List of mayors of Pensacola, Florida
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In 1885, the city's charter was revoked by governor Edward A. Perry, replacing it with a state-appointed government.[2] In 1895, a new city charter was passed by the Florida Legislature, replacing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
[edit]#[6] | Picture | Name | Term 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | C. P. Mason | 1947 –
1957 | |
50 | Roy S. Philpot | 1957 –
1961 | |
51 | Charles H. Overman Jr. | 1961–1963 | |
50 | 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 | Warren M. Briggs | 1977 –
1978 | |
58 | Vince Whibbs | 1978 –
1991 | |
59 | Jerry L. Maygarden | 1991 –
1994 | |
60 | John R. Fogg | 1994 –
2009 | |
61 | Mike Wiggins | 2009 –
2011 | |
62 | Ashton Hayward III | 2011 –
2018 | |
63 | Grover C. Robinson IV | 2018 –
2022 | |
64 | D. C. Reeves | 2022 – |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Pensacola News Journal 29 Jun 1997, page 90". Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ Little, Jim. "A 'coup' led by white supremacists led to placement of Pensacola's Confederate monument". Pensacola News Journal. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "The Pensacola News 27 May 1895, page 1". Newspapers.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "History of the Pensacola Police Department | City of Pensacola, Florida Official Website". www.cityofpensacola.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "Pensacola Approves New Charter Government : NorthEscambia.com". Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ "The Political Graveyard: Mayors and Postmasters of Pensacola, Florida". politicalgraveyard.com. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
- ^ Skinner, W. B. (1961). "Pensacola's Exiled Government". The Florida Historical Quarterly. 39 (3): 270–276. ISSN 0015-4113.