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The '''mayor Mayor of Pensacola''' is a position that has fluctuated throughout the city's history. The first recorded mayor, under Spanish rule, was chief executive of the [[Jose NoriegaCity of Pensacola]] (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 's [[E.A. PerryWikipedia:Mayor–council government|mayor–council government]] tried to replace the city charter with a state-appointed commission, and in 1916, when . The mayor exercises the city changed to a council-manager form executive powers of government and the position was appointed by the [[Pensacola City Council|city council]]and supervises all departments and employees. It was changed again to an elected position in 2001 under [[John Fogg]], who remains the incumbentThe current Mayor of Pensacola is Darcy Reeves.
==History==Under the City's numerous charters, the mayor has at different times held varying degrees of authority and responsibility. ===1931-2011===Between [[1931]] and [[2011]], the City operated under a [[Wikipedia:Council–manager government|council–manager government]] in which the mayor had no executive authority and was simply an additional member of the City Council. Prior to [[2001]], the mayor was elected by and from the members of the City Council; thereafter, the mayor was elected by the City at-large. Under the council-manager government, the mayor's responsibilities were limited to presiding over City Council meetings, developing meeting agendas, and serving as the ceremonial representative of the City. Executive authority was vested in a professional [[Pensacola City Manager|city manager]], appointed by the City Council. ===1913-1931=== ===1895-1913=== ===1885-1895=== ===1820-1885===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. ==List of mayors=====19th Century===
{|class="wikitable"
|[[Jose Noriega]] <br/>(Spanish''alcade'')|1820 - 1821
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|[[George Bowie]]
|1821 - 1822
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|[[John de la Rua]]
|1822 - 1823
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|[[Peter Alba]]
|1823 - 18251824
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|[[John Jerrison]]
|1825 - 1828|----|[[Benjamin D. Wright]]|1828 - 1829|----|[[John Jerrison]]|1829 - 1830
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|[[Peter Alba]]
|1830 - 18341833
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|[[Charles Evans (mayor)|Charles Evans]]
|1834 - 18381837
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|[[Hanson Kelly]]
|1838 - 18401839
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|[[Charles Le Baron]]
|1840 - 1841
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|[[Benjamin D. Drake Wright]]|1841 - 1842
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|[[Charles Evans (mayor)|Charles Evans]]
|1842 - 18471846
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|[[Francis de la Rua]]
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|[[Joseph Sierra]]
|1852 - 18551853|----|[[Samuel Leonard]]|1854 (resigned in July)|----|[[H. F. Ingraham]]|1854 (acting)|----|[[Joseph Sierra]]|1854
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|[[Francis B. Bobe]]
|1855 - 18591858
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|[[C. Gonzalez]]
|1859 - 18611860
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|[[C. H. Gingles]]
|1861 - 1862
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|[[Francis B. Bobe]]
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|[[Francis B. Bobe]]<ref>[[History of Pensacola#Confederate period (1861-1865)|City government in exile]] in [[Greenville, Alabama]]</ref>
|1863 - 18661865
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|[[Samuel Leonard]]
|1866 - 1867
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|[[E. W. Anderson]]
|1867 - 1868
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|[[S. Sewall C. Cobb]]|1868 1867 - 18701869
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|[[F. C. Humphrey]]
|1870 - 18731872
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|[[Royal Putnam]]
|1873 - 1874
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|[[R. A. Stearns]]
|1874 - 1875
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|[[J. P. Joseph Pickett Jones]]|1875 - 18771876
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|[[R. A. Stearns]]
|1877 - 1878
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|[[Salvador Pons]]<ref>First black mayor of Pensacola</ref>
|1878 - 1879
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|[[William M. McKenzie Oerting]]|1879 - 18811880
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|[[George H. O'Neal]]
|1881 - 1882
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|[[J. M. Tarble]]
|1882 - 1883
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|[[George H. Welles]]
|1883 - 18851884
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|[[S. S. Harvey]]<ref>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.</ref>
|1885 - 1886
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|[[A. L. Albert Lord Avery]]|1886 - 1887
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|[[William Dudley Chipley]]
|1887 - 1888
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|[[A. L. Albert Lord Avery]]|1888 - 18901889
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|[[J. M. James Madison Hilliard]]|1890 - 18931892
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|[[W. E. Anderson]]
|1893 - 18951894
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|[[Pat McHugh]]<ref>In early 1895, a new legislature was promulgated by the state legislature and a new election held for mayor and aldermen.</ref>
|1895- 1896
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|[[W. E. Anderson]]
|1895 1896|- ---|[[Pat McHugh]]|1897
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|[[W. H. NorthrupWilliam Hazard Northup]]|1897 - 18991898
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|[[J. M. James Madison Hilliard]]|1899 - 19011900
|}
===20th century===
{|class="wikitable"
|[[C. M. Celestino Moreno Jones]]|1901 - 19031902
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|[[T. E. Thomas Everett Welles]]|1903 - 19051904
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|[[Charles H. Henry Bliss]]
|1905 - 1907
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|[[C. Calvin C. Goodman]]|1907 - 19091908
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|[[Frank Reilly]]
|1909 - 19131912
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|[[A. Adolph Greenhut]]|1913 - 19161915
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|[[GGeorge H. Heinrich]]|1916 - 1917
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|[[Thomas H. Johnson]]
|1917 - 1918
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|[[F. R. Francis Robinson Pou]]|1918 - 1919
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|[[F. D. Frank Dent Sanders]]
|1919 - 1921
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|[[J. H. Harvey Bayliss]]<ref>Changed to a council-manager form of government</ref>
|1921 - 1931
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|[[H. Henry Clay Armstrong]]
|1931 - 1936
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|[[W. William L. Moyer]]
|1936
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|[[Max L. Lee Bear]]
|1936 - 1937
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|[[L. C. Lee Conner Hagler]]
|1937 - 1943
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|1943 - 1947
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|[[C. P. Charles Perry Mason]]
|1947 - 1957
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|1961 - 1963
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|[[C. P. Charles Perry Mason]]
|1963 - 1965
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|[[B. I. Irvin Greenhut]]
|1965 - 1967
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|1971 - 1973
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|[[Barney BurkesBurks]]
|1973 - 1977
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|}
===21st century===
{|class="wikitable"
|[[John Fogg]]<ref>Changed to popular election of the mayor.</ref>
|2001 - 2009|----|[[Mike Wiggins]]|2009 - 2011|----|[[Ashton Hayward]]<ref>Changed to a mayor-council form of government</ref>|2011 - 2018|----|[[Grover_Robinson_IV|Grover Robinson]]|2018 - 2022|----|[[Darcy Reeves|DC Reeves]]|2023 - present
|}
[[Category:City of Pensacola]]
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