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list of mayors of Jacksonville, Florida

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{{Politics of Jacksonville}}

The Mayor of Jacksonville is the chief executive for the city of Jacksonville, Florida, and the administrator of Duval County. Jacksonville currently utilizes the strong mayor form of government in which the mayor currently has significant powers compared to the Jacksonville City Council. Ever since the land consolidation of Jacksonville as early as the late 19th century with the rest of Duval County, Florida the mayor was considered the administrator over the entire county, with the further consolidation in 1968 the mayor's office officially serves as the executive administrator for the county. The incumbent is Donna Deegan, who was elected in the 2023 election.

History

The first mayor of Jacksonville, William J. Mills, was elected in 1832. A new city charter in 1841 changed the titled to "Intendant" until 1859 when it was changed back to mayor. The information on mayors of Jacksonville from 1832 to 1848 is limited, mostly due to the Great Fire of 1901 which destroyed some of the city's records. Most of the information available today was taken from newspapers published during the period.

There was no election for mayor in 1840, nor during the Civil War in 1862, 1863, and 1864. During the Reconstruction era, mayoral elections resumed but the position had no real power, with the city being administered by the United States Military. There was no set amount of time in which one person can stay as mayor.

On May 31, 1887, the city instituted a new charter, annexing several suburbs, including LaVilla, Springfield, Riverside, Brooklyn, East Jacksonville, and Fairfield. The mayor's term of office was also increased from one year to two. The mayor serving at the time, John Quincy Burbridge, had been elected on April 8 of that year, but the new charter required a new election to be held. On December 13, 1887, another election was held and Charles Bristol Smith, a Republican, won with support from members of the city's large African American community. After this, local Democrats petitioned the Florida State Legislature to change the city charter once again in an effort to curb Republican and black participation in local politics. The result was that direct election of mayors in the city was abolished from 1889 until 1893. Mayors during this period were elected by the city council, who were appointed by the governor of Florida.

The city's charter changed several times over the next several decades, and additional areas were annexed, expanding the city limits. The biggest change to local government, however, was the Jacksonville Consolidation, which took effect on October 1, 1968. In this measure, the Duval County and City of Jacksonville governments were consolidated, expanding the city limits to include almost the entire county. Mayor Hans Tanzler had just taken office on June 23, 1967; however, consolidation meant that he would have to run again for the office of mayor for the newly consolidated city government. Tanzler was re-elected and took office on March 1, 1968. Since that time mayors have been elected every four years. Voters in 1991 approved a two-term limit for Duval constitutional officers.{{cite news |last1=Hong |first1=Christopher |title=Term limit increase set for vote Tuesday before Jacksonville City Council |url=https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/politics/2016/02/08/term-limit-increase-set-vote-tuesday-jacksonville-city-council/15699215007/ |access-date=26 May 2023 |agency=Jacksonville.com |publisher=Florida Times-Union |date=February 8, 2016}}

Mayors of Jacksonville, Florida

The following is a list of mayors of Jacksonville:

=Pre-Civil War mayors=

class = "wikitable"

! #

! Mayor

! Took office

! Left office

1

| William J. Mills

| 1832

| 1835

2

| Unknown

| 1835

| 1838

3

| Stephen Eddy

| 1839

| 1840

4

| None

| 1840

|1841

=Intendant period=

class = "wikitable"

! #

! Name

! Took office

! Left office

1

| Unknown

| 1841

| 1844

2

| Obediah Congar

| 1844

| 1845

3

| Unknown

| 1845

| 1846

4

| Joseph B. Lancaster

| 1846

| 1847

5

| Oliver Wood

| 1847

| 1848

6

| Unknown

| 1848

| 1849

7

| Rodney Dorman

| 1849

| 1850

8

| J. McRobert Baker

| 1850

| 1851

9

| Rodney Dorman

| 1851

| 1852

10

| Henry D. Holland

| 1852

| 1853

11

| Isaac Swart

| 1853

| 1854

12

| F. C. Barrett

| 1854

| 1855

13

| Philip Fraser

| 1855

| 1856

14

| F. I. Wheaton

| 1856

| 1857

15

| George C. Gibbs

| 1856

| 1857

16

| John S. Murdock

| 1858

| 1859

=Pre-Civil War mayors revived=

class = "wikitable"

! #

! Name

! Took office

! Left office

1

| Holmes Steele

| 1859

| 1860

2

| Halstead H. Hoeg

| 1861

| 1862

There were no elections held in 1862, 1863, and 1864.

