List of mayors of Tampa, Florida
Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox Political post The Mayor is the highest elected official in Tampa, Florida. Since its incorporation in 1856, the town has had 59 mayors. Tampa had no mayor from 1862 until 1866, during which time the city government was temporarily suspended during and immediately after the American Civil War.
Election process
In 1910, the white supremacist White Municipal Party was established in Tampa. It excluded African Americans from being members effectively excluding African American voters from having influence in the city's mayoral elections from 1910 until 1947.
Since 1953, Tampa's municipal elections (including those for mayor) have been non-partisan. All qualified candidates are entered into the general election without a primary election. Candidates are required to disclose a party affiliation. If no candidate wins a majority of the vote, a runoff election is held between the top two vote-getters to decide the outcome.<ref name="growth" />
Terms and term limits
From the establishment of Tampa's city charter of 1856 until 1896, Tampa's mayors served one year terms. The term was extended to two years in 1896 and to four years in 1924.
From 1856 until 1920, Tampa mayors could not serve consecutive terms but were permitted to run again after being out of office for one full term. This resulted in several mayors serving multiple non-consecutive terms, especially in the late 1800s. In 1920, term limits were abolished entirely.
Since 1983, Tampa mayors have been limited to two consecutive terms, but they may run again after spending at least a full four-year term out of the office.<ref name="growth">Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="termlimits">Template:Cite news</ref>
List
| # | Mayor | Term start | Term end | Terms | ||
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| Template:Sort | Joseph B. Lancaster † | February 14, 1856 | November 25, 1856 | Template:Sort | Template:Party color cell | American |
| Template:Sort | Darwin A. Branch (1st term) | November 25, 1856 | December 6, 1856 | Acting | Template:Party color cell | American |
| Template:Sort | Alfonso DeLaunay | December 6, 1856 | February 9, 1857 | Partial | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Darwin A. Branch (2nd term) | February 9, 1857 | February 10, 1858 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | American |
| Template:Sort | Madison Post | February 10, 1858 | February 12, 1859 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | American |
| Template:Sort | James McKay Sr. | February 12, 1859 | February 1, 1860 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | John P. Crichton | February 1, 1860 | February 2, 1861 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Hamlin V. Snell | February 2, 1861 | February 3, 1862 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic (Southern) |
| Template:Sort | John Jackson | February 3, 1862 | February 22, 1862 | Acting | Template:Party color cell | Democratic (Southern) |
| Template:Sort | Edward A. Clarke | October 25, 1866 | January 1, 1867 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Josiah A. Ferris | January 1, 1867 | March 1, 1869 | 1 Template:Sort | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | John T. Lesley | March 1, 1869 | October 4, 1869 | Template:Sort | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | John A. Henderson 1 | July 6, 1870 | mid 1872 | 2 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | James E. Lipscomb | August 11, 1873 | August 13, 1876 | 3 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Harlan P. Lovering | August 14, 1876 | August 14, 1877 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Thomas Jackson (1st term) | August 14, 1877 | August 14, 1878 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | John P. Wall | August 14, 1878 | August 14, 1880 | 2 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Henry C. Ferris | August 14, 1880 | February 19, 1881 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Matthew E. Haynsworth | February 19, 1881 | March 22, 1881 | Acting | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | George B. Sparkman (1st term) | March 22, 1881 | August 14, 1883 | 2 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Duff Post (1st term) | August 14, 1883 | August 13, 1886 | 3 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Herman Glogowski (1st term) | August 13, 1886 | July 15, 1887 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Republican |
| Template:Sort | George B. Sparkman (2nd term) | July 15, 1887 | March 8, 1888 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Herman Glogowski (2nd term) | March 8, 1888 | March 6, 1889 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Republican |
| Template:Sort | Thomas Jackson (2nd term) | March 6, 1889 | March 5, 1890 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Herman Glogowski (3rd term) | March 5, 1890 | March 4, 1891 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Republican |
