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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.
===Provisional Municipality of Pensacola===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 In [[1885]], the City's charter was revoked by Special Act of the Florida Legislature, at the urging of [[Wikipedia:Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] Florida Governor [[Edward Aylesworth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]]. ===1895 charter===The city was organized under a [[Wikipedia:Mayor-council government|mayor-council government]] by the [[Source:Charter of the City of Pensacola, 1895|1895 charter]]. This form of government and charter remained in place until it was superceded by the [[1913]] charter, which provided for a [[Wikipedia:City commission government|city commission government]].
==20th century==
In [[1908]], [[T. T. Wentworth Jr. Florida State Museum|new City Hall]] was completed at 330 South [[Jefferson Street]].
In [[1913]], Pensacola again adopted a new charter, which provided for a three-member commission.
In [[1931]], a new [[Charter of the City of Pensacola|city charter]] was adopted, moving the City government to a [[Wikipedia:Council-manager government|council-manager]] system.
==21st century==
Beginning in [[2001]], the [[mayor of Pensacola]], which since the 1931 charter was appointed by the [[Pensacola City Council|City Council]], became an elected position.
==See also==
*[[List of governing bodies of the City of Pensacola]]
[[Category:History]]
