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− | The '''Mayor of Pensacola''' is the chief executive of the [[City of Pensacola]]'s [[Wikipedia:Mayor–council government|mayor–council government]]. The mayor exercises the executive powers of the City and supervises all departments and employees. The current Mayor of Pensacola is Darcy Reeves. | + | The '''mayor 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 [[Pensacola City Council|city council]]. It was changed again to an elected position in 2001 under [[John Fogg]], who remains the incumbent. |
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− | ==History==
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− | Under the City's numerous charters, the mayor has at different times held varying degrees of authority and responsibility.
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− | ===1931-2011===
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− | 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.
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− | 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.
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− | ===1913-1931===
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− | ===1895-1913===
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− | ===1885-1895===
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− | ===1820-1885===
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− | 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. | |
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− | ==List of mayors==
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− | ===19th Century===
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− | |[[Jose Noriega]]<br/>(Spanish ''alcade'')
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− | |1820
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− | |[[George Bowie]]
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− | |1821
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− | |[[John de la Rua]]
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− | |1822
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− | |[[Peter Alba]]
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− | |1823 - 1824
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− | |[[John Jerrison]]
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− | |1825 - 1829
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− | |[[Peter Alba]]
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− | |1830 - 1833
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− | |[[Charles Evans (mayor)|Charles Evans]]
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− | |1834 - 1837
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− | |[[Hanson Kelly]]
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− | |1838 - 1839
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− | |[[Charles Le Baron]]
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− | |1840
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− | |[[Benjamin Drake Wright]]
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− | |1841
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− | |[[Charles Evans (mayor)|Charles Evans]]
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− | |1842 - 1846
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− | |[[Francis de la Rua]]
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− | |1847 - 1848
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− | |[[Charles Evans (mayor)|Charles Evans]]
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− | |1848 - 1852
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− | |[[Joseph Sierra]]
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− | |1852 - 1853
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− | |[[Samuel Leonard]]
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− | |1854 (resigned in July)
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− | |[[H. F. Ingraham]]
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− | |1854 (acting)
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− | |[[Joseph Sierra]]
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− | |1854
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− | |[[Francis B. Bobe]]
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− | |1855 - 1858
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− | |[[C. Gonzalez]]
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− | |1859 - 1860
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− | |[[C. H. Gingles]]
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− | |1861
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− | |[[Francis B. Bobe]]
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− | |1862 - 1863
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− | |[[Francis B. Bobe]]<ref>[[History of Pensacola#Confederate period (1861-1865)|City government in exile]] in [[Greenville, Alabama]]</ref>
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− | |1863 - 1865
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− | |[[Samuel Leonard]]
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− | |1866
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− | |[[E. W. Anderson]]
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− | |1867
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− | |[[Sewall C. Cobb]]
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− | |1867 - 1869
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− | |[[F. C. Humphrey]]
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− | |1870 - 1872
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− | |[[Royal Putnam]]
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− | |1873
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− | |[[R. A. Stearns]]
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− | |1874
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− | |[[Joseph Pickett Jones]]
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− | |1875 - 1876
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− | |[[R. A. Stearns]]
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− | |1877
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− | |[[Salvador Pons]]<ref>First black mayor of Pensacola</ref>
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− | |1878
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− | |[[William McKenzie Oerting]]
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− | |1879 - 1880
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− | |[[George H. O'Neal]]
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− | |1881
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− | |[[J. M. Tarble]]
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− | |1882
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− | |[[George H. Welles]]
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− | |1883 - 1884
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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>
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− | |1885
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− | |[[Albert Lord Avery]]
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− | |1886
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− | |[[William Dudley Chipley]]
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− | |1887
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− | |[[Albert Lord Avery]]
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− | |1888 - 1889
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− | |[[James Madison Hilliard]]
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− | |1890 - 1892
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− | |[[W. E. Anderson]]
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− | |1893 - 1894
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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>
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− | |1895 - 1896
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− | |[[W. E. Anderson]]
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− | |1896
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− | |[[Pat McHugh]]
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− | |1897
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− | |[[William Hazard Northup]]
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− | |1897 - 1898
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− | |[[James Madison Hilliard]]
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− | |1899 - 1900
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− | ===20th century===
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− | |[[Celestino Moreno Jones]]
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− | |1901 - 1902
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− | |[[Thomas Everett Welles]]
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− | |1903 - 1904
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− | |[[Charles Henry Bliss]]
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− | |1905 - 1907
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− | |[[Calvin C. Goodman]]
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− | |1907 - 1908
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− | |[[Frank Reilly]]
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− | |1909 - 1912
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− | |[[Adolph Greenhut]]
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− | |1913 - 1915
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− | |[[George H. Heinrich]]
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− | |1916
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− | |[[Thomas H. Johnson]]
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− | |1917
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− | |[[Francis Robinson Pou]]
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− | |1918
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− | |[[Frank Dent Sanders]]
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− | |1919 - 1921
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− | |[[J. Harvey Bayliss]]<ref>Changed to a council-manager form of government</ref>
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− | |1921 - 1931
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− | |[[Henry Clay Armstrong]]
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− | |[[William L. Moyer]]
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− | |1936
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− | |[[Max Lee Bear]]
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− | |1936 - 1937
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− | |[[Lee Conner Hagler]]
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− | |1937 - 1943
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− | |[[Walter Wicke]]
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− | |1943 - 1947
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− | |[[Charles Perry Mason]]
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− | |1947 - 1957
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− | |[[Roy Philpot]]
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− | |1957 - 1961
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− | |[[Charles Overman, Jr.]]
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− | |1961 - 1963
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− | |[[Charles Perry Mason]]
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− | |1963 - 1965
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− | |[[B. Irvin Greenhut]]
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− | |1965 - 1967
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− | |[[Reinhardt Holm]]
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− | |1967
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− | |[[Charles Soule]]
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− | |1967 - 1969
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− | |[[Bryant Liggett]]
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− | |1969 - 1971
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− | |[[Eugene Elebash]]
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− | |1971 - 1973
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− | |[[Barney Burks]]
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− | |1973 - 1977
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− | |[[Warren Briggs]]
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− | |1977 - 1978
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− | |[[Vince Whibbs]]
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− | |1978 - 1991
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− | |[[Jerry Maygarden]]
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− | |1991 - 1994
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− | |[[John Fogg]]
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− | |1994 - 2001
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− | ===21st century===
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− | |[[John Fogg]]<ref>Changed to popular election of the mayor.</ref>
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− | |2001 - 2009
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− | |[[Mike Wiggins]]
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− | |2009 - 2011
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− | |[[Ashton Hayward]]<ref>Changed to a mayor-council form of government</ref>
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− | |2011 - 2018
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− | |[[Grover_Robinson_IV|Grover Robinson]]
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− | |2018 - 2022
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− | |[[Darcy Reeves|DC Reeves]]
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− | |2023 - present
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− | ==Notes==
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− | <references/>
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− | ==See also==
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− | *[[City of Pensacola]]
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− | *[[History of Pensacola]]
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− | ==External Links==
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− | * [http://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/mayors.htm Mayors of Pensacola]
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