title: List of mayors of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
text: # List of mayors of Fort Lauderdale, Florida
  
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  Ballot measures
  
  1998 Florida Amendment 8
  
  2008 Florida Amendment 2
  
  2014 Florida Amendment 2
  
  2016 Florida Amendment 1
  
  2016 Florida Amendment 2
  
  2018 Florida Amendment 4
  
  2020 Florida Amendment 1
  
  2020 Florida Amendment 2
  
  2020 Florida Amendment 3
  
  2020 Florida Amendment 4
  
  2020 Florida Amendment 5
  
  2022 Florida Amendment 1
  
  2022 Florida Amendment 2
  
  2022 Florida Amendment 3 :
  
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  Other localities
  
  Fort Lauderdale
  
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  Gainesville
  
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  Hialeah
  
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  Miami Beach
  
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  Orange County
  
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  Pensacola
  
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  Government :
  
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  The Mayor of Fort Lauderdale serves a three-year term, no greater than six consecutive terms, for a maximum of eighteen years.
  
  ## Mayor-Council Government (1912–1925)
  
  Mayor was appointed from the Council.
  
  * 1912–1913 W.H. Marshall
  * 1913–1914 George G. Mathews Jr.
  * 1914–1915 Dr. C.G. Holland
  * 1916–1918 Will J. Reed
  * 1918 James S. Richard
  * 1918–1919 Will J. Reed
  * 1919–1923 C.E. Farrington
  * 1922–1924 R. G. Snow
  * 1924–1925 Will J. Reed
  
  ## Mayor-Commission Government (1925–1982)
  
  Mayor was appointed from the Commission for a two-year term
  
  * 1925–1927 J.W. Tidball
  * 1927–1929 C.D. Kittridge
  * 1929–1931 T.E. Haskins
  * 1931–1933 J.W. Needham
  * 1933–1934 E.A. Pychon (resigned 1934)
  * 1934–1935 M.A. Hortt
  * 1935–1937 Lewis E. Moore
  * 1937–1939 Thomas B. Manuel
  * 1939–1941 Lewis E. Moore
  * 1941–1942 H. L. McCann (resigned 1942)
  * 1942–1943 N.B. Cheaney
  * 1943–1945 Joe N. Morris
  * 1945–1947 H.C.Holden
  * 1947–1949 Reed A. Bryan
  * 1949–1951 F.R. Humphries
  * 1951–1953 Lewis E. Moore (resigned 1953)
  * 1953–1955 C. Malcolm Carlisle
  * 1955–1957 Porter G. Reynolds
  * 1957–1960 John V. Russell (resigned 1960)
  * 1960–1961 Edward H. Johns
  * 1961–1963 Edmund R. Burry
  * 1963–1965 Melvin R. "Cy" Young
  * 1965–1969 Edmund R. Burry
  * 1969–1971 F. Peter Clements
  * 1971–1973 James L. Leavitt
  * 1973–1975 Virginia S. Young
  * 1975–1981 E. Clay Shaw, Jr.
  * 1981–1982 Virginia S. Young
  
  ## Mayor-Commission Government (1982 - present)
  
  Mayor is elected in citywide race, serving a maximum of 6 terms, each consisting of 3 years.
  
  * 1982–1986 Robert A. Dressler
  * 1986–1991 Robert O. "Bob" Cox
  * 1991–2009 James T. "Jim" Naugle
  * 2009–2018 John P. "Jack" Seiler
  * 2018–present Dean Trantalis
  