Mayoral Terms from 1856 to Present Date

Term of Office	Name of Mayor	Number
February 14, 1856 � November 25, 1856	Joseph B. Lancaster	1
November 25, 1856 � December 6, 1856	Darwin Austen Branch (Acting Mayor)	2, 4
December 6, 1856 � February 9, 1857	J. Alfonso DeLaunay	3
February 9, 1857 � February 10, 1858	Darwin Austen Branch	2, 4
February 10, 1858 � February 12, 1859	Madison Post	5
February 12, 1859 � February 1, 1860	James McKay, Sr.	6
February 1, 1860 - February 2, 1861	John P. Crichton	7
February 2, 1861 � May 1861	Hamlin Valentine Snell	8
May 1861 - February 3, 1862	John Jackson (Acting Mayor)	9
February 3, 1862 - February 22, 1862	John Jackson	9
February 23, 1862 - October 24, 1866	No Municipal Form of Government
October 25, 1866 � December 1866	Edward A. Clarke	10
December 1866 � March 1, 1869	Josiah A. Ferris	11
March 1, 1869 � October 4, 1869	John Thomas Lesley	12
July 6, 1870 - mid 1872 (non-chartered years)	John Henderson
August 11, 1873 � August 13, 1876	James E. Lipscomb	13
August 14, 1876 � August 14, 1877	Harlan P. Lovering	14
August 14, 1877 � August 14, 1878	Thomas Edward Jackson	15, 24
August 14, 1878 - August 14, 1880	John P. Wall	16
August 14, 1880 � February 19, 1881	Henry Clarke Ferris	17
February 19, 1881 � March 22, 1881	Matthew E. Haynsworth (Acting)	18
March 22, 1881 - August 14, 1883	George Bascom Sparkman	19, 22
August 14, 1883 � August 13, 1886	Duff Post	20, 26
August 13, 1886 � July 15, 1887	Herman Glogowski	21, 23, 25, 27
July 15, 1887 - March 8, 1888	George Bascom Sparkman	19, 22
March 8, 1888 - March 6, 1889	Herman Glogowski	21, 23, 25, 27
March 6, 1889 - March 5, 1890	Thomas Edward Jackson	15, 24
March 5, 1890 - March 4, 1891	Herman Glogowski	21, 23, 25, 27
March 4, 1891 - March 4, 1892	Duff Post	20, 26
March 4, 1892 - March 10, 1893	Herman Glogowski	21, 23, 25, 27
March 10, 1893 � March 9, 1894	Frederick A. Salomonson	28, 30, 35
March 9, 1894 � March 8, 1895	Robert W. Easley	29
March 8, 1895 � June 5, 1896	Frederick A. Salomonson	28, 30, 35
June 5, 1896� June 5, 1898	Myron E. Gillett	31
June 8, 1898 � June 8, 1900	Frank C. Bowyer	32
June 8, 1900 � June 4, 1902	Francis Lyman Wing	33, 37
June 5, 1902 � June 5, 1904	James McKay, Jr.	34
June 5, 1904 � June 6, 1906	Frederick A. Salomonson	28, 30, 35
June 6, 1906 � June 3, 1908	William H. Frecker	36
June 3, 1908 � June 4, 1910	Francis Lyman Wing	33, 37
June 4, 1910 � June 5, 1920	Donald Brenham McKay	38, 42
June 5, 1920 � January 4, 1921	Horace Cadwell Gordon	39
January 4, 1921 � January 8, 1924	Charles H. Brown	40
January 8, 1924 - January 3, 1928	Perry G. Wall	41
January 3, 1928 � October 27, 1931	Donald Brenham McKay	38, 42
October 27, 1931 � November 3, 1931	Thomas N. Henderson	43
November 3, 1931 � November 3, 1943	Robert E. Lee Chancey	44
November 3, 1943 - May 21, 1956	Curtis Hixon	45
May 21, 1956 � October 3, 1956	Junie Lee Young, Jr. (Acting)	46
October 1, 1956 � October 1, 1959	Nick Chillura Nuccio	47, 49
October 1, 1959 - October 1, 1963	Julian Barnes Lane	48
October 1, 1963 - October 1, 1967	Nick Chillura Nuccio	47, 49
October 1, 1967 � April 1, 1974	Dick Greco (1974)	50, 56
April 1, 1974 � June 19, 1974	Richard L. Cheney (Acting)	51
June 19, 1974 � October 3, 1974	Lloyd Copeland (Acting)	52
October 3, 1974 � October 3, 1979	William F. Poe	53
October 1, 1979 � July 16, 1986	Robert (Bob) Martinez	54
July 17, 1986 � April 1, 1987	Sandra Warshaw Freedman (Acting)	55
April 1, 1987 � April 1, 1995	Sandra Warshaw Freedman	55
April 1, 1995 � April 1, 2003	Dick Greco	50, 56
April 1, 2003 � April 1, 2011	Pam Iorio	57
April 1, 2011 - Present	Bob Buckhorn	58

The information on this website is intended to provide a basic historical background on the mayors of Tampa. Based on available research materials, every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information in these biographical sketches.