List of mayors of Vero Beach, Florida facts for kids

The Mayor of Vero Beach, Florida is a nonpartisan office and is chosen by and from among the members of the Vero Beach City Council. The current mayor of Vero Beach is Richard Winger.

Name	Start of term	End of term	Notes
Anthony W. Young	June 12, 1919	December 14, 1921
Fred E. King	December 14, 1921	December 12, 1923
Bayard Redstone	December 12, 1923	December 15, 1927
Alexander MacWilliam, Sr.	December 15, 1927	December 10, 1935
Anthony W. Young	December 10, 1935	December 15, 1937
Wiley F. Cox	December 15, 1937	December 13, 1939
Alexander MacWilliam, Sr.	December 13, 1939	December 11, 1947
Merrill P. Barber	December 11, 1947	December 14, 1949
Alexander MacWilliam, Sr.	December 14, 1949	October 16, 1951	Suffered a stroke in September 1950
Louis G. Burger	October 16, 1951	December 3, 1952	Louis Burger was appointed interim mayor on October 16, 1951, and an election was held making him mayor on December 5, 1951
Cola B. Streetman	December 3, 1952	December 9, 1953
Elmer J. Bauer	December 9, 1953	December 5, 1956
James W. Young	December 5, 1956	December 3, 1958
Harry C. Offutt, Jr.	December 3, 1958	December 6, 1961
Jack D. Sturgis	December 6, 1961	December 8, 1965
Fred J. Preston	December 8, 1965	December 6, 1966
Robert B. Allison	December 6, 1966	December 6, 1967
J. Nobel Richards	December 6, 1967	December 2, 1968
Taylor C. Simpson	December 2, 1968	December 2, 1969
Taylor C. Simpson	December 2, 1969	December 2, 1970
Taylor C. Simpson	December 2, 1970	December 2, 1971
Robert R. Holmes	December 8, 1971	August 8, 1972
Fred Carlsen	August 9, 1972	December 5, 1972
Alfred F. Fletcher	December 6, 1972	December 4, 1973
Arthur R. Neuberger	December 5, 1973	December 3, 1974
David Gregg, Jr.	December 4, 1974	December 2, 1975
Jay A. Smith	December 3, 1975	December 7, 1976
Patrick B. Lyons	December 8, 1976	December 6, 1977
Don C. Scurlcok	December 7, 1977	December 5, 1978
Jay A. Smith	December 6, 1978	December 4, 1979
Don C. Scurlcok	December 5, 1979	November 17, 1980	Resigned
Dorothy Cain	November 18, 1980	December 2, 1980
Terry Goff	December 3, 1980	March 9, 1982
William H. Cochrane	March 10, 1982	March 8, 1983
Dorothy Cain	March 9, 1983	March 13, 1984
David Gregg, Jr.	March 14, 1984	March 12, 1985
Terry Goff	March 13, 1985	March 11, 1986
William H. Cochrane	March 12, 1986	March 10, 1987
John A. Acor	March 11, 1987	March 8, 1988
Kenneth R. Macht	March 9, 1988	March 14, 1989
Kenneth R. Macht	March 15, 1989	March 13, 1990
Jay A. Smith	March 14, 1990	March 12, 1991
Jay A. Smith	March 13, 1991	March 10, 1992
Jay A. Smith	March 11, 1992	March 9, 1993
Jay A. Smith	March 10, 1993	March 8, 1994
Caroline Ginn	March 9, 1994	March 14, 1995
Warren Winchester	March 14, 1995	March 12, 1996
Jack Grossett	March 13, 1996	March 11, 1997
William O. Jordan	March 12, 1997	March 10, 1998
Carl Pease	March 11, 1998	March 9, 1999
Arthur R. Neuberger	March 10, 1999	March 15, 2000
Sandra Bowden	March 16, 2000	March 13, 2001
Thomas P. White	March 14, 2001	March 12, 2002
A. Craig Fletcher	March 13, 2002	March 11, 2003
Sandra Bowden	March 12, 2003	March 9, 2004
Thomas P. White	March 10, 2004	March 8, 2005
Mary Beth McDonald	March 9, 2005	March 19, 2006
Thomas P. White	March 20, 2006	November 9, 2008
Sabin C. Abell	November 10, 2008	November 5, 2009
Kevin Sawnick	November 6, 2009	November 7, 2010
Jay Kramer	November 8, 2010	November 13, 2011
Pilar Turner	November 14, 2011	November 12, 2012
A. Craig Fletcher	November 13, 2012	November 8, 2013
Richard Winger	November 8, 2013	November 3, 2015
Jay Kramer	November 4, 2015	November 20, 2016
Laura Moss	November 21, 2016	present

• Vero Beach Press Journal, Here’s the list of Vero Beach Mayors and Councilmen Since 1919 (June 17, 1954)