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Miami - List of Mayors

Mayor	Term	Party
John B. Reilly^[1]	1896 - 1900
J. E. Lummus^[1] (or J. E. Lemus?)	1900 – 1903 Biography on Site	Republican
John Sewell	1903 – 1907^[2]	Republican
Frank H. Wharton^[1]	1907 – 1911	Republican
Samuel Rodman Smith^[1]	1911 – 1913	Republican
John W. Watson, Sr.^[1]	1913 – January 1, 1915	Republican
Parker A. Henderson^[1]	January 1, 1915 – January 1, 1917 Biography on Site	Republican
John W. Watson, Sr.	January 1, 1917 – January 1, 1919	Republican
W. P. Smith^[1]	January 1, 1919 – January 1, 1921^[3]	Republican
C. D. Leffler	January 1, 1921 – January 1, 1923	Republican
P. A. Henderson	January 1, 1923 – January 1, 1925	Republican
Edward C. Romfh	January 1, 1925 – January 1, 1927 Biography on Site	Republican
E. G. Sewell	January 1, 1927 – January 1, 1929	Republican
C. H. Reeder	January 1, 1929 – January 1, 1931	Republican
R.B. Gautier	January 1, 1931 – January 1, 1933	Republican
E. G. Sewell	January 1, 1933 – January 1, 1935	Republican
A. D. H. Fossey	January 1, 1935 – January 1, 1937	Republican
Robert R. Williams	January 1, 1937 – January 1, 1939	Republican
E. G. Sewell	January 1, 1939 – April 2, 1940	Republican
Alexander Orr, Jr.	April 2, 1940 – January 1, 1941	Republican
C. H. Reeder	January 1, 1941 – January 1, 1943	Republican
Leonard K. Thomson	January 1, 1943 – January 1, 1945	Republican
Perrine Palmer, Jr.	January 1, 1945 – January 1, 1947	Republican
Robert L. Floyd	January 1, 1947 – January 1, 1949	Democratic
William M. Wolfarth	January 1, 1949 – January 1, 1951	Republican
Chelsie J. Senerchia	January 1, 1951 – January 1, 1953	Republican
Abe Aronovitz	January 1, 1953 – January 1, 1955	Republican
Randy Christmas	January 1, 1955 – January 1, 1957	Republican
Robert King High	January 1, 1957 – August 30, 1967	Democratic
W.E. Master Johnson(Acting)	August 31, 1967	Republican
Stephen P. Clark	August 31, 1967 – November 25, 1970^[4]	Democratic
David T. Kennedy	November 25, 1970 – April 11, 1973	Democratic
Maurice Ferré	April 19, 1973 – August 17, 1973	Democratic
David T. Kennedy	August 17, 1973 – November 8, 1973	Democratic
Maurice Ferré	November 8, 1973 – November 14, 1985^[5]	Democratic
Xavier Suárez	November 14, 1985 – November 11, 1993	Democratic
Stephen P. Clark	November 11, 1993 – June 4, 1996^[4]	Democratic
Willy Gort	June 4, 1996 – July 24, 1996	Republican
Joe Carollo	July 24, 1996 – November 14, 1997^[6][7]	Republican
Xavier Suárez	November 14, 1997 – March 12, 1998^[8]	Democratic
Joe Carollo	March 12, 1998 – November 17, 2001^[9]	Republican
Manny Díaz	November 17, 2001 – November 11, 2009	Democratic
Tomás Regalado	November 11, 2009 – November 7, 2017^[10][11]	Republican
Francis X. Suarez	November 7, 2017 – present	Republican

Miami Beach Mayors (1915-present) from Wikipedia...

