List of mayors of Orlando, Florida
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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.
| Mayor of Orlando | |
|---|---|
Seal of the City of Orlando | |
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| Style | The Honorable |
| Seat | Orlando City Hall |
| Term length | Four years |
| Inaugural holder | William Jackson Brack |
| Formation | 1875 |
| Salary | $186,306 [1] |
| Website | Official website |
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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
| No. | Name | Portrait | Term start | Term end |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | William Jackson Brack | 1875 | 1877 | |
| 2 | John Howard Allen | 1877 | 1878 | |
| 3 | Charles Henry Munger | 1878 | 1879 | |
| 4 | Alex M. Hyer | 1879 | 1880 | |
| 5 | Robert L. Summerlin | 1880 | 1881 | |
| 6 | Charles Dennison Sweet | 1881 | 1882 | |
| 7 | Cassius Aurelius Boone | 1882 | 1883 | |
| 8 | John Letcher Bryan | 1883 | 1885 | |
| 9 | Ephraim J. Reel | 1885 | 1887 | |
| 10 | Foster Samuel Chapman | 1887 | 1888 | |
| 11 | Matthew Robinson Marks | 1888 | 1891 | |
| 12 | Willis Lucullus Palmer | .png) |
1891 | 1893 |
| 13 | Mahlon Gore | 1893 | 1896 | |
| 14 | James B. Parramore | 1896 | 1902 | |
| 15 | Clarence Everett Howard | 1902 | 1902 | |
| 16 | B. M. Robinson | 1902 | 1904 | |
| 17 | James Horace Smith | 1904 | 1906 | |
| 18 | Braxton Beacham | 1906 | 1907 | |
| 19 | William Henry Jewell | 1907 | 1910 | |
| 20 | William Hayden Reynolds | 1910 | 1913 | |
| 21 | E. Frank Sperry |  |
1913 | 1916 |
| 22 | James LeRoy Giles | 1916 | 1920 | |
| 23 | Eugene Goodman Duckworth | January 1, 1920 | March 5, 1924[3] | |
| 24 | James LeRoy Giles | April 2, 1924[4] | January 1, 1926 | |
| 25 | Latta Malette Autrey |  |
January 1, 1926[5] | January 1, 1929 |
| 26 | James LeRoy Giles | January 1, 1929[6] | January 1, 1932 | |
| 27 | Samuel Yulee Way | January 1, 1932[7] | January 1, 1935 | |
| 28 | V. W. Estes | January 1, 1935[8] | January 1, 1938 | |
| 29 | Samuel Yulee Way | January 1, 1938[9] | January 1, 1941 | |
| 30 | William Beardall | January 1, 1941[10] | January 1, 1953 | |
| 31 | J. Rolfe Davis | January 1, 1953[11] | November 1, 1956 | |
| 32 | Bob Carr | November 1, 1956[12] | January 29, 1967 | |
| - | George Barker (acting) | January 29, 1967 | March 8, 1967 | |
| 33 | Carl T. Langford | March 15, 1967 | January 1, 1981 | |
| - | Don Crenshaw (acting) | November 1, 1980 | November 2, 1980 | |
| 34 | Bill Frederick |  |
January 1, 1981 | November 1, 1992 |
| 35 | Glenda Hood |  |
November 1, 1992[13] | March 1, 2003[14] |
| 36 | Buddy Dyer |  |
March 1, 2003 | |
| x | Ernest Page (interim) |
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March 2005 | April 2005 |
| 36 | Buddy Dyer | |
April 2005 | Incumbent |
Notes
- City commissioner G. H. Sutherland served as acting mayor after Eugene Goodman Duckworth resigned in the wake of a failed city commissioners recall election.[15] 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.[16]
- 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.
