously served as a US Representative from Wisconsin; Later served as a Nebraska Supreme Court Justice

|{{sortname|Robert D.|Silver, Jr.}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|April 11, 1876}}{{cite news|title=Meeting of the City Council: Retirement of the Old Board and Inauguration of the New|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=April 12, 1876|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313744378/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 11, 1877}}

|Previously served as the 3rd mayor

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|{{sortname|Harvey Wesley|Hardy}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|April 11, 1877}}{{cite news|title=Council Meeting: The Old and the New|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=April 13, 1877|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313708131/|quote=Wednesday evening... the oath of office was administered to... Mayor Hardy...}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 14, 1879}}

|{{sortname|Seth P.|Galey}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|April 14, 1879}}{{cite news|title=Down and Out and In and Up|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=April 15, 1879|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313716082/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 19, 1880}}

|{{sortname|John B.|Wright|John B. Wright (mayor)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|April 19, 1880}}{{cite news|title=The Old and the New|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=April 20, 1880|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313712901/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 10, 1882}}

|{{sortname|John|Doolittle|John Doolittle (mayor)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep{{cite news|title=Republican Nominating Convention: A Very Harmonious Convention and a Very Strong Ticket Nominated|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=April 2, 1882|access-date=April 3, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313727467/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 10, 1882}}{{cite news|title=The Old and New: Mayor Wright Steps Down and Out, and Mayor Doolittle Takes the Reins|newspaper=Daily Nebraska State Journal|date=April 11, 1882|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313728061/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 9, 1883}}

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|{{sortname|Robert Emmett|Moore|Robert E. Moore}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|April 9, 1883}}{{cite news|title=The Old and the New: The One Steps Down and Out and the Other In and Up|newspaper=Daily State Journal|date=April 10, 1883|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313731140/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 13, 1885}}

|Later served as Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska

|{{sortname|Carlos C.|Burr}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|April 13, 1885}}{{cite news|title=Council Meeting: Mayor Moore Steps Out and Mayor Burr Steps in|newspaper=Daily Evening News|date=April 14, 1885|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309258343/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 12, 1887}}

|{{sortname|Andrew J.|Sawyer}}

|{{Party shading/Independent}} | Ind

|{{Date table sorting|April 12, 1887}}{{cite news|title=Sawyer Seated|newspaper=Daily Nebraska State Journal|date=April 13, 1887|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313747565/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 9, 1889}}

|{{sortname|Robert B.|Graham}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep{{cite news|title=By Big Majorities: The Republican City Ticket Elected|newspaper=Daily Nebraska State Journal|date=April 3, 1889|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313823810/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 9, 1889}}{{cite news|title=Mayor Graham Delivers His First Message to the City Council|newspaper=Daily Nebraska State Journal|date=April 10, 1889|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313824578/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 14, 1891}}

|{{sortname|Austin H.|Weir}}

|{{Party shading/Independent}} | Ind

|{{Date table sorting|April 14, 1891}}{{cite news|title=The New Administration: Mayor Weir's Inaugural Address|newspaper=Daily Nebraska State Journal|date=April 15, 1891|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313959390/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 8, 1895}}

|{{sortname|Frank A.|Graham}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|April 8, 1895}}{{cite news|title=The Old and the New: Mayor Frank Graham Takes the Oath of Office|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Call|date=April 9, 1895|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/709753257/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 10, 1899}}

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|{{sortname|Hudson J.|Winnett}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|April 10, 1899}}{{cite news|title=New Mayor Installed with Simple Ceremony|newspaper=Lincoln Evening News|date=April 11, 1899|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309393660/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 13, 1903}}

|{{sortname|George A.|Adams}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|April 13, 1903}}{{cite news|title=The New Officers Were Sworn In: Mr. Adams and His Political Associates are Now in Office|newspaper=Lincoln Star|date=April 14, 1903|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309469165/}}

|{{Date table sorting|April 10, 1905}}

|{{sortname|Francis W.|Brown}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|April 10, 1905}}{{cite news|title=Mayor Brown Takes the Reins: Inaugurated Monday Night Without Display for Flare of Trumpets|newspaper=Lincoln Herald|date=April 14, 1905|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309602086/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 11, 1909}}

|{{sortname|Don Lathrop|Love}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 11, 1909}}{{cite news|title=Love Wins By Margin of 46|newspaper=Lincoln Star|date=May 11, 1909|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309586650/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 8, 1911}}

