List of mayors of Pensacola, Florida
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This is a list of mayors of Pensacola
, Florida
. The mayor is the chief executive of the Pensacola city government. This list is from 1820 through present day, and includes Spanish
, Confederate
and United States
mayors. See History of Pensacola, Florida
for a full explanation of the city's history.
The current mayor of Pensacola is Ashton Hayward III
.
Pensacola, Florida
Pensacola is the westernmost city in the Florida Panhandle and the county seat of Escambia County, Florida, United States of America. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 56,255 and as of 2009, the estimated population was 53,752...
, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
. The mayor is the chief executive of the Pensacola city government. This list is from 1820 through present day, and includes Spanish
Spain
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, Confederate
Confederate States of America
The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
and United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
mayors. See History of Pensacola, Florida
History of Pensacola, Florida
The history of Pensacola, Florida begins long before the official founding of the modern city in 1698. The area around present-day Pensacola was inhabited by Native American peoples thousands of years before the historical area. The historical era begins with the arrival of Spanish exlorers in the...
for a full explanation of the city's history.
The current mayor of Pensacola is Ashton Hayward III
Ashton Hayward
Ashton James Hayward III is the mayor of Pensacola, Florida, having taken office on January 10, 2011. He is the first mayor elected under the new "strong mayor" form of government adopted in 2009....
.
19th century
| Jose Noriega (Spanish) | 1820–1821 |
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1821–1822 |
| John de la Rua | 1822–1823 |
| Peter Alba | 1823–1825 |
| John Jerrison | 1825–1828 |
| Benjamin D. Wright Benjamin D. Wright Benjamin D. Wright was a Florida Lawyer, journalist, and Whig politician who served in Territorial Legislature, the State Senate, and as a Florida Supreme Court justice in 1853, succeeding Walker Anderson. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on January 23, 1799, the son of William and Sarah... |
1828–1829 |
| John Jerrison | 1829–1830 |
| Peter Alba | 1830–1834 |
| Charles Evans | 1834–1838 |
| Hanson Kelly | 1838–1840 |
| Charles Le Baron | 1840–1841 |
| Benjamin D. Wright Benjamin D. Wright Benjamin D. Wright was a Florida Lawyer, journalist, and Whig politician who served in Territorial Legislature, the State Senate, and as a Florida Supreme Court justice in 1853, succeeding Walker Anderson. He was born in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on January 23, 1799, the son of William and Sarah... |
1841–1842 |
| Charles Evans | 1842–1847 |
| Francis de la Rua | 1847–1848 |
| Charles Evans | 1848–1852 |
| Joseph Sierra | 1852–1855 |
| Francis B. Bobe | 1855–1859 |
| C. Gonzalez | 1859–1861 |
| C. H. Gingles | 1861–1862 |
| Francis B. Bobe | 1862–1863 |
| Francis B. Bobe | 1863–1866 |
| Samuel Leonard | 1866–1867 |
| E. W. Anderson | 1867–1868 |
| S. C. Cobb | 1868–1870 |
| F. C. Humphrey | 1870–1873 |
| Royal Putnam | 1873–1874 |
| R. A. Stearns | 1874–1875 |
| J. P. Jones | 1875–1877 |
| R. A. Stearns | 1877–1878 |
| Salvador Pons | 1878–1879 |
| William M. Oerting | 1879–1881 |
| George H. O'Neal | 1881–1882 |
| J. M. Tarble | 1882–1883 |
| George H. Welles | 1883–1885 |
| S. S. Harvey | 1885–1886 |
| A. L. Avery | 1886–1887 |
| W. D. Chipley | 1887–1888 |
| A. L. Avery | 1888–1890 |
| J. M. Hilliard | 1890–1893 |
| W. E. Anderson W. E. Anderson Dr W. E. Anderson was a Canadian doctor and antiquarian.Anderson was born in Ontario, Canada. He was responsible for a significantly large, possibly the largest, mass donation of aboriginal artifacts to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1933. He also contributed articles to The Beaver... |
1893–1895 |
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1895 |
| W. E. Anderson W. E. Anderson Dr W. E. Anderson was a Canadian doctor and antiquarian.Anderson was born in Ontario, Canada. He was responsible for a significantly large, possibly the largest, mass donation of aboriginal artifacts to the Hudson's Bay Company in 1933. He also contributed articles to The Beaver... |
1895–1897 |
| W. H. Northrup | 1897–1899 |
| J. M. Hilliard | 1899–1901 |
20th century
| C. M. Jones | 1901–1903 |
| T. E. Welles | 1903–1905 |
| Charles H. Bliss | 1905–1907 |
| C. C. Goodman | 1907–1909 |
| Frank Reilly | 1909–1913 |
| A. Greenhut | 1913–1916 |
| G. Heinrich | 1916–1917 |
| Thomas H. Johnson | 1917–1918 |
| S. M. Maguire | 1918–1919 |
| F. D. Sanders | 1919–1921 |
| J. H. Bayliss | 1921–1931 |
| H. Clay Armstrong | 1931–1936 |
| W. L. Moyer | 1936 |
| Max L. Bear | 1936–1937 |
| L. C. Hagler | 1937–1943 |
| Walter E. Wicke | 1943–1947 |
| C. P. Mason | 1947–1957 |
| Roy S. Philpot | 1957–1961 |
| Charles H. 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 P. Elebash | 1971–1973 |
| Barney B. Burkes | 1973–1977 |
| Warren M. Briggs | 1977–1978 |
| Vince Whibbs Vince Whibbs Vince Whibbs, Sr. KSG was a popular politician and business leader in Pensacola, Florida. Vince served as mayor of Pensacola for an unprecedented seven consecutive terms, serving the city from 1978 to 1991. He was invested as a knight of the Order of St... |
1978–1991 |
| Jerry L. Maygarden Jerry L. Maygarden Jerry Louis Maygarden was an American politician, and held many posts around his birthplace, Pensacola, Florida.-Politics:... |
1991–1994 |
| John R. Fogg | 1994–2001 |
21st century
| John R. Fogg | 2001–2009 |
| Michael C. Wiggins | 2009–2011 |
| Ashton Hayward III Ashton Hayward Ashton James Hayward III is the mayor of Pensacola, Florida, having taken office on January 10, 2011. He is the first mayor elected under the new "strong mayor" form of government adopted in 2009.... |
2011- |