List of mayors of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Government

The mayor of Fort Lauderdale serves a three-year term, no greater than six consecutive terms, for a maximum of eighteen years.^[1]

Mayor-Council Government (1912–1925)

Mayor was appointed from the Council.

• 1912–1913 W.H. Marshall
• 1913–1914 George G. Mathews
• 1914–1915 Dr. C.G. Holland
• 1916–1918 Will J. Reed
• 1918 James S. Richard
• 1918–1919 Will J. Reed
• 1919–1923 C.E. Farrington
• 1922–1924 R. G. Snow
• 1924–1925 Will J. Reed

Mayor-Commission Government (1925–1982)

Mayor was appointed from the Commission for a two-year term

• 1925–1927 J.W. Tidball
• 1927–1929 C.D. Kittridge
• 1929–1931 T.E. Haskins
• 1931–1933 J.W. Needham
• 1933–1934 E.A. Pychon (resigned 1934)
• 1934–1935 M.A. Hortt
• 1935–1937 Lewis E. Moore
• 1937–1939 Thomas B. Manuel^[2]
• 1939–1941 Lewis E. Moore
• 1941–1942 H. L. McCann (resigned 1942)
• 1942–1943 N.B. Cheaney
• 1943–1945 Joe N. Morris
• 1945–1947 H.C.Holden
• 1947–1949 Reed A. Bryan
• 1949–1951 F.R. Humphries
• 1951–1953 Lewis E. Moore (resigned 1953)
• 1953–1955 C. Malcolm Carlisle
• 1955–1957 Porter G. Reynolds
• 1957–1960 John V. Russell (resigned 1960)
• 1960–1961 Edward H. Johns
• 1961–1963 Edmund R. Burry
• 1963–1965 Melvin R. "Cy" Young
• 1965–1969 Edmund R. Burry
• 1969–1971 F. Peter Clements
• 1971–1973 James L. Leavitt
• 1973–1975 Virginia S. Young^[3]
• 1975–1981 E. Clay Shaw, Jr.^[4]
• 1981–1982 Virginia S. Young

Mayor-Commission Government (1982 - present)

Mayor is elected in citywide race, serving a maximum of 6 terms, each consisting of 3 years.

• 1982–1986 Robert A. Dressler^[5]
• 1986–1991 Robert O. "Bob" Cox
• 1991–2009 James T. "Jim" Naugle
• 2009–present John P. "Jack" Seiler

See also

• Timeline of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

References

1. ↑ http://www.fortlauderdale.gov/government/city-commission
2. ↑ Was elected concurrently with city's first female commissioner--Genevieve Pynchon, who served from 1937-1941.
3. ↑ First female Mayor; Andrew DeGraffenreidt was concurrently first black city commissioner.
4. ↑ Resigned 1981 to run for congress
5. ↑ resigned 1986 to run for state senate, term ended in 1988