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 � Present	Pam Iorio	57

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.

Mayoral Terms From 1856 to Present Date