Mayor of Orlando | |
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Style | The Honorable |
Term length | Four years |
Inaugural holder | William Jackson Brack |
Formation | 1875 |
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.
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.
Term start | Term end | Mayor | Born | Died | Notes |
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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 |
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