| James LeRoy Giles | |
| Office: | 22nd Mayor of Orlando |
| Term Start: | August 13, 1916 |
| Term End: | January 1, 1920 |
| Predecessor: | E. Frank Sperry |
| Successor: | Eugene Duckworth |
| Office2: | 24th Mayor of Orlando |
| Term Start2: | April 2, 1924 |
| Term End2: | January 1, 1926 |
| Predecessor2: | Eugene Duckworth |
| Successor2: | Latta Malette Autrey |
| Office3: | 26th Mayor of Orlando |
| Term Start3: | January 1, 1929 |
| Term End3: | January 1, 1932 |
| Predecessor3: | Latta Malette Autrey |
| Successor3: | Samuel Yulee Way |
| Birth Date: | 16 June 1863 |
| Birth Place: | Zellwood, Orange County, Florida, U.S. |
| Death Place: | Orlando, Florida, U.S. |
| Occupation: | Real estate dealer |
| Party: | Democrat |
| Spouse: | Nannie C. (Bartlett) Giles |
| Parents: | Enoch H. Giles and Nellie B. Giles |
| Children: | Leroy Bartlett, Edna Adelma (Radebaugh), and Estelle (Weathersbee) |
James LeRoy Giles (June 16, 1863 - May 3, 1946) was the twenty-second, twenty-fourth, and twenty-sixth Mayor of Orlando, serving non-consecutively from 1916 to 1920, 1924 to 1926, and 1929 to 1932. He also served as an alternate delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Florida in the 1912 United States Presidential Election.[1]
James Giles was born in Zellwood in Orange County, Florida, on June 16, 1863. His father was the Reverend Enoch H. Giles (1836 - 1908) and his mother was Nellie B. Giles (1847 - 1917).
He first became Mayor of Orlando when he succeeded incumbent E. Frank Sperry upon his death on August 13, 1916.[2]
In his 1919 bid for reelection, he was defeated by Eugene Duckworth. Later, in 1924, he became mayor again upon Duckworth's resignation from office due to a failed city commissioners recall election.[3] [4] [5]
He was defeated in his bid for reelection again in 1925 by Latta Malette Autrey,[6] but subsequently defeated Autrey in the next election in 1929.[7] He did not run for another term in 1931, and was succeeded by Samuel Yulee Way.
Giles died on May 3, 1946, in Orlando, Florida. He was 82 years old. He was interred at Greenwood Cemetery.
His niece Edna Giles Fuller would eventually become the first woman elected to the Florida House of Representatives.[8]