List of mayors of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
# List of mayors of Fort Lauderdale, Florida

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Jacksonville

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Other localities

Fort Lauderdale

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Gainesville

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Hialeah

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Miami Beach

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North Miami

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Orange County

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Pensacola

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Government :

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The Mayor of Fort Lauderdale serves a three-year term, no greater than six consecutive terms, for a maximum of eighteen years.

## Mayor-Council Government (1912–1925)

Mayor was appointed from the Council.

* 1912–1913 W.H. Marshall
* 1913–1914 George G. Mathews Jr.
* 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
* 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
* 1975–1981 E. Clay Shaw, Jr.
* 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
* 1986–1991 Robert O. "Bob" Cox
* 1991–2009 James T. "Jim" Naugle
* 2009–2018 John P. "Jack" Seiler
* 2018–present Dean Trantalis
