Jay S. Amyx | |
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Mayor of Boise, Idaho | |
In office January 1966 – January 1974 |
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Preceded by | Eugene W. Shellworth |
Succeeded by | Richard Eardley |
Personal details | |
Born |
Decatur, Texas |
September 27, 1923
Died | January 24, 2014 Boise, Idaho |
(aged 90)
Profession | Builder, contractor and land developer |
Jay S. Amyx (September 27, 1923 – January 24, 2014) served two terms as mayor of Boise, Idaho, from 1966 to 1974.
In November 1965, Amyx became the first Boise mayor elected to a four-year term. Previous mayoral elections in Boise had been held in April and for two-year terms.
Amyx ran for the Republican nomination for Governor of Idaho in 1978, but finished last among a field of six in the primary election.