This is a list of mayors of Largo, Florida . Largo was incorporated as a town in 1905.
| Term | Mayor | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1905 | M. Joel McMullen | |
| 1907 | Louis S. Johnson | |
| 1909–1911 | Seth Brown | |
| 1911 | John Stansel Taylor | |
| 1911–1913 | S. E. Smith | |
| 1914 | P. C. Kellar | |
| 1914–1915 | Turner A. Duren | |
| 1915–1920 | S. E. Smith | |
| 1920–1921 | B. H. Allen | |
| 1921–1923 | William F. Belcher | |
| 1922 | William A. Cameron | |
| 1922 | Ike M. Shriner | |
| 1923–1924 | Robert L. Youngblood | |
| 1924–1925 | Luther L. Wadford | |
| 1925–1926 | Louis S. Johnson | |
| 1927–1935 | William F. Belcher | |
| 1935 | William A. McMullen Jr. | |
| 1935–1940 | Elmer C. Carlson | |
| 1940–1947 | H. C. Robinson | |
| 1947–1948 | M. J. Lumsden | |
| 1948–1949 | Torben S. Madson | |
| 1950 | Richard M. Collins | |
| 1951–1959 | Donald R. Judkins | |
| 1959 | Douglas Cole | |
| 1959–1969 | Harry D. Powell | |
| 1969–1973 | Torben S. Madson | |
| 1973–1979 | Warren Andrews | |
| 1979–1982 | Thomas D. Feaster | |
| 1982–1992 | George C. McGough | |
| 1993 | Joseph Mangus | |
| 1993–2000 | Thomas D. Feaster | |
| 2000–2006 | Robert E. Jackson | |
| 2006–2014 | Patricia Gerard | First woman mayor. |
| 2014–present | Woody Brown | Ran unopposed. [1] |
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Susan Stanton was the city manager of Largo, Florida, until her termination. She was city manager of Lake Worth, Florida, from 2009 until her termination in December 2011 by a newly elected City Commission. After serving as City Manager in Greenfield, California for four years, she served as Chief Operating Officer of Administrative Services of the Santa Clara Valley Water District in San Jose, California until her resignation on November 30, 2017. On September 11, 2020, she was ordained to the Priesthood in the Episcopal Church by Bishop Lucinda Ashby in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California.
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