| Template:Sort | Duff Post (2nd term) | March 4, 1891 | March 4, 1892 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Herman Glogowski (4th term) | March 4, 1892 | March 10, 1893 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Republican |
| Template:Sort | Frederick A. Salomonson (1st term) | March 10, 1893 | March 9, 1894 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Republican |
| Template:Sort | Robert W. Easley | March 9, 1894 | March 8, 1895 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Frederick A. Salomonson (2nd term) | March 8, 1895 | June 5, 1896 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Republican |
| Template:Sort | Myron E. Gillett | June 5, 1896 | June 5, 1898 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Republican |
| Template:Sort | Frank C. Bowyer | June 5, 1898 | June 8, 1900 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Francis L. Wing (1st term) | June 8, 1900 | June 4, 1902 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> |
| Template:Sort | James McKay Jr. | June 5, 1902 | June 5, 1904 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Frederick A. Salomonson (3rd term) | June 5, 1904 | June 7, 1906 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Republican |
| Template:Sort | William H. Frecker | June 8, 1906 | June 4, 1908 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Republican |
| Template:Sort | Francis L. Wing (2nd term) | June 4, 1908 | June 6, 1910 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Independent |
| Template:Sort | Donald B. Mckay (1st term) | June 6, 1910 | June 10, 1920 | 3 | Template:Party color cell | White Municipal Party<ref name=":0">Template:Cite journal</ref> |
| Template:Sort | Horace Cadwell Gordon | June 10, 1920 | January 4, 1921 | Template:Sort | Template:Party color cell | White Municipal Party<ref name=":0" /> |
| Template:Sort | Charles H. Brown | January 4, 1921 | January 8, 1924 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | White Municipal Party<ref name=":0" /> |
| Template:Sort | Perry G. Wall | January 8, 1924 | January 3, 1928<ref name=gov>Template:Cite web</ref> | 1 | Template:Party color cell | White Municipal Party<ref name=":0" /> |
| Template:Sort | Donald B. Mckay (2nd term) | January 3, 1928 | October 27, 1931 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | White Municipal Party<ref name=":0" /> |
| Template:Sort | Thomas N. Henderson | October 27, 1931 | November 3, 1931 | Partial | Template:Party color cell | White Municipal Party<ref name=":0" /> |
| Template:Sort | Robert E. Lee Chancey | November 3, 1931 | November 3, 1943 | 3 | Template:Party color cell | White Municipal Party<ref name=":0" /> |
| Template:Sort | Curtis Hixon † | November 3, 1943 | May 21, 1956 | 3 Template:Sort | Template:Party color cell | White Municipal Party<ref name=":0" />/Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Junie L. Young Jr. | May 21, 1956 | October 2, 1956 | Acting | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Nick Nuccio (1st administration) | October 2, 1956 | October 1, 1959 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic<ref name="growth" /> |
| Template:Sort | Julian Lane | October 1, 1959 | October 1, 1963 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Nick Nuccio (2nd administration) | October 1, 1963 | October 3, 1967 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Dick A. Greco (1st administration) | October 3, 1967 | April 1, 1974 | 2 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Richard L. Cheney † | April 1, 1974 | June 19, 1974 | Acting | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Lloyd Copeland | June 19, 1974 | October 3, 1974 | Acting | Template:Party color cell | Republican |
| Template:Sort | William F. Poe | October 3, 1974 | October 1, 1979 | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Republican |
| Template:Sort | Bob Martinez | October 3, 1979 | July 16, 1986 | 1 Template:Sort | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
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| Template:Sort | Sandra Freedman | July 16, 1986 | April 1, 1995 | 2 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Dick A. Greco (2nd administration) | April 1, 1995 | April 1, 2003 | 2 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Pam Iorio | April 1, 2003 | March 31, 2011 | 2 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Bob Buckhorn | April 1, 2011 | May 1, 2019 | 2 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
| Template:Sort | Jane Castor | May 1, 2019 | Incumbent | 1 | Template:Party color cell | Democratic |
- Notes
† Deceased in office.
1 Following the lapse of the city charter in October 1869, Hillsborough County took over responsibility for providing principal services. However, Tampa needed some form of municipal government to monitor the services being provided by the county and the state. As a result, a municipal election was held on July 6, 1870, in which Henderson was elected mayor.<ref>John Henderson's mayor profile Template:Webarchive</ref>