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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.

==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
|----
|[[George Bowie]]
|1821
|----
|[[John de la Rua]]
|1822
|----
|[[Peter Alba]]
|1823 - 1824
|----
|[[John Jerrison]]
|1825 - 1829
|----
|[[Peter Alba]]
|1830 - 1833
|----
|[[Charles Evans (mayor)|Charles Evans]]
|1834 - 1837
|----
|[[Hanson Kelly]]
|1838 - 1839
|----
|[[Charles Le Baron]]
|1840
|----
|[[Benjamin Drake Wright]]
|1841
|----
|[[Charles Evans (mayor)|Charles Evans]]
|1842 - 1846
|----
|[[Francis de la Rua]]
|1847 - 1848
|----
|[[Charles Evans (mayor)|Charles Evans]]
|1848 - 1852
|----
|[[Joseph Sierra]]
|1852 - 1853
|----
|[[Samuel Leonard]]
|1854 (resigned in July)
|----
|[[H. F. Ingraham]]
|1854 (acting)
|----
|[[Joseph Sierra]]
|1854
|----
|[[Francis B. Bobe]]
|1855 - 1858
|----
|[[C. Gonzalez]]
|1859 - 1860
|----
|[[C. H. Gingles]]
|1861
|----
|[[Francis B. Bobe]]
|1862 - 1863
|----
|[[Francis B. Bobe]]<ref>[[History of Pensacola#Confederate period (1861-1865)|City government in exile]] in [[Greenville, Alabama]]</ref>
|1863 - 1865
|----
|[[Samuel Leonard]]
|1866
|----
|[[E. W. Anderson]]
|1867
|----
|[[Sewall C. Cobb]]
|1867 - 1869
|----
|[[F. C. Humphrey]]
|1870 - 1872
|----
|[[Royal Putnam]]
|1873
|----
|[[R. A. Stearns]]
|1874
|----
|[[Joseph Pickett Jones]]
|1875 - 1876
|----
|[[R. A. Stearns]]
|1877
|----
|[[Salvador Pons]]<ref>First black mayor of Pensacola</ref>
|1878
|----
|[[William McKenzie Oerting]]
|1879 - 1880
|----
|[[George H. O'Neal]]
|1881
|----
|[[J. M. Tarble]]
|1882
|----
|[[George H. Welles]]
|1883 - 1884
|----
|[[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
|----
|[[Albert Lord Avery]]
|1886
|----
|[[William Dudley Chipley]]
|1887
|----
|[[Albert Lord Avery]]
|1888 - 1889
|----
|[[James Madison Hilliard]]
|1890 - 1892
|----
|[[W. E. Anderson]]
|1893 - 1894
|----
|[[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
|----
|[[W. E. Anderson]]
|1896
|----
|[[Pat McHugh]]
|1897
|----
|[[William Hazard Northup]]
|1897 - 1898
|----
|[[James Madison Hilliard]]
|1899 - 1900
|}

===20th century===
{|class="wikitable"
|[[Celestino Moreno Jones]]
|1901 - 1902
|----
|[[T. E. Welles]]
|1903 - 1904
|----
|[[Charles H. Bliss]]
|1905 - 1907
|----
|[[C. C. Goodman]]
|1907 - 1908
|----
|[[Frank Reilly]]
|1909 - 1912
|----
|[[Adolph Greenhut]]
|1913 - 1915
|----
|[[George H. Heinrich]]
|1916
|----
|[[Thomas H. Johnson]]
|1917
|----
|[[F. R. Pou]]
|1918
|----
|[[F. D. Sanders]]
|1919 - 1921
|----
|[[J. H. Bayliss]]<ref>Changed to a council-manager form of government</ref>
|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 Burks]]
|1973 - 1977
|----
|[[Warren Briggs]]
|1977 - 1978
|----
|[[Vince Whibbs]]
|1978 - 1991
|----
|[[Jerry Maygarden]]
|1991 - 1994
|----
|[[John Fogg]]
|1994 - 2001
|}

===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
|}

==Notes==
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==See also==
*[[City of Pensacola]]
*[[History of Pensacola]]

==External Links==
* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/mayors.htm Mayors of Pensacola]

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