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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 after a brief suspension for six weeks in 2005, has subsequently been re-elected in 2008 , 2012 , 2015 , 2019 , and 2023 .
List of mayors [ edit ]
Term start
Term end
Mayor
Born
Died
Notes
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
1896
Mahlon Gore
February 4, 1837
June 27, 1916
1896
February 6, 1902
James B. Parramore
January 29, 1839
February 6, 1902
Died in office
February 6, 1902
May 3, 1902
Clarence Everett Howard
September 7, 1858
May 2, 1930
May 3, 1902
1904
B. M. Robinson
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 13, 1916
E. Frank Sperry
June 18, 1843
August 13, 1916
Died in office
August 13, 1916
January 1, 1920
James LeRoy Giles (1st time)
June 16, 1863
May 3, 1946
January 1, 1920
March 5, 1924[2]
Eugene Goodman Duckworth
April 29, 1875
November 6, 1959
Resigned from office
April 2, 1924[3]
January 1, 1926
James LeRoy Giles (2nd time)
(see above)
Won special election.[4]
January 1, 1926[5]
January 1, 1929
Latta Malette Autrey
July 7, 1876
May 17, 1930
January 1, 1929[6]
January 1, 1932
James LeRoy Giles (3rd time)
(see above)
January 1, 1932[7]
January 1, 1935
Samuel Yulee Way (1st time)
1869
March 20, 1956
January 1, 1935[8]
January 1, 1938
Verner Wilson Estes
March 7, 1886
1956
January 1, 1938[9]
January 1, 1941
Samuel Yulee Way (2nd time)
(see above)
January 1, 1941[10]
January 1, 1953
William Hamer "Billy" Beardall, Jr.
May 5, 1890
October 27, 1984
January 1, 1953[11]
November 1, 1956
J. Rolfe Davis
February 11, 1904
March 30, 1988
November 1, 1956[12]
January 29, 1967
Robert S. "Bob" Carr
July 13, 1899
January 29, 1967
Died in office
March 15, 1967
January 1, 1981
Carl T. Langford
July 23, 1918
July 9, 2011
January 1, 1981[13]
November 1, 1992
Willard D. "Bill" Frederick
July 6, 1934
Democrat
November 1, 1992[14]
February 26, 2003[15]
Glenda Evans Hood
March 10, 1950
A Republican, she resigned to take office as Secretary of State of Florida
March 1, 2003
March 11, 2005
John H. "Buddy" Dyer (1st time)
August 7, 1958
March 12, 2005
April 20, 2005
Ernest Page (interim appointment)
ca. 1942
Interim mayor (see below), first African-American mayor
April 20, 2005
Present
John H. "Buddy" Dyer (2nd time)
(see above)
Democrat
City commissioner G. H. Sutherland served as acting mayor after Eugene Goodman Duckworth resigned in the wake of a failed city commissioners recall election .[16] Sutherland served for about four weeks until a special election was held. Former mayor James LeRoy Giles won the special election and served out the remainder of the term.[4]
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 [ edit ]
^ "Mayor Giles Signs 525 $1,000 Light And Water Bonds" . Orlando Morning Sentinel . April 3, 1924. p. 1 . Retrieved November 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ a b "Bond Issue Defeated - Giles Elected Mayor" . Orlando Morning Sentinel . April 2, 1924. p. 1 . Retrieved November 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Mayor Autrey Assumes Duty as City Ruler" . Orlando Morning Sentinel . January 2, 1926. p. 1 . Retrieved November 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Large Throng Attends Giles Inauguration" . Orlando Morning Sentinel . January 2, 1929. p. 1 . Retrieved November 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Open-Air Reception Brilliant Success" . Orlando Morning Sentinel . January 2, 1932. p. 1 . Retrieved November 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Estes Becomes City's Mayor" . Orlando Morning Sentinel . January 2, 1932. p. 1 . Retrieved November 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Way Moves To Secure Big Slum Project" . The Orlando Sentinel . January 2, 1938. p. 1 . Retrieved November 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Beardall Takes Over Mayor's Office; Council Confirms Brother on Utilities" . The Orlando Sentinel . January 2, 1941. p. 1 . Retrieved November 5, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "Davis Becomes Orlando Mayor" . Orlando Morning Sentinel . January 2, 1953. p. 1 . Retrieved November 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ "$3 Million Account Awaits Mayor Carr" . Orlando Sentinel . January 2, 1953. p. 4 . Retrieved November 7, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
^ 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 .
^ "Mayor Duckworth To Resign Brokaw and Hausel Defeated Yesterday" . Orlando Morning Sentinel . March 5, 1924. p. 1 . Retrieved November 14, 2019 – via Newspapers.com .
External links [ edit ]
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=List_of_mayors_of_Orlando,_Florida&oldid=1225805541 "
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