Walter Fritz Hansen (April 19, 1877 – November 8, 1965) was a Danish-born American politician who served as

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, from 1927 to 1929. Hansen was appointed mayor to serve almost all of the two-year term of his predecessor Herbert F. Lemp, who died only four days after taking office.

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Mayors of Boise - Past and PresentIdaho State Historical Society Reference Series, Corrected List of Mayors, 1867-1996
Mayors of Boise, Idaho 1877 births 1965 deaths Danish emigrants to the United States {{Idaho-mayor-stub