List of mayors of Orlando, Florida
List of Mayors of the City of Orlando. The city of Orlando, Florida, was incorporated in 1875. The first mayor, William Jackson Brack, took office in 1875. The Orlando mayor is officially a nonpartisan election.
The current mayor is Buddy Dyer, who was first elected in a special election in February 2003. Dyer was elected to his first full term in 2004, and has subsequently been re-elected in 2008, 2012, and 2015.
List of mayors
Term in office | Mayor | Born | Died |
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1875 – 1877 | William Jackson Brack | June 17, 1837 | April 30, 1901 |
1877 – 1878 | John Howard Allen | 1845 | unknown |
1878 – 1879 | Charles Henry Munger | August 25, 1845 | unknown |
1879 – 1880 | Alex M. Hyer | 1848 | 1933 |
1880 – 1881 | Robert L. Summerlin | 1853 | 1926 |
1881 – 1882 | Charles Dennison Sweet | July 16, 1858 | September 9, 1900 |
1882 – 1883 | Cassius Aurelius Boone | February 2, 1850 | December 11, 1917 |
1883 – 1885 | John Letcher Bryan | December 27, 1848 | December 23, 1898 |
1885 – 1887 | Ephraim J. Reel | 1833 | 1917 |
1887 – 1888 | Foster Samuel Chipman | 1829 | unknown |
1888 – 1891 | Matthew Robinson Marks | October 29, 1834 | August 1911 |
1891 – 1893 | Willis Lucullus Palmer | December 13, 1854 | October 30, 1912 |
1893 – 1893 | Mahlon Gore | February 4, 1837 | June 27, 1916 |
1896 – February 6, 1902 | James B. Parramore | January 29, 1839 | February 6, 1902 |
1902 – 1904 | Clarence Everett Howard | September 7, 1858 | May 2, 1930 |
1904 – 1906 | Dr. James Horace Smith | October 20, 1852 | June 20, 1931 |
1906 – 1907 | Braxton Beacham | September 12, 1864 | September 24, 1924 |
1907 – 1910 | William Henry Jewell | February 26, 1840 | January 2, 1912 |
1910 – 1913 | William Hayden Reynolds | June 29, 1847 | February 1, 1935 |
1913 – August 1, 1916 | E. Frank Sperry | June 18, 1843 | August 1, 1916 |
1916 – 1919 | James LeRoy Giles (1st time) | June 16, 1863 | May 3, 1946 |
1919 – 1924 | Eugene Goodman Duckworth | April 29, 1875 | November 6, 1959 |
1924 – 1925 | James LeRoy Giles (2nd time) | (see above) | |
1925 – 1928 | Latta M. Autrey | July 7, 1880 | 1930 |
1928 – 1931 | James LeRoy Giles (3rd time) | (see above) | |
1931 – 1934 | Samuel Yulee Way (1st time) | 1869 | March 20, 1956 |
1934 – 1937 | Verner Wilson Estes | March 7, 1886 | 1956 |
1937 – 1940 | Samuel Yulee Way (2nd time) | (see above) | |
1940 – 1952 | William Hamer "Billy" Beardall, Jr. | May 5, 1890 | October 27, 1984 |
January 1, 1953 – November 1, 1956 | J. Rolfe Davis | February 11, 1904 | March 30, 1988 |
November 1, 1956 – January 29, 1967 | Robert S. "Bob" Carr | July 13, 1899 | January 29, 1967 |
March 15, 1967 – January 1, 1981 | Carl T. Langford | July 23, 1918 | July 9, 2011 |
January 1, 1981[1] – November 1, 1992 | Willard D. "Bill" Frederick | July 6, 1934 | |
November 1, 1992[2] – February 26, 2003[3] | Glenda Evans Hood | March 10, 1950 | |
March 1, 2003 – March 11, 2005 | John H. "Buddy" Dyer (1st time) | August 7, 1958 | |
March 12, 2005 – April 20, 2005 | Ernest Page (interim) | ca. 1942 | |
April 20, 2005 – Present | John H. "Buddy" Dyer (2nd time) | (see above) |
- Ernest Page was appointed interim mayor for about six weeks in March-April 2005 while Buddy Dyer was under investigation for election fraud stemming from the 2004 election. The charges against Dyer were dismissed, and Dyer was reinstated as mayor on April 20, 2005.
See also
Notes
Works cited
References
- ↑ Orlando Mayor
- ↑ "Several Women Blazed A Trail For Glenda Hood". The Orlando Sentinel. September 21, 1992. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
- ↑ "Hood Will Be Mayor Till Vote In February". The Orlando Sentinel. December 24, 2002. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
External links
- Orlando Remembered: City Hall – Describes the city's exhibit of memorabilia from past mayors.
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