Mayor of Pensacola

The mayoralty of Pensacola is a position that has fluctuated throughout the city's history. The first recorded mayor, under Spanish rule, was Jose Noriega (1820-1821). During the Civil War the city government went into exile in Greenville, Alabama, until it was restored in 1866. Other changes occurred in 1885, when Florida governor E.A. Perry tried to replace the city charter with a state-appointed commission, and in 1916, when the city changed to a council-manager form of government and the position was appointed by the city council. It was changed again to an elected position in 2001 under John Fogg, who remains the incumbent.

19th Century

Jose Noriega (Spanish)	1820 - 1821
George Bowie	1821 - 1822
John de la Rua	1822 - 1823
Peter Alba	1823 - 1825
John Jerrison	1825 - 1828
Benjamin D. Wright	1828 - 1829
John Jerrison	1829 - 1830
Peter Alba	1830 - 1834
Charles Evans	1834 - 1838
Hanson Kelly	1838 - 1840
Charles Le Baron	1840 - 1841
Benjamin D. Wright	1841 - 1842
Charles Evans	1842 - 1847
Francis de la Rua	1847 - 1848
Charles Evans	1848 - 1852
Joseph Sierra	1852 - 1855
Francis B. Bobe	1855 - 1859
C. Gonzalez	1859 - 1861
C. H. Gingles	1861 - 1862
Francis B. Bobe	1862 - 1863
Francis B. Bobe^[1]	1863 - 1866
Samuel Leonard	1866 - 1867
E. W. Anderson	1867 - 1868
S. C. Cobb	1868 - 1870
F. C. Humphrey	1870 - 1873
Royal Putnam	1873 - 1874
R. A. Stearns	1874 - 1875
J. P. Jones	1875 - 1877
R. A. Stearns	1877 - 1878
Salvador Pons^[2]	1878 - 1879
William M. Oerting	1879 - 1881
George H. O'Neal	1881 - 1882
J. M. Tarble	1882 - 1883
George H. Welles	1883 - 1885
S. S. Harvey^[3]	1885 - 1886
A. L. Avery	1886 - 1887
William Dudley Chipley	1887 - 1888
A. L. Avery	1888 - 1890
J. M. Hilliard	1890 - 1893
W. E. Anderson	1893 - 1895
Pat McHugh^[4]	1895
W. E. Anderson	1895 - 1897
W. H. Northrup	1897 - 1899
J. M. Hilliard	1899 - 1901

20th century

C. M. Jones	1901 - 1903
T. E. Welles	1903 - 1905
Charles H. Bliss	1905 - 1907
C. C. Goodman	1907 - 1909
Frank Reilly	1909 - 1913
Adolph Greenhut	1913 - 1916
G. Heinrich	1916 - 1917
Thomas H. Johnson	1917 - 1918
F. R. Pou	1918 - 1919
F. D. Sanders	1919 - 1921
J. H. Bayliss^[5]	1921 - 1931
H. Clay Armstrong	1931 - 1936
W. L. Moyer	1936
Max L. Bear	1936 - 1937
L. C. Hagler	1937 - 1943
Walter Wicke	1943 - 1947
C. P. Mason	1947 - 1957
Roy Philpot	1957 - 1961
Charles Overman, Jr.	1961 - 1963
C. P. Mason	1963 - 1965
B. I. Greenhut	1965 - 1967
Reinhardt Holm	1967
Charles Soule	1967 - 1969
Bryant Liggett	1969 - 1971
Eugene Elebash	1971 - 1973
Barney Burkes	1973 - 1977
Warren Briggs	1977 - 1978
Vince Whibbs	1978 - 1991
Jerry Maygarden	1991 - 1994
John Fogg	1994 - 2001

21st century

John Fogg^[6]	2001 - present

Notes

↑ City government in exile in Greenville, Alabama
↑ First black mayor of Pensacola
↑ At this time Governor E. A. Perry revoked Pensacola's city charter and supported a bill to replace it with a state-appointed commission. The bill failed and the city charter was restored.
↑ In early 1895, a new legislature was promulgated by the state legislature and a new election held for mayor and aldermen.
↑ Changed to a council-manager form of government
↑ Changed to popular election of the mayor.

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[1] City government in exile in Greenville, Alabama

[2] First black mayor of Pensacola

[3] At this time Governor E. A. Perry revoked Pensacola's city charter and supported a bill to replace it with a state-appointed commission. The bill failed and the city charter was restored.

[4] In early 1895, a new legislature was promulgated by the state legislature and a new election held for mayor and aldermen.

[5] Changed to a council-manager form of government

[6] Changed to popular election of the mayor.

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