List of mayors of Tampa, Florida
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This is a list of mayors of Tampa, Florida
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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.
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....
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- Joseph B. LancasterJoseph B. LancasterJoseph Bradford Lancaster was an American lawyer and a Whig politician who served on the Florida Supreme Court from 1848 to 1850. An important figure in Florida law and politics, he was the last justice under the system in which the circuit court judges served also on the supreme court...
(February 14, 1856 - November 25, 1856, died in office) - Darwin Austen Branch (acting mayor, November 25, 1856 - December 6, 1856)
- Alfonso DeLaunay (December 6, 1856 - February 9, 1857)
- Darwin Austen Branch (February 9, 1857 - February 10, 1858)
- Madison Post (February 10, 1858 - February 12, 1859)
- James McKay, Sr. (February 12, 1859 - February 1, 1860)
- John P. Crichton (February 1, 1860 - February 2, 1861)
- Hamlin V. Snell (February 2, 1861 - February 3, 1862)
- John JacksonJohn Jackson (Tampa)John James Jackson II served as the 9th mayor of Tampa, Florida.-Biography:John James Jackson II was born in County Monaghan, Ireland. He immigrated to the United States with his brother in 1841. The brothers traveled to New Orleans where John worked as an Assistant City Engineer for two years...
(February 3, 1862 - February 22, 1862, city government suspended during the Civil WarAmerican Civil WarThe American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
)- Military Rule (February 22, 1862 - October 25, 1866)
- Edward A. Clarke (October 25, 1866 - March 1, 1869)
- John HendersonJohn Henderson-Politics:*Sir John Henderson, 5th Baronet British Member of Parliament for Seaford 1785–86*John Henderson , British Liberal MP for Durham 1864–74...
(Z) (July 6, 1870 - Mid 1872) - James E. Lipscomb (August 11, 1873 - August 1876)
- H. P. Lovering (August 1876 - August 14, 1877)
- Thomas E. Jackson (August 14, 1877 - August 14, 1878)
- John P. Wall (August 14, 1878 - August 14, 1880)
- Henry C. Ferris (August 14, 1880 - February 19, 1881, resigned from office)
- M. E. Haynsworth (acting mayor, February 19, 1881 - March 22, 1881)
- George B. Sparkman (March 22, 1881 - August 14, 1883)
- Duff Post (August 14, 1883 - August 13, 1886)
- Herman Glogowski (August 13, 1886 - July 15, 1887)
- George B. Sparkman (July 15, 1887 - March 8, 1888)
- Herman Glogowski (March 8, 1888 - March 6, 1889)
- Thomas E. Jackson (March 6, 1889 - March 5, 1890)
- Herman Glogowski (March 5, 1890 - March 4, 1891)
- Duff Post (March 4, 1891 - March 4, 1892)
- Herman Glogowski (March 4, 1892 - March 10, 1893)
- Frederick A. Salomonson (March 10, 1893 - March 9, 1894)
- Robert W. Easley (March 9, 1894 - March 8, 1895)
- Frederick A. Salomonson (March 8, 1895 - June 5, 1896)
- Myron Gillette (June 5, 1896 - June 1898)
- Frank C. Bowyer (June 1898 - June 1900)
- Francis L. Wing (June 1900 - June 1902)
- James McKay, Jr. (June 1902 - June 1904)
- Frederick A. Salomonson (June 1904 - June 1906)
- William H. Frecker (June 1906 - June 1908)
- Francis L. Wing (June 1908 - June 1920)
- Horace C. Gordon (June 1920 - January 4, 1921)
- Charles H. Brown (January 4, 1921 - January 8, 1924)
- Perry G. Wall (January 8, 1924 - January 3, 1928)
- D.B. McKay (January 3, 1928 - October 1931)
- Thomas Henderson (October 1931 - November 1931)
- Robert E.L. Chancey (November 1931 - November 1943)
- Curtis Hixon (November 1943 - May 1956, died in office)
- J.L. Young, Jr. (May 1956 - October 1956)
- Nick NuccioNick NuccioMayor of Tampa 1956-1959, 1963-1967Nick Chillura Nuccio was a two-time mayor of Tampa, Florida in the 1950s and 60s...
(October 1956 - October 1959) - Julian LaneJulian LaneJulian Barnes Lane was an American politician and elected officeholder. Lane was the forty-eighth mayor of Tampa, Florida, and later, a member of the Florida Legislature.- Early life and education :...
(October 1959 - October 1963) - Nick NuccioNick NuccioMayor of Tampa 1956-1959, 1963-1967Nick Chillura Nuccio was a two-time mayor of Tampa, Florida in the 1950s and 60s...
(October 1963 - October 1, 1967) - Dick A. GrecoDick A. GrecoDick A. Greco is a politician, businessman, and civic activist from Tampa, Florida.-Early life:Dick Greco was born in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, where his Italian-American father owned a hardware store. He graduated from Hillsborough High School and the University of Tampa where he...
, Jr. (October 1, 1967 - April 1, 1974, resigned from office) - R.L. Cheney (April 1, 1974 - June 19, 1974, died in office)
- Lloyd Copeland (June 19, 1974 - October 3, 1974)
- William "Bill" Poe (October 3, 1974 - October 1979)
- Bob MartinezBob MartinezRobert Martinez was the 40th Governor of Florida from 1987 to 1991. Prior to that, he was the mayor of Tampa from 1979 to 1986.- Education and early career :...
(October 1979 - July 1986, resigned to successfully run for governor of Florida) - Sandra W. Freedman (July 1986 - April 1, 1995)
- Dick A. GrecoDick A. GrecoDick A. Greco is a politician, businessman, and civic activist from Tampa, Florida.-Early life:Dick Greco was born in the Ybor City neighborhood of Tampa, where his Italian-American father owned a hardware store. He graduated from Hillsborough High School and the University of Tampa where he...
(April 1, 1995 - March 31, 2003, 2nd time in office) - Pam IorioPam IorioPam Iorio is an American politician and author, who served as mayor of Tampa, Florida from 2003 to 2011.Her first book, Straightforward, is expected to be released in November 2011...
(April 1, 2003 - April 1, 2011) - Bob BuckhornBob BuckhornBob Buckhorn is the mayor of Tampa, Florida.-Political history:A 1980 graduate of Penn State University, Bob Buckhorn arrived in Tampa in 1982...
(since April 1, 2011)
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(Z): Following the lapse of the city charter on October 1869, Hillsborough CountyHillsborough County, Florida
As of the census of 2000, there were 998,948 people, 391,357 households, and 255,164 families residing in the county. The population density was 951 people per square mile . There were 425,962 housing units at an average density of 405 per square mile...
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
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. As a result, a municipal election was held on July 6, 1870 in which Henderson was elected mayor.