=Pre-consolidation mayors=

class = "wikitable"

! #

! Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Party

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1

| Halstead H. Hoeg

| 1865

| 1866

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 2

| Holmes Steele

| 1866

| 1867

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 3

| John Clark

| 1867

| 1868

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 4

| Edward Hopkins

| 1868

| 1870

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 5

| Peter Jones

| 1870

| 1873

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 6

| J. C. Greeley

| 1873

| 1874

| Republican

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| 7

| Peter Jones

| 1874

| 1876

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 8

| Luther McConihe

| 1876

| 1877

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 9

| W. Stokes Boyd

| 1877

| 1878

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 10

| Luther McConihe

| 1878

| 1879

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 11

| Peter Jones

| 1879

| 1880

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 12

| J. Ramsey Dey

| 1880

| 1881

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 13

| Morris A. Dzialynski

| 1881

| 1883

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 14

| William McLaw Dancy

| 1883

| 1885

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 15

| Marshall.C. Rice

| 1885

| 1886

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 16

| Patrick McQuaid

| 1886

| 1887

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 17

| John Quincy Burbridge

| 1887

| 1887

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 18

| Charles Bristol Smith

| 1887

| 1888

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 19

| Patrick McQuaid

| 1888

| 1891

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 20

| Henry Robinson

| 1891

| 1893

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 21

| Duncan U. Fletcher

| 1893

| 1895

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 22

| William M. Bostwick

| 1895

| 1897

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 23

| Raymond D. Knight

| 1897

| 1899

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 24

| J. E. T. Bowden

| 1899

| 1901

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 25

| Duncan U. Fletcher

| 1901

| 1903

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 26

| George M. Nolan

| 1903

| 1906

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 27

| William H. Baker

| 1906

| 1907

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 28

| William H. Sebring

| 1907

| 1909

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 29

| William S. Jordan

| 1909

| 1913

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 30

| Van C. Swearingen

| 1913

| 1915

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 31

| J. E. T. Bowden

| 1915

| 1917

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 32

| John W. Martin

| 1917

| 1923

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 32

| John T. Alsop, Jr.

| 1923

| 1937

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 32

| George C. Blume

| 1937

| 1941

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 33

| John T. Alsop, Jr.

| 1941

| 1945

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 34

| Frank Whitehead

| 1945

| 1949

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 35

| W. Haydon Burns

| 1949

| 1965

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 36

| Lou Ritter

| 1965

| 1967

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 37

| Hans Tanzler

| 1967

| 1968

| Democratic

=Consolidated city mayors=

class = "wikitable"

! #

! Name

! Took office

! Left office

! Party

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 1

| Hans Tanzler

| March 1, 1968

| January 1, 1979

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 2

| Jake Godbold

| January 1, 1979

| July 1, 1987

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 3

| Tommy Hazouri

| July 1, 1987

| July 1, 1991

| Democratic

rowspan=2| 4

|rowspan=2| Ed Austin{{cite news |title= Former Jacksonville mayor Ed Austin preached fairness, justice|author= Mary Kelli Palka|url= http://jacksonville.com/news/florida/2011-04-23/story/former-jacksonville-mayor-ed-austin-preached-fairness-justice|newspaper= The Florida Times-Union|date= April 23, 2011|access-date=April 25, 2011}}Ed Austin, Jr. campaigned and was elected as a Democrat, but during his term as mayor he changed his party affiliation to Republican.

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|July 1, 1991

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}|1993

|{{Party shading/Democratic}}| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}| 1993

| {{Party shading/Republican}}| July 1, 1995

| {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 5

| John Delaney

| July 1, 1995

| July 1, 2003

| Republican

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 6

| John Peyton

| July 1, 2003

| July 1, 2011

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 7

| Alvin Brown

| July 1, 2011

| July 1, 2015

| Democratic

{{Party shading/Republican}}

| 8

| Lenny Curry

| July 1, 2015

| July 1, 2023

| Republican

{{Party shading/Democratic}}

| 9

| Donna Deegan{{cite news|last=Shelton|first=Shania|date=May 16, 2023|title=CNN projects Democrat Donna Deegan will become Jacksonville's first female mayor|work=CNN|url=https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/16/politics/jacksonville-mayor-donna-deegan/|access-date=May 16, 2023}}

| July 1, 2023

| present

| Democratic

See also

References

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