MAYORS OF PENSACOLA

Contributed by: Russell James

Source: “Documents Reflecting the Records of Pensacola’s Elected Officials.” unpublished manuscript. City Clerk’s Office, Pensacola.

[1820 – 1821 Noriega, Jose (Spanish)]

1821 George Bowie

1822 John de la Rua

1823 Peter Alba

1825 John Jerrison

1828 Benjamin D. Wright

1829 John Jerrison

1830 Peter Alba

1834 Charles Evans

1838 Hanson Kelly

1840 Charles Le Baron

1841 Benjamin D. Wright

1842 Charles Evans

1847 Francis de la Rua

1848 Charles Evans

1852 Joseph Sierra

1855 Francis B. Bobe

1859 C. Gonzalez

1861 C. H. Gingles

1862 Francis B. Bobe

1863 Francis B. Bobe

City government in exile in Greenville, Alabama

1866 Samuel Leonard

1867 E. W. Anderson

1868 S. C. Cobb

1870 F. C. Humphrey

1873 Royal Putnam

1874 R. A. Stearns

1875 J. P. Jones

1877 R. A. Stearns

1878 Salvador Pons (first Black mayor of Pensacola)

1879 William M. Oerting

1881 George H. O’Neal

1882 J. M. Tarble

1883 George H. Welles

1885 S. S. Harvey

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.

1886 A. L. Avery

1887 W. D. Chipley

1888 A. L. Avery

1890 J. M. Hilliard

1893 W. E. Anderson

1895 Pat McHugh

In early 1895, a new legislature was promulgated by the state legislature and a new election held for mayor and aldermen.

1894 W. E. Anderson

1897 W. H. Northrup

1899 J. M. Hilliard

1901 C. M. Jones

1903 T. E. Welles

1905 Charles H. Bliss

1907 C. C .Goodman

1909 Frank Reilly

1913 A. Greenhut

1916 G. Heinrich

1917 Thomas H. Johnson

1918 F. R. Pou

1919 F. D. Sanders

1921 J. H. Bayliss

Changed to a council-manager form of government

1931 H. Clay Armstrong

1936 W. L. Moyer

1936 Max L. Bear

1937 L. C. Hagler

1943 Walter E. Wicke

1947 C. P. Mason

1957 Roy S. Philpot

1961 Charles H. Overman Jr.

1963 C. P. Mason

1965 B. I. Greenhut

1967 Reinhardt Holm

1967 Charles Soule

1969 Bryant Liggett

1971 Eugene P. Elebash

1973 Barney B. Burkes

1977 Warren M. Briggs

1978 Vince Whibbs

1991 Jerry L. Maygarden

1994 John R. Fogg