Mayor of Lakeland, Florida
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The following is a list of mayors of the city of Lakeland, Florida, United States. The City of Lakeland was incorporated on January 1, 1885. The mayor is one of seven members of the City Commission, acting as the board chair and performing mostly ceremonial and procedural duties beyond the powers of the other six. Prior to 1988, Lakeland's mayor was selected by the City Commission among its members. Mayors can be on the board for up to 12 years in a lifetime, or 16 years in combination with holding a regular commission position. Since 1988 the mayor is elected by the citizens of the city.
The first female mayor was Lois Q. Searl, who served in 1965. Carrie R. Oldham was the first female African American mayor.
List of Mayors
| Image | Mayor | Years | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John W. Trammell | 1885 | |||
| John D. Torrence | 1885 | |||
| Eppes C. Tucker Sr. | 1886–1888 | 3 terms | ||
| Napoleon B. Bowyer | 1889–1890 | 2 terms | ||
| Herbert J. Drane | 1888–1892 | |||
| ? | – | |||
| J. T. Park | 1894 | |||
| Clarence A. Boswell | 1894–1896 | |||
| James P. Thompson | 1897 | |||
| Samuel L.A. Clonts | 1898 | |||
| C. M. Marsh | 1898 | |||
| James P. Thompson | 1899 | |||
| Park Trammell | 1900–1902 | |||
| Samuel L.A. Clonts | 1903–1904 | |||
| John F. Cox | 1905–1907 | |||
| ? | 1908 | |||
| John S. Edwards | 1909 | |||
| William K. Jackson | 1910 | |||
| John F. Cox | 1911 | |||
| Samuel L.A. Clonts | 1912 | |||
| Oscar M. Eaton | 1913–1915 | |||
| John F. Cox | 1916–1917 | |||
| Edwin C. Flanagan | 1918–1919 | |||
| Frank H. Thompson | 1920 | |||
| Hubert C. Petteway | 1921 | |||
| J.T. Hodges | 1922–1923 | |||
| Daniel C. Boswell | 1924 | |||
| John W. Buchanan Jr. | 1925 | |||
| J. Bunyan Smith | 1926 | |||
| William S. Rodgers | 1927 | |||
| Jesse F. Council | 1927–1928 | |||
| William S. Rodgers | 1927 | |||
| William F. Reid | 1928 | |||
| Charles I. Dwiggins | 1929 | |||
| H. Dean Grady | 1930–1931 | |||
| William F. Reid | 1931 | |||
| H. Dean Grady | 1930–1931 | |||
| Benjamin M. Pulliam | 1932 | |||
| Elijah A. Godwin | 1933 | |||
| Edward L. Mack | 1934 | |||
| Elijah A. Godwin | 1935 | |||
| George W. Mershon | 1936 | |||
| H. Clay Haynes | 1937 | |||
| Lutie M. Koons | 1938 | |||
| Thomas D. Conter | 1939 | |||
| Ira C. Hopper | 1940 | |||
| George J. Tolson | 1941 | |||
| Elmer E. Kelly Jr. | 1942 | |||
| Horace W. Gibson | 1943 | |||
| George J. Tolson | 1944 | |||
| William Cade | 1945 | |||
| Edwin C. Flanagan Jr. | 1946 | |||
| George J. Tolson | 1947 | |||
| William Cade | 1948 | |||
| Clinton V. McClurg | 1948 | |||
| Ernest B. Sutton | 1949 | |||
| Guerry L. Dobbins | 1950 | |||
| Clayton Logan | 1951 | |||
| James J. Musso | 1952 | |||
| Norman T. Kent | 1953 | |||
| Wilbur Y. Wooten | 1954 | |||
| S. Scott Kelly | 1955 | |||
| Mac H. Cunningham | 1956 | |||
| Earl W. Bowen | 1957 | |||
| James J. Musso | 1958 | |||
| William M. Hollis | 1958 | |||
| R. Tom Joyner Jr. | 1959 | |||
| William G. Cooper Jr. | 1960 | |||
| Reuben H. Gibson | 1961 | |||
| Morris J. Pritchard | 1962 | |||
| William H. Lofton | 1963 | |||
| R. Harold Grizzard | 1964 | |||
| James R. West | 1965 | |||
| Lois Q. Searl | 1965 | |||
| John H. Woodall Jr. | 1966 | |||
| W. Jack Day | 1967 | |||
| George W. Trask | 1968–1969 | |||
| Marvin H. Henderson Jr. | 1970 | |||
| Joe P. Ruthven | 1971 | |||
| Charles E. Whitten | 1972 | |||
| John S. Jackson | 1972–1974 | a surgeon and city commissioner, he was the city's first African American mayor | ||
| W. Carl Dicks | 1975 | |||
| Peggy C. Brown | 1976 | |||
| Charles A. Coleman | 1977 | Second African American mayor, a community center is named for him | ||
| John Tolson | 1977 | |||
| Curtis I. Walker | 1978 | |||
| George R. Burt | 1979 | |||
| Carrie R. Oldham | 1980 | First African America female mayor 3rd African American mayor | ||
| R. Larry Turnipseed | 1981 | |||
| J. Larry Durrence | 1982 | |||
| Frank J. O'Reilly | 1983 | |||
| Peggy C. Brown | 1984 | |||
| Thomas R. Shaw | 1985 | Former owner of owned Shaw House Bed & Breakfast | ||
| J. Larry Durrence | 1986 | |||
| Frank J. O'Reilly | 1987 | |||
| Willie J. Williams | 1988 | Pastor Elected at age 32 | ||
| Frank J. O'Reilly | 1989–1993 | Accountant and City Commissioner | ||
| Ralph "Buddy" Fletcher | 1993–2009 | |||
| Gow Fields | 2009–2013 | First African American elected mayor | ||
| R. Howard Wiggs | 2014–2018 | |||
| Bill Mutz | 2018–present |