List of mayors of Orlando, Florida

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Mayor of Orlando
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Mayor Buddy Dyer 2018 (1).jpg
Incumbent
Buddy Dyer
since March 1, 2003
Style The Honorable
Term length Four years
Inaugural holder William Jackson Brack
Formation1875
Salary $186,306 [1]
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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.

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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

Term startTerm endMayorBornDiedNotes
18751877 William Jackson Brack June 17, 1837April 30, 1901
18771878 John Howard Allen 1845unknown
18781879 Charles Henry Munger August 25, 1845unknown
18791880 Alex M. Hyer 18481933
18801881 Robert L. Summerlin 18531926
18811882 Charles Dennison Sweet July 16, 1858September 9, 1900
18821883 Cassius Aurelius Boone February 2, 1850December 11, 1917
18831885 John Letcher Bryan December 27, 1848December 23, 1898
18851887 Ephraim J. Reel 18331917
18871888 Foster Samuel Chipman 1829unknown
18881891 Matthew Robinson Marks October 29, 1834August 1911
18911893 Willis Lucullus Palmer December 13, 1854October 30, 1912
18931896 Mahlon Gore February 4, 1837June 27, 1916
1896February 6, 1902 James B. Parramore January 29, 1839February 6, 1902Died in office
February 6, 1902May 3, 1902 Clarence Everett Howard September 7, 1858May 2, 1930
May 3, 19021904 B. M. Robinson
19041906 Dr. James Horace Smith October 20, 1852June 20, 1931
19061907 Braxton Beacham September 12, 1864September 24, 1924
19071910 William Henry Jewell February 26, 1840January 2, 1912
19101913 William Hayden Reynolds June 29, 1847February 1, 1935
1913August 1, 1916 E. Frank Sperry June 18, 1843August 1, 1916Died in office
19161919 James LeRoy Giles (1st time)June 16, 1863May 3, 1946
1919March 5, 1924 [2] Eugene Goodman DuckworthApril 29, 1875November 6, 1959Resigned 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, 1876May 17, 1930
January 1, 1929 [6] January 1, 1932 James LeRoy Giles (3rd time)(see above)
January 1, 1932 [7] January 1, 1935Samuel Yulee Way (1st time)1869March 20, 1956
January 1, 1935 [8] January 1, 1938Verner Wilson EstesMarch 7, 18861956
January 1, 1938 [9] January 1, 1941Samuel Yulee Way (2nd time)(see above)
January 1, 1941 [10] January 1, 1953William Hamer "Billy" Beardall, Jr.May 5, 1890October 27, 1984
January 1, 1953 [11] November 1, 1956J. Rolfe DavisFebruary 11, 1904March 30, 1988
November 1, 1956 [12] January 29, 1967 Robert S. "Bob" Carr July 13, 1899January 29, 1967Died in office
March 15, 1967January 1, 1981 Carl T. Langford July 23, 1918July 9, 2011
January 1, 1981 [13] November 1, 1992 Willard D. "Bill" Frederick July 6, 1934Democrat
November 1, 1992 [14] February 26, 2003 [15] Glenda Evans Hood March 10, 1950A Republican, she resigned to take office as Secretary of State of Florida
March 1, 2003March 11, 2005 John H. "Buddy" Dyer (1st time)August 7, 1958
March 12, 2005April 20, 2005 Ernest Page (interim appointment)ca. 1942Interim mayor (see below), first African-American mayor
April 20, 2005Present John H. "Buddy" Dyer (2nd time)(see above)Democrat

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