No.	Name	Term in office	Terms	Approximate length of service	Notes
1	John Newton Lummus, Sr. 1871-1961	March 26, 1915 – October 28, 1918	2	3 years, 7 months	Father of 5th mayor, J. N. Lummus, Jr.^[1]
2	Thomas Jessup Pancoast 1865-1941	October 28, 1918 – October 25, 1920	1	2 years	^[2]
3	Thomas E. James	October 25, 1920 – October 23, 1922	1	2 years
4	Louis Fielding "Red" Snedigar 1890-1951	October 23, 1922 – December 21, 1926	1st and 2nd of 4 terms	4 years, 2 months	Longest-serving mayor (8 years, 8 months over 4 terms)^[3]
5	John Newton Lummus, Jr. 1899-1983	December 21, 1926 – December 18, 1928	1	2 years	Son of 1st mayor, J. N. Lummus, Sr.^[4]
6	Louis Fielding "Red" Snedigar 1890-1951	December 18, 1928 – December 16, 1930	3rd of 4 terms	2 years	^[3]
7	Val C. Cleary 1882-1966	December 16, 1930 – December 20, 1932	1st of 2 terms	2 years	^[5]
8	Arthur Frank Katzentine 1902-1960	December 20, 1932 – December 18, 1934	1	2 years	^[6]
9	Louis Fielding "Red" Snedigar 1890-1951	December 18, 1934 – June 1, 1937	4th of 4 terms	2 years, 6 ¹⁄₂ months	^[3]
10	John Hale Levi 1875?-1948	June 1, 1937 – June 3, 1941	2	4 years	^{[7][8][9][10][11]}
11	Val C. Cleary 1882-1966	June 3, 1941 – June 1, 1943	2nd of 2 terms	2 years	^[5]
12	Mitchell Wolfson 1900-1983	June 1, 1943 – June 5, 1944	1	1 year
13	John Hale Levi 1875?-1948	June 5, 1944 – June 5, 1945	1	1 year	^{[7][8][9][10][11]}
14	Herbert A. Frink	June 5, 1945 – June 3, 1947	1	2 years
15	Marcie Lieberman 1896-1966	June 3, 1947 – June 7, 1949	1	2 years	^[12]
16	Harold Turk 1915?-1988	June 7, 1949 – June 5, 1951	1	2 years	^[13]
17	D. Lee Powell	June 5, 1951 – June 2, 1953	1st of 3 terms	2 years	^[14]
18	Harold Shapiro 1906?-1981	June 2, 1953 – June 7, 1955	1	2 years	Born in Russia, emigrated to U.S. at age 4^[15]
19	D. Lee Powell	June 7, 1955 – June 4, 1957	2nd of 3 terms	2 years	^[14]
20	Kenneth Oka 1916-1987	June 4, 1957 – June 2, 1959	1st of 2 terms	2 years	^[16][17]
21	D. Lee Powell	June 2, 1959 – June 6, 1961	3rd of 3 terms	2 years	^[14]
22	Kenneth Oka 1916-1987	June 6, 1961 – June 4, 1963	2nd of 2 terms	2 years	^[16][17]
23	Melvin J. Richard 1911?-2001	June 4, 1963 – June 1, 1965	1	2 years	^[18][19][20]
24	Elliott Roosevelt 1910-1990	June 1, 1965 – June 6, 1967	1	2 years	Son of Franklin D. Roosevelt^{[21][22][23][24][25]}
25	Jay Dermer 1929?-1988	June 6, 1967 – November 2, 1971	2	4 years, 5 months	Father of 35th mayor, David Dermer^[26][25]
26	Charles F. "Chuck" Hall 1918?-1974	November 2, 1971 – August 10, 1974 (died in office)	2	2 years, 9 months	Previously served as the first mayor of Miami-Dade County, 1964-1970^[27][28][29]
Acting	Harold Rosen 1925-2018	August 10, 1974 – November 4, 1975		1 year, 3 months	Appointed to fill office upon Chuck Hall's death; later elected in his own right^{[30][31][32][33][34]}
27	Harold Rosen 1925-2018	November 4, 1975 – November 1, 1977	1	2 years
28	Leonard Haber 1933-2015	November 1, 1977 – November 6, 1979	1	2 years	^[35]
29	Murray Selbert Meyerson 1931?-	November 6, 1979 – November 3, 1981	1	2 years	^[36][37][38]
30	Norman Ciment 1936-	November 3, 1981 – November 1, 1983	1	2 years	^[39][40]
31	Malcolm Hubert Fromberg 1935-2016	November 1, 1983 – November 5, 1985	1	2 years	^[41][42][43]
32	Alex Daoud 1943-	November 5, 1985 – October 31, 1991 (suspended from office)	3	6 years	Suspended by Gov. Lawton Chiles following federal indictment^[44][45][46]
Acting	Stanley Arkin 1932-2015	October 31, 1991 – November 20, 1991		3 weeks	Vice mayor at time of Alex Daoud's suspension^[47][48]
33	Seymour Gelber 1919-2019	November 20, 1991 – November 4, 1997	3	6 years	Father of 38th mayor, Dan Gelber^[49][50] ^[51][52][53]
34	Neisen Kasdin 1954-	November 4, 1997 – November 13, 2001	2	4 years	^[54]
35	David Dermer 1963-	November 13, 2001 – November 21, 2007	3	6 years	Son of 25th mayor, Jay Dermer^[25][55][56]
36	Matti Herrera Bower 1939-	November 21, 2007 – November 25, 2013	3	6 years	First woman and Hispanic to serve as mayor^[57][58]
37	Philip Levine 1962-	November 25, 2013 – November 13, 2017	2	4 years	^[59][60]
38	Dan Gelber 1960-	November 13, 2017 – Incumbent	1		Son of 33rd mayor, Seymour Gelber^[51][53]

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