|{{sortname|Alvin H.|Armstrong}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep{{cite news|title=Lincoln Goes Wet|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=May 3, 1911|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313911356/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 8, 1911}}{{cite news|title=New Administration Is Now in Control|newspaper=Lincoln Star|date=May 9, 1911|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309607639/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 13, 1913}}

|Last mayor elected directly by the voters to the mayor's office until Mayor Copeland in 1937{{cite news|title=Commission is in Office|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=May 14, 1913|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313921026/|quote=Councilman Dayton moved that they proceed to the election of a mayor by ballot. Four votes were recorded for Mr. Zehrung....}}

|{{sortname|Frank C.|Zehrung}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 13, 1913}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 10, 1915}}{{cite news|title=Zehrung and King Ready for Change: Mayor and Commissioner of Safety Make Way for New Officials|newspaper=Lincoln Star|date=May 10, 1915|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309528563/}}

|First mayor since Charles H. Gere in 1870 to be elected mayor not by the voters but by a majority vote of the Lincoln City Council from its own membership

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|{{sortname|Charles Wayland|Bryan|Charles W. Bryan}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|May 10, 1915}}{{cite news|title=New Officers Take Places: Bryan Is Mayor and Wright Safety Man|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=May 11, 1915|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313891404/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 7, 1917}}

|Later became Governor of Nebraska

|{{sortname|John Eschelman|Miller}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|May 7, 1917}}{{cite news|title=Makes Its Farewell Bow: Old City Council Completes Business—J. E. Miller Succeeds Bryan As Mayor|newspaper=Lincoln Daily News|date=May 7, 1917|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/298147571/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 9, 1921}}{{cite news|title=Bryan Visited Men Who Select Mayor|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|date=May 9, 1921|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/81868881/|quote=It was a quiet last day for Mayor Miller.}}

|Known for being a cofounder of Miller & Paine, a department store in downtown Lincoln{{cite news|title=Tribute Is Paid By S. A. R. To Patriotic Work Of J. E. Miller|newspaper=Lincoln Star|date=March 25, 1938|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/63510187/|quote=...John Eschelman Miller... [was] mayor of the city of Lincoln and... founder of the modern department store of Miller & Paine...}}

|{{sortname|Frank C.|Zehrung}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 9, 1921}}{{cite news|title=Zehrung is Mayor of Lincoln: City Council Turns Down Bryan Plea|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|date=May 9, 1921|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/81868883/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 9, 1927}}

|Previously served as the 22nd mayor

|{{sortname|Verne|Hedge}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 9, 1927}}{{cite news|title=Mayor Hedge, New Council Take Office|newspaper=Lincoln Star|date=May 9, 1927|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/60989112/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 13, 1929}}

|{{sortname|Don Lathrop|Love}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 13, 1929}}{{cite news|title=New Council Sits Around Big Table|newspaper=Evening State Journal|date=May 13, 1929|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/81868881/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 11, 1931}}

|Previously served as the 20th mayor

|{{sortname|Frank C.|Zehrung}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 11, 1931}}{{cite news|title=New City Building One of Many Jobs|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=May 10, 1931|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/673511251/|quote=...Monday... Mayor Zehrung returns...}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 8, 1933}}

|Previously Served as the 22nd and 25th mayor

|{{sortname|Fenton B.|Fleming}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 8, 1933}}{{cite news|title=New Members City Council Take Office|newspaper=Lincoln Star|date=May 8, 1935|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/61079514/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 13, 1935}}

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|{{sortname|Charles Wayland|Bryan|Charles W. Bryan}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|May 13, 1935}}{{cite news|title=Members are Sworn in at the City Hall|newspaper=Evening State Journal|date=May 13, 1935|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/66882207/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 10, 1937}}

|Last mayor to have been elected by the Lincoln City Council under the old system where mayors were chosen from among the membership of the council by their fellow council members;{{cite news|title=All Incumbents Are Defeated; 7-Member Amendment Adopted|newspaper=Lincoln Star|date=May 8, 1935|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/310254733/}} Previously served as the 23rd mayor and as the Governor of Nebraska

