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.
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In 1885, the city's charter was revoked by governor Edward A. Perry, replacing it with a state-appointed government.[2] In 1895, a new city charter was passed by the Florida Legislature, replacing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] | Mayor | Start | End | Party | |
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| 1 | José Noriega
(1788-1827) |
June 1820 | July 1821 | ||
| - | Henry M. Brackenridge
(1786-1871) |
July 1821 | August 1821 | none | |
| 2 | George Bowie
(1772-1864) |
August 1821 | October 1821 | ||
| 3 | John Miller
(1768-1826) |
October 1821 | 1822 | ||
| 4 | Juan de la Rua
(1789-1832) |
1822 | 1823 | ||
| 5 | Peter Alba
(1762-1833) |
1823 | 1825 | ||
| 6 | John Jerrison
(1776-1850) |
1825 | 1828 | ||
| 7 |  |
Benjamin D. Wright
(1799-1874) |
1828 | 1829 | |
| (6) | John Jerrison
(1776-1850) |
1829 | 1830 | ||
| (5) | Peter Alba
(1762-1833) |
1830 | 1834 | ||
| 8 | Charles Evans
(1801-1856) |
1834 | 1838 | ||
| 9 | Hanson Kelly
(1774-1855) |
1838 | 1840 | ||
| 10 |  |
Charles LeBaron
(1804-1881) |
1840 | 1841 | |
| (7) | |
Benjamin D. Wright
(1799-1874) |
1841 | 1842 | Whig |
| (8) | Charles Evans
(1801-1856) |
1842 | 1847 | ||
| 11 | F.E. de la Rua
(1815-1891) |
1847 | 1848 | ||
| (8) | Charles Evans
(1801-1856) |
1848 | 1852 | ||
| 12 | Joseph Sierra
(1802-1867) |
1852 | 1854 | ||
| 13 | Samuel A. Leonard
(1831-1866) |
1854 | July 1854 | ||
| - | H.F. Ingraham
(1813-1887) |
July 1854 | 1854 | ||
| (12) | Joseph Sierra
(1802-1867) |
1854 | 1855 | ||
| 14 | Francis B. Bobe
(1829-1881) |
1855 | 1859 | ||
| 15 | Celestino Gonzalez
(d. 1865) |
1859 | 1861 | ||
| 16 | C. H. Gingles
(1811-1881) |
1861 | 1862 | ||
| (14) | Francis B. Bobe[7](1829-1881) 2nd term |
1862 | 1866 | ||
| (13) | Samuel A. Leonard
(1831-1866) |
1866 | 1866 | ||
| 17 | E. W. Anderson | 1867 | 1868 | ||
| 18 |  |
Sewell C. Cobb
(1828-1902) |
1868 | 1870 | Republican |
| 19 | Frederick C. Humphreys
(1822-1899) |
1870 | 1873 | ||
| 20 | Royal Putnam | 1873 | 1874 | ||
| 21 | R. A. Stearns
1st term |
1874 | 1875 | ||
| 22 |  |
J. P. Jones
(1833-1895) |
1875 | 1877 | |
| (21) | R. A. Stearns
2nd term |
1877 | 1878 | ||
| 23 | Salvador Pons
(1835-1890) |
1878 | 1879 | ||
| 24 | William M. Oerting
(1820-1897) |
1879 | 1881 | ||
| 25 | George H. O'Neal
(1822-1887) |
1881 | 1882 | ||
| 26 | J. M. Tarble
(d. 1906) |
1882 | 1883 | Republican | |
| 27 | George H. Welles | 1883 | 1885 | ||
| 28 |  |
S. S. Harvey
(1836-1913) |
1885 | 1886 | |
| 29 | A. L. Avery
(1817-1901) |
1886 | 1887 | ||
| 28 |  |
W. D. Chipley | 1887 | 1888 | |
| 27 | A. L. Avery | 1888 –
1890 |
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| 29 | J. M. Hilliard | 1890 –
1893 |
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| 30 | W. E. Anderson | 1893 –
1895 |
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| 31 | Pat McHugh | 1895 | |||
| 30 | W. E. Anderson | 1895 –
1897 |
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| 32 | W. H. Northrup | 1897 –
1899 |
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| 29 | J. M. Hilliard | 1899 –
1901 |
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| 33 | C. M. Jones | 1901 –
1903 |
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| 34 | T. E. Welles | 1903 –
1905 |
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| 35 | Charles H. Bliss | 1905 –
1907 |
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| 36 | C. C. Goodman | 1907 –
1909 |
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| 37 | Frank Reilly | 1909 –
1913 |
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| 38 | A. Greenhut | 1913 –
1916 |
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| 39 | G. Heinrich | 1916 –
1917 |
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| 40 | Thomas H. Johnson | 1917 –
1918 |
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| 41 | S. M. Maguire | 1918 –
1919 |
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| 42 | F. D. Sanders | 1919 –
1921 |
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| 43 | J. H. Bayliss | 1921 –
1931 |
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| 44 | H. Clay Armstrong | 1931 –
1936 |
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| 45 | W. L. Moyer | 1936 | |||
| 46 | Max L. Bear | 1936 –
1937 |
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| 47 | L. C. Hagler | 1937 –
1943 |
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| 48 | Walter E. Wicke | 1943 –
1947 |
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| 49 |  |
C. P. Mason | 1947 –
1957 |
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| 50 |  |
Roy S. Philpot | 1957 –
1961 |
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| 51 | Charles H. Overman Jr. | 1961–1963 | |||
| 50 | |
C. P. Mason | 1963 –
1965 |
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| 51 | B. I. Greenhut | 1965 –
1967 |
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| 52 | Reinhardt Holm | 1967 | |||
| 53 | Charles Soule | 1967 –
1969 |
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| 54 | Bryant Liggett | 1969 –
1971 |
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| 55 | Eugene P. Elebash | 1971 –
1973 |
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| 56 | Barney B. Burkes | 1973 –
1977 |
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| 57 |  |
Warren M. Briggs | 1977 –
1978 |
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| 58 |  |
Vince Whibbs | 1978 –
1991 |
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| 59 |  |
Jerry Maygarden | 1991 –
1994 |
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| 60 |  |
John Fogg | 1994 –
2009 |
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| 61 |  |
Mike Wiggins | 2009 –
2011 |
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| 62 |  |
Ashton Hayward III | 2011 –
2018 |
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| 63 |  |
Grover Robinson IV | 2018 –
2022 |
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| 64 |  |
D. C. Reeves | 2022 – | ||