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Mayor of Pensacola

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The '''Mayor of Pensacola''' is the symbolic head of government chief executive of the [[City of Pensacola]]'s [[Wikipedia:Mayor–council government|mayor–council government]]. In its current form, the mayoralty confers very little power, authority, or responsibility; the The mayor is exercises the presiding member executive powers of the [[Pensacola City Council]] but serves otherwise in a largely ceremonial capacityand supervises all departments and employees. The current mayor Mayor of Pensacola is [[Mike Wiggins]]Grover Robinson.
The mayoralty is a position that has fluctuated throughout ==History==Under the cityCity's history. The first recorded mayornumerous charters, 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 mayor has at different times held varying degrees of government authority 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]]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'')
|1867
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|[[S. Sewall C. Cobb]]
|1867 - 1869
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|1874
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|[[J. P. Joseph Pickett Jones]]
|1875 - 1876
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|1885
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|[[A. L. Albert Lord Avery]]
|1886
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|1887
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|[[A. L. Albert Lord Avery]]
|1888 - 1889
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|[[J. M. James Madison Hilliard]]
|1890 - 1892
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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
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|[[Pat McHugh]]
|1897 - 1898
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|[[J. M. James Madison Hilliard]]
|1899 - 1900
|}
===20th century===
{|class="wikitable"
|[[Celestino Moreno Jones]]
|1901 - 1902
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|[[T. E. Thomas Everett Welles]]
|1903 - 1904
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|[[Charles H. Henry Bliss]]
|1905 - 1907
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|[[C. Calvin C. Goodman]]
|1907 - 1908
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|1917
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|[[F. R. Francis Robinson Pou]]
|1918
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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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|}
===21st century===
{|class="wikitable"
|[[John Fogg]]<ref>Changed to popular election of the mayor.</ref>
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|[[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
|}
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