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The '''mayor 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 Grover Robinson. ==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 position that has fluctuated throughout [[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 citymayor's historyresponsibilities 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. Other changes occurred  ==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 1885exile]] in [[Greenville, when Florida governor 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]] tried revoked Pensacola's city charter and supported a bill to replace the city charter 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 in 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|----|[[Thomas Everett Welles]]|1903 - 1904|----|[[Charles Henry Bliss]]|1905 - 1907|----|[[Calvin C. Goodman]]|1907 - 1908|----|[[Frank Reilly]]|1909 - 1912|----|[[Adolph Greenhut]]|1913 - 1915|----|[[George H. Heinrich]]|1916, when the city changed |----|[[Thomas H. Johnson]]|1917|----|[[Francis Robinson Pou]]|1918|----|[[Frank Dent Sanders]]|1919 - 1921|----|[[J. Harvey Bayliss]]<ref>Changed to a council-manager form of government and the position was appointed by the </ref>|1921 - 1931|----|[[Henry Clay Armstrong]]|1931 - 1936|----|[[William L. Moyer]]|1936|----|[[Max Lee Bear]]|1936 - 1937|----|[[Lee Conner Hagler]]|1937 - 1943|----|[[Walter Wicke]]|1943 - 1947|----|[[Charles Perry Mason]]|1947 - 1957|----|[[Roy Philpot]]|1957 - 1961|----|[[Pensacola City CouncilCharles Overman, Jr.]]|1961 - 1963|----|city council[[Charles Perry Mason]]|1963 - 1965|----|[[B. It was changed again to an elected position in Irvin 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 under |} ===21st century==={|class="wikitable"|[[John Fogg]], who remains <ref>Changed to popular election of the incumbentmayor.</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 - present|} ==Notes==<references/> ==See also==*[[City of Pensacola]]*[[History of Pensacola]] ==External Links==* [http://www.rootsweb.com/~flescamb/mayors.htm Mayors of Pensacola]