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|{{sortname|Oren Sturmon|Copeland}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 10, 1937}}{{cite news|title=Seven Man Council Assumes Its Duties|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|date=May 11, 1940|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309266037/|quote=...Monday afternoon...[t]he old died at 3:06 and at 3:10 life was breathed into the new plan as Mayor Copeland took his oath.}}

|{{Date table sorting|February 28, 1940}}

|First mayor to be directly elected to the mayor's office by the voters of the city since Mayor Alvin Armstrong in 1911; Resigned in order to run as a Republican candidate in the 1940 US House of Representatives election in Nebraska's 1st congressional district;{{cite news|title=Mayor Copeland Resigns; Making Congress Race|newspaper=Lincoln Star|date=February 29, 1940|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/310555964/}} Served as a member of the US House of Representatives

|{{sortname|Robert Erle|Campbell}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep{{cite news|title=Delegates to the State Conventions, 20th District|newspaper=Lincoln Evening State Journal|date=March 22, 1944|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313032244/|quote=Republican... R.E. Campbell}}

|{{Date table sorting|March 4, 1940}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 12, 1941}}

|Selected by the Lincoln City Council to finish Mayor Copeland's unexpired term;{{cite news|title=R. E. Campbell Becomes New Mayor|date=March 4, 1940|access-date=March 31, 2023|newspaper=Lincoln Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/310530066/}} Served as the chairman of the board of Miller & Paine, replacing John E. Miller, a former Lincoln mayor, in that position{{cite news|title=Miller & Paine Department Store Marks 60th Birthday|newspaper=Nebraska State Journal|date=September 11, 1940|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/334547802/}}

|{{sortname|Richard O.|Johnson}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 12, 1941}}{{cite news|title=New mayor, council sworn in at city hall|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|date=May 12, 1941|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/309280368/|quote=Richard O. Johnson took office as mayor Monday...}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 10, 1943}}

|{{sortname|Lloyd J.|Marti}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep{{cite news|title=Miles, Marti Top List of Candidates|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|date=April 17, 1948|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313084565/}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 10, 1943}}{{cite news|title=Margin goes to Wilkinson in tight race|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|date=May 10, 1943|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/66907803/|quote=Mayor Marti, as he was to become at 2 o'clock and Councilman Wilkinson were at city hall Monday...}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 12, 1947}}

|{{sortname|Clarence Gillespie|Miles}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|May 12, 1947}}{{cite news|title=City Council Takes Office; 3 New Faces|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|date=May 12, 1947|access-date=March 31, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/68014274/}}

|{{Date table sorting|July 31, 1950}}

|Resigned in order to run as a Democratic candidate in the 1950 US House of Representatives election in Nebraska's 1st congressional district against Republican incumbent Carl Curtis{{cite news|title=Mayor Miles Makes Filing On Demo Congress Slate: Tells Intent To Resign City Office|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|date=June 9, 1950|access-date=March 30, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313358342/}}

36{{efn|Thomas R. Pansing only served as "Acting Mayor" while still maintaining his seat on the Lincoln City Council, but since he served for an extended period of time, the City of Lincoln's official website counts him as Lincoln's 36th mayor.}}

|{{sortname|Thomas R.|Pansing}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|July 31, 1950}}

|{{Date table sorting|September 11, 1950}}

|Served as "Acting Mayor" after the resignation of Mayor Miles by virtue of his position as Vice President of the Lincoln City Council while the council searched for Mayor Miles' replacement,{{cite news|title=Pansing Is Named Fill Mayor Post|newspaper=Lincoln Star|date=July 31, 1950|access-date=March 30, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/65373744/}} which took over a month due to disagreements among council members as to who should be named mayor{{cite news|title=Back Stage Bargaining on Mayor Post Revealed|author=Dale E. Fahrnbruch|date=August 29, 1950|access-date=March 23, 2023|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313244680/}}

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|{{sortname|Victor Emanuel|Anderson}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|September 11, 1950}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 18, 1953}}

|Selected by the Lincoln City Council to finish Mayor Miles' unexpired term;{{cite news|title=Victor Anderson To Give Answer Monday As Mayor Selection|author=Jeff Withrow|date=September 8, 1950|access-date=March 30, 2023|newspaper=Lincoln Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/310665055/}}{{cite news|title=Anderson Accepts Post As Lincoln Mayor; Promises Clean-Cut Decisions|author=Jeff Withrow|date=September 11, 1950|access-date=March 30, 2023|newspaper=Lincoln Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/310666222/}} Later became Governor of Nebraska

|{{sortname|Clark|Jeary}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 18, 1953}}

|{{Date table sorting|July 30, 1956}}

|Resigned to accept a job with the National Bank of Commerce{{cite news|title=Mayor Jeary to Quit Office by Sept. 15, Accept Bank Position|author=Del Snodgrass|date=July 9, 1956|access-date=March 30, 2023|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313413397/}}

