List of mayors of Fort Myers, Florida

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Mayor of Fort Myers
Fort Myers FL city hall01.jpg
Incumbent
Kevin Anderson [1]
since 2020
Inaugural holderHowell A. Parker
Website Official website

This is a list of people who have served as Mayor of the city of Fort Myers in the U.S. state of Florida.

Contents

List of mayors of the City of Fort Myers

No.TermMayor
622020–presentKevin Anderson
612009–2020 Randall P. Henderson Jr.
602000-2009James T. Humphrey
591996-2000Bruce T. Grady
581988-1996Wilbur C. Smith, III
571984-1988Arthur N. Hamel
561980-1984Ellis Solomon
551976-1980Burl A. Underhill
541967-1976 Oscar M. Corbin, Jr.
531962-1967Paul J. Myers
521960-1962Edward Simpson
511958-1960George M. French
501951-1958Heard M. Edwards
491950-1951Florence Fritz
481948-1950Ernest Goodyear
471947-1948R. E. Kurtz
461945-1947Dave Shapard
451940-1945Sam Fitzsimmons
441935-1940David Shapard
431933-1935Frank A. Whitney
421930-1933Josiah H. Fitch
411929-1930William J. Wood
401928-1929Elmer Hough
391927-1928H. E. Parnell
381927-1927Clinton Bolick
371926-1927Frank Kellow
361925-1926O. M. Davison
351924-1925A. E. Raymond
341923-1924Vernon G. Widerquist
331922-1923C. C. Pursley
321921-1922Virgil Robb
311920-1921C. Q. Stewart
301919-1920C. L.Starnes
291917-1918W. P. Franklin
281916-1917L. G. Pope
271915-1916D. W. Sumner
261914-1915Louis A. Hendry
251913-1914R. C. Matson
241912-1913C. W. Carlton
231911-1912Louis A. Henry

List of mayors of the Town of Fort Myers

No.TermName
221910-1911Louis A. Henry
211909-1910Robert Lilly
201906-1908Henry A. Hendry
191905-1906W. D. Bell
181902-1904Louis A. Hendry
171901-1902J. C. Jeffcott
161900-1901Robert Lilly
151899-1900Edward L. Evans
141898-1899L. A. Hendry
131897-1898J. L. Harn
121896-1897Menendez Johnson
111895-1896R. B. Leak
101894-1895G. W. Kinnison
91893-1894L. A. Hendry
81892-1893J. L. Harn
71891-1892L. G. Thorp
61890-1891Howell A. Parker
51889-1890W. H. Simmons
41888-1889Howell A. Parker
31887-1888W. W. Foos
21886-1887 Peter O. Knight
11885-1886Howell A. Parker

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References

  1. "Mayor's Office". Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2012-09-06.