List of mayors of Orlando, Florida

Current mayor Buddy Dyer

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

Mayors of Orlando, Florida
Term in office Mayor Born Died
1875 – 1877William Jackson BrackJune 17, 1837April 30, 1901
1877 – 1878John Howard Allen1845unknown
1878 – 1879Charles Henry MungerAugust 25, 1845unknown
1879 – 1880Alex M. Hyer18481933
1880 – 1881Robert L. Summerlin18531926
1881 – 1882Charles Dennison SweetJuly 16, 1858September 9, 1900
1882 – 1883Cassius Aurelius BooneFebruary 2, 1850December 11, 1917
1883 – 1885John Letcher BryanDecember 27, 1848December 23, 1898
1885 – 1887Ephraim J. Reel18331917
1887 – 1888Foster Samuel Chipman1829unknown
1888 – 1891Matthew Robinson MarksOctober 29, 1834August 1911
1891 – 1893Willis Lucullus PalmerDecember 13, 1854October 30, 1912
1893 – 1893Mahlon GoreFebruary 4, 1837June 27, 1916
1896 – February 6, 1902James B. ParramoreJanuary 29, 1839February 6, 1902
1902 – 1904Clarence Everett HowardSeptember 7, 1858May 2, 1930
1904 – 1906Dr. James Horace SmithOctober 20, 1852June 20, 1931
1906 – 1907Braxton BeachamSeptember 12, 1864September 24, 1924
1907 – 1910William Henry JewellFebruary 26, 1840January 2, 1912
1910 – 1913William Hayden ReynoldsJune 29, 1847February 1, 1935
1913 – August 1, 1916E. Frank SperryJune 18, 1843August 1, 1916
1916 – 1919James LeRoy Giles (1st time)June 16, 1863May 3, 1946
1919 – 1924Eugene Goodman DuckworthApril 29, 1875November 6, 1959
1924 – 1925James LeRoy Giles (2nd time)(see above)
1925 – 1928Latta M. AutreyJuly 7, 18801930
1928 – 1931James LeRoy Giles (3rd time)(see above)
1931 – 1934Samuel Yulee Way (1st time)1869March 20, 1956
1934 – 1937Verner Wilson EstesMarch 7, 18861956
1937 – 1940Samuel Yulee Way (2nd time)(see above)
1940 – 1952William Hamer "Billy" Beardall, Jr.May 5, 1890October 27, 1984
January 1, 1953 – November 1, 1956J. Rolfe DavisFebruary 11, 1904March 30, 1988
November 1, 1956 – January 29, 1967Robert S. "Bob" CarrJuly 13, 1899January 29, 1967
March 15, 1967 – January 1, 1981Carl T. LangfordJuly 23, 1918July 9, 2011
January 1, 1981[1] – November 1, 1992Willard D. "Bill" FrederickJuly 6, 1934
November 1, 1992[2] – February 26, 2003[3]Glenda Evans HoodMarch 10, 1950
March 1, 2003 – March 11, 2005John H. "Buddy" Dyer (1st time)August 7, 1958
March 12, 2005 – April 20, 2005Ernest Page (interim)ca. 1942
April 20, 2005 – PresentJohn 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.

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References

  1. Orlando Mayor
  2. "Several Women Blazed A Trail For Glenda Hood". The Orlando Sentinel. September 21, 1992. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
  3. "Hood Will Be Mayor Till Vote In February". The Orlando Sentinel. December 24, 2002. Retrieved November 4, 2015.
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