List of mayors of Pensacola, Florida

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This is a list of mayors of Pensacola, Florida . The mayor is the chief executive of the Pensacola city government. This list is from 1820 through present day, and includes Spanish, Confederate and United States mayors.

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In 1878, Salvador T. Pons, the first African–American mayor of Pensacola, was elected. [1]

In 1885, the city's charter was revoked by governor Edward A. Perry, replacing it with a state-appointed government. [2] In 1895, a new city charter was passed by the Florida Legislature, replacing Perry's Provisional Municipality of Pensacola with a new charter, which stated that Pensacolians could elect their own mayor and aldermen. [3]

In 1931, the city government was changed to a council–manager government, which it had until 2009, when voters approved a new mayor–council charter. [4] [5]

List

# [6] PictureNameTerm in office
1 José Noriega 1820 –

1821

2 George Bowie 1821 –

1822

3 John de la Rua 1822 –

1823

3 Peter Alba 1823 –

1825

4 John Jerrison 1825 –

1828

5
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Benjamin D. Wright 1828 –

1829

4 John Jerrison 1829 –

1830

3 Peter Alba 1830 –

1834

6 Charles Evans 1834 –

1838

7 Hanson Kelly 1838 –

1840

8 Charles LeBaron 1840 –

1841

5
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Benjamin D. Wright 1841 –

1842

6 Charles Evans 1842 –

1847

9 Francis de la Rua 1847 –

1848

6 Charles Evans 1848 –

1852

10 Joseph Sierra 1852 –

1855

11 Francis B. Bobe 1855 –

1859

12 C. Gonzalez 1859 –

1861

13 C. H. Gingles 1861 –

1862

11 Francis B. Bobe 1862

– 1863

11 Francis B. Bobe (Government in exile) [7] 1863 –

1866

14 Samuel Leonard 1866 –

1867

15 E. W. Anderson 1867 –

1868

16 S. C. Cobb 1868 –

1870

17 Frederick C. Humphreys 1870 –

1873

18 Royal Putnam 1873 –

1874

19 R. A. Stearns 1874 –

1875

20 J. P. Jones 1875 –

1877

19 R. A. Stearns 1877 –

1878

21 Salvador Pons 1878 –

1879

22 William M. Oerting 1879 –

1881

23 George H. O'Neal 1881 –

1882

24 J. M. Tarble 1882 –

1883

25 George H. Welles 1883 –

1885

26 S. S. Harvey 1885 –

1886

27 A. L. Avery 1886 –

1887

28
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W. D. Chipley 1887 –

1888

27 A. L. Avery 1888 –

1890

29 J. M. Hilliard 1890 –

1893

30 W. E. Anderson 1893 –

1895

31 Pat McHugh 1895
30 W. E. Anderson 1895 –

1897

32 W. H. Northrup 1897 –

1899

29 J. M. Hilliard 1899 –

1901

33 C. M. Jones 1901 –

1903

34 T. E. Welles 1903 –

1905

35 Charles H. Bliss 1905 –

1907

36 C. C. Goodman 1907 –

1909

37 Frank Reilly 1909 –

1913

38 A. Greenhut 1913 –

1916

39 G. Heinrich 1916 –

1917

40 Thomas H. Johnson 1917 –

1918

41 S. M. Maguire 1918 –

1919

42 F. D. Sanders 1919 –

1921

43 J. H. Bayliss 1921 –

1931

44 H. Clay Armstrong 1931 –

1936

45 W. L. Moyer 1936
46 Max L. Bear 1936 –

1937

47 L. C. Hagler 1937 –

1943

48 Walter E. Wicke 1943 –

1947

49
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C. P. Mason 1947 –

1957

50
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Roy S. Philpot 1957 –

1961

51 Charles H. Overman Jr.1961–1963
50
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C. P. Mason 1963 –

1965

51 B. I. Greenhut 1965 –

1967

52 Reinhardt Holm 1967
53 Charles Soule 1967 –

1969

54 Bryant Liggett 1969 –

1971

55 Eugene P. Elebash 1971 –

1973

56 Barney B. Burkes 1973 –

1977

57
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Warren M. Briggs 1977 –

1978

58
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Vince Whibbs 1978 –

1991

59
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Jerry L. Maygarden 1991 –

1994

60
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John R. Fogg 1994 –

2009

61
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Mike Wiggins 2009 –

2011

62
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Ashton Hayward III 2011 –

2018

63
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Grover C. Robinson IV 2018 –

2022

64
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D. C. Reeves 2022 –

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  2. ↑ Little, Jim. "A 'coup' led by white supremacists led to placement of Pensacola's Confederate monument". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  3. ↑ "The Pensacola News 27 May 1895, page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  4. ↑ "History of the Pensacola Police Department | City of Pensacola, Florida Official Website". www.cityofpensacola.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
  5. ↑ "Pensacola Approves New Charter Government : NorthEscambia.com" . Retrieved November 15, 2022.
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  7. ↑ Skinner, W. B. (1961). "Pensacola's Exiled Government". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 39 (3): 270–276. ISSN   0015-4113.
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