Lakeland, Florida

===Mayors of Lakeland===
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| John W. Trammell
| 1885
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| John D. Torrence
| 1885
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| Eppes C. Tucker Sr.
| 1886–1888 
| 3 terms
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| Napoleon B. Bowyer
| 1889–1890 
| 2 terms
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| [[Herbert J. Drane]]
| 1888–1892
| <ref name=Graveyard>{{cite web |url= http://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/FL/ofc/lakeland.html |title=Mayors of Lakeland, Florida |editor=[[Lawrence Kestenbaum]] |work=[[Political Graveyard]] |access-date= April 21, 2017 }}</ref>
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| J. T. Park
| 1894
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| Clarence A. Boswell
| 1894–1896
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| James P. Thompson
| 1897
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| Samuel L.A. Clonts
| 1898
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| C. M. Marsh
| 1898 
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| James P. Thompson
| 1899
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| [[Park Trammell]]
| 1900–1902
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| Samuel L.A. Clonts
| 1903–1904
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| John F. Cox
| 1905–1907
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| ?
| 1908
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| John S. Edwards 
| 1909
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| William K. Jackson
| 1910
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| John F. Cox
| 1911
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| Samuel L.A. Clonts
| 1912
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| Oscar M. Eaton
| 1913–1915
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| John F. Cox
| 1916–1917
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| Edwin C. Flanagan
| 1918–1919
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| Frank H. Thompson 
| 1920
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| Hubert C. Petteway
| 1921
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| J.T. Hodges
| 1922–1923
| <ref>{{cite book |title=Lakeland and Polk County Directory |publisher=[[R.L. Polk & Co.]] |url= https://archive.org/details/polkslakelandpol1923rlpo |year=1923 |chapter=City Government |chapter-url= https://archive.org/stream/polkslakelandpol1923rlpo#page/30/mode/2up |via=[[Internet Archive]] }} {{free access}}</ref>
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| Daniel C. Boswell 
| 1924
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| John W. Buchanan Jr.
| 1925
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| J. Bunyan Smith
| 1926
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| William S. Rodgers 
| 1927
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| Jesse F. Council
| 1927–1928
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| William S. Rodgers 
| 1927
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| William F. Reid
| 1928
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| Charles I. Dwiggins
| 1929 
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| H. Dean Grady 
| 1930–1931
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| William F. Reid
| 1931
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| H. Dean Grady
| 1930–1931
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| Benjamin M. Pulliam
| 1932
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| Elijah A. Godwin
| 1933
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| Edward L. Mack
| 1934
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| Elijah A. Godwin
| 1935
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| George W. Mershon
| 1936
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| H. Clay Haynes
| 1937
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| Lutie M. Koons
| 1938
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| Thomas D. Conter
| 1939
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| Ira C. Hopper 
| 1940
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| George J. Tolson
| 1941
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| Elmer E. Kelly Jr.
| 1942
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| Horace W. Gibson
| 1943
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| George J. Tolson
| 1944
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| William Cade
| 1945
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| Edwin C. Flanagan Jr.
| 1946
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| George J. Tolson
| 1947
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| William Cade
| 1948
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| Clinton V. McClurg
| 1948
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| Ernest B. Sutton
| 1949
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| Guerry L. Dobbins
| 1950
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| Clayton Logan
| 1951
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| James J. Musso
| 1952
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| Norman T. Kent
| 1953
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| Wilbur Y. Wooten
| 1954
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| [[Scott Kelly (politician)|S. Scott Kelly]]
| 1955
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| Mac H. Cunningham
| 1956
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| Earl W. Bowen
| 1957
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| James J. Musso
| 1958
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| William M. Hollis 
| 1958
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| R. Tom Joyner Jr.
| 1959
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| William G. Cooper Jr.
| 1960
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| Reuben H. Gibson
| 1961
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| Morris J. Pritchard
| 1962
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| William H. Lofton 
| 1963
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| R. Harold Grizzard
| 1964
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| James R. West
| 1965
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| Lois Q. Searl 
| 1965
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| John H. Woodall Jr. 
| 1966
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| W. Jack Day 
| 1967
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| George W. Trask
| 1968–1969
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| Marvin H. Henderson Jr.
| 1970
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| Joe P. Ruthven 
| 1971
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| Charles E. Whitten 
| 1972
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| [[File:John S. Jackson, mayor of Lakeland Florida.jpg|75px]]
| [[John S. Jackson (Florida politician)|John S. Jackson]]
| 1972–1973
| first African-American mayor
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| George W. Trask
| 1974
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| W. Carl Dicks
| 1975
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| Peggy C. Brown
| 1976
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| [[Charles A. Coleman]]
| 1977
| 2nd African-American mayor
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| John Tolson
| 1977
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| Curtis I. Walker
| 1978
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| George R. Burt 
| 1979
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| [[Carrie R. Oldham]]
| 1980
| first African-American female mayor 
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| R. Larry Turnipseed
| 1981
| <ref>{{Cite news|first=Dan |last=Guido |authorlink=   |title= Larry Turnipseed - Got Involved in Politics to Repay the People of Lakeland |newspaper=[[Tampa Times|The Tampa Times]]|date=August 20, 1981|url= https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-tampa-times/139248802/|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|archive-url=| archive-date=}}</ref>
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| J. Larry Durrence
| 1982
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| Frank J. O'Reilly
| 1983
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| Peggy C. Brown
| 1984
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| Thomas R. Shaw 
| 1985
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| J. Larry Durrence
| 1986
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| Frank J. O'Reilly
| 1987
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| Willie J. Williams
| 1988
| 4th African-American mayor
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| ?
| 1989–1993
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| [[File:Ralph (Buddy) Fletcher, mayor of Lakeland Florida.jpg|75px]]
| [[Buddy Fletcher (politician)|Buddy Fletcher]]
| 1993–2009
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| [[File:Gow Fields, mayor of Lakeland Florida.jpg|75px]]
| [[Gow Fields]]
| 2010–2014
| first African-American mayor elected in the city
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| R. Howard Wiggs
| 2014–2018
| <ref name=WFTS2014>{{citation |title=Howard Wiggs defeats Gow Field in race for Lakeland mayor |date=November 5, 2013 |work= [[WFTS-TV|WFTS]] |publisher=[[E.W. Scripps Co.]] |url=http://www.abcactionnews.com/news/region-polk/lakeland/howard-wiggs-defeats-gow-field-in-race-for-lakeland-mayor }}</ref>
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| Bill Mutz
| 2018–present
| <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lakelandgov.net/government/mayor-city-commission/mayor-bill-mutz/|title=Mayor Bill Mutz|website=City of Lakeland|language=en|access-date=2018-07-11}}</ref> 
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