Saint Leo Government

Incorporated 1891

Residents voted to incorporate Saint Leo on February 24, 1891. The Florida Legislature passed an act to that effect on June 2, 1891, and Saint Leo became an incorporated city on July 4, 1891. The first elected mayor was Dr. Joseph Felix Corrigan, the attending physician of Saint Leo College – which had been established in 1889.

Saint Leo government consists of an elected city council of 5 members, each serving 2 year terms. The council appoints a mayor from their ranks to serve a 1 year term.

Mayors

	Dr. Joseph Felix Corrigan	1891
	E. G. Gailmard	1899
	R. Batchelor	1900
	Jesse H. Dunne	1918
	Frater Thomas	1924?
	Tommie Thompson	1924
	Marion Bowman	1962
	A. O. Keefer	1967
	Lucy Faciane	1969 – 1971
	Daniel Culliton	1972 – 1973
	Jerome Leavy	1974 – 1975
	Marie McGee	1977 – 1981
	Bill Hamilton Jr.	1984 – 1987
	Carol Schraeder	1988 – 1989
	Richard Christmas	1995 – 1999
	Janis Klingle	1999 – 2002
	Vincent “Mike” D’Ambrosio	2021

Note:
The information shown here is largely incomplete, and in some cases may not be completely accurate. It was sourced primarily from newspaper articles.

Page created March 29, 2024 by Paul Herman, Digital Media Archivist, West Pasco Historical Society