|{{sortname|Bennett S. (Abe)|Martin}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|July 30, 1956}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 18, 1959}}

|Selected by the Lincoln City Council to finish Mayor Jeary's unexpired term{{cite news|title=Councilman Bennett Martin To Replace Jeary as Mayor|author=Del Snodgrass|date=July 22, 1956|access-date=March 30, 2023|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313424550/}}

|{{sortname|Bartlett E. (Pat)|Boyles}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem{{cite news|title=Wishart Says Will Testify|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|date=December 27, 1958|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/43695594/|quote=Boyles is a Democrat.}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 18, 1959}}

|{{Date table sorting|December 31, 1962}}

|Resigned after being appointed as a Lancaster County District Court Judge by Nebraska Governor Frank B. Morrison{{cite news|title=Mayor's Post Opening Eyed|date=December 25, 1962|access-date=March 30, 2023|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/63606398/}}{{cite news|title=Boyle Resigns; No Successor Named|author=Virgil Falloon|date=January 1, 1963|access-date=March 30, 2023|newspaper=Lincoln Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/66457237/}}

|{{sortname|Dell L.|Tyrrell}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep{{cite news|title=County Board Post Sought by Tyrrell|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|date=April 4, 1956|access-date=April 1, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313305049/}}

|{{Date table sorting|January 7, 1963}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 20, 1963}}

|Selected by the Lincoln City Council to finish Mayor Boyles' unexpired term{{cite news|title=Tyrrell Unanimous Choice for Mayor|author=Virgil Falloon|date=January 8, 1963|access-date=March 30, 2023|newspaper=Lincoln Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/66457630/}}

|{{sortname|Dean H.|Petersen}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 20, 1963}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 15, 1967}}

|Petersen was Lincoln's first "full-time" mayor elected for a term of four years after the Lincoln City Charter was amended in 1962 to extend the mayor's term from two to four years and make the position full time. Previously, the mayor was considered a member of the city council; Petersen was the first mayor to have a separate office from that of a council member.{{cite news|title=Tyrell New Mayor; Action Lacking on His Replacement|author=Leo Scherer|date=January 7, 1963|access-date=March 30, 2023|newspaper=Lincoln Evening Journal|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/313338488/}}

|{{sortname|Sam|Schwartzkopf}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|May 15, 1967}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 19, 1975}}

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|{{sortname|Helen|Boosalis}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|May 19, 1975}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 16, 1983}}

|First woman to serve as mayor of Lincoln; Later ran unsuccessfully for Governor of Nebraska in 1986

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|{{sortname|Roland A.|Luedtke}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 16, 1983}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 18, 1987}}

|Previously served as Speaker of the Nebraska Legislature and as Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska before becoming Lincoln mayor

|{{sortname|Bill|Harris|Bill Harris (Nebraska politician)}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|May 18, 1987}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 20, 1991}}

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|{{sortname|Mike|Johanns}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|May 20, 1991}}

|{{Date table sorting|November 30, 1998}}

|Resigned to become Governor of Nebraska

|{{sortname|Dale|Young|Dale Young (politician)}}

|{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rep

|{{Date table sorting|November 30, 1998}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 17, 1999}}

|Selected by the Lincoln City Council to finish Mayor Johanns' unexpired term{{cite news|title=Young becomes mayor as Johanns steps down|author=Mark Andersen|date=December 1, 1998|access-date=March 30, 2023|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/297707110/}}

|{{sortname|Don|Wesely}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|May 17, 1999}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 19, 2003}}

|{{sortname|Coleen J.|Seng|Coleen Seng}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|May 19, 2003}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 14, 2007}}

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|{{sortname|Chris|Beutler}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|May 14, 2007}}

|{{Date table sorting|May 20, 2019}}

|Term-limited after three consecutive terms as mayor due to an amendment of the Lincoln City Charter passed in November 2018{{cite news|title=Beutler reflects on his legacy|author=Riley Johnson|newspaper=Lincoln Journal Star|date=May 19, 2019|access-date=March 30, 2023|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/592972927/}}{{cite web|title=Lincoln City Charter, Article III, Section 4|website=City of Lincoln, Nebraska|access-date=March 30, 2023|url=https://online.encodeplus.com/regs/lincoln-ne-cc/doc-viewer.aspx#secid-778}}

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|{{sortname|Leirion Gaylor|Baird}}

|{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dem

|{{Date table sorting|May 20, 2019}}

|Present

Notes

References

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