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On [[July 18]], [[1821]], General Andrew Jackson appointed a city constable, effectively forming the [[Pensacola Police Department]]. Soon thereafter, Jackson established [[Pensacola city limits|city limits]] encompassing an area of 9.75 square miles.
After the [[Civil War]], Pensacola government was dominated by the [[Wikipedia:Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]]. In [[1885]], the City's charter was revoked by Special Act of the Florida Legislature, at the urging of [[Wikipedia:Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Florida Governor [[Edward Aylesworth Perry]] (himself a Pensacolian), revoked the City's charter. Perry intended to replace it with The City government was dissolved and replaced by the Provisional Municipality of Pensacola, governed by a state-appointed commission, which he intended to fill Perry filled with Democrats. In [[1893]], the City was granted a temporary charter, followed by a full charter in [[1895]]. The Provisional Municipality of Pensacola lasted from [[January 28]], [[1885]] to [[May 27]], [[1895]].
==20th century==