List of mayors of Key West, Florida
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Mayors of Key West, Florida in the United States have reflected the city's cultural and ethnic heritage including Cuban and openly gay mayors.
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- 1822–1828 — John H. Fleming, Mayor (head of chamber of commerce as well)
- 1828–1828 — Edgar Macon, Mayor
- A. 1828–1830 — Edgar Macon, President of the Town Council
- B. 1831–1832 — D. C. Pinkham, President of the Town Council
- 1832–1833 — Oliver O'Hara, Mayor
- 1833–1834 — Fielding A. Browne
- 1834–1835 — Adam Gordon
- 1835–1837 — Fielding A. Browne (2nd Term)
- 1837–1838 — William A. Whitehead
- 1838–1839 — Tomaso Saccheti (Socarty)
- 1839–1840 — Pardon C. Greene[1]
- 1840–1841 — Philip J. Fontaine[1]
- 1841–1842 — Alexander Patterson
- 1842–1844 — Philip J. Fontaine (2nd Term)[1]
- 1844–1846 — Benjamin Sawyer
- 1846–1848 — Walter C. Maloney[1]
- 1848–1852 — Alexander Patterson (2nd Term)
- 1852–1853 — Fernando J. Moreno
- 1853–1854 — John W. Porter
- 1854–1854 — John W. Porter (2nd Term)
- 1854–1855 — William Curry
- 1855–1856 — Philip J. Fontaine (3rd Term)
- 1856–1857 — Alexander Patterson (3rd Term)
- 1857–1861 — John P. Baldwin
- 1861–1861 — William Marvin
- 1861–1864 — Alexander Patterson (4th Term)
- 1864–1865 — E. O. Gwynn
- 1865–1866 — Alexander Patterson (5th Term)
- 1866–1866 — William Marvin (2nd Term)
- 1866–1867 — E. O. Gwynn (2nd Term)
- 1867–1868 — Alexander Patterson (6th Term)
- 1868–1868 — Henry Mulrennan
- 1868–1868 — W. S. Allen
- 1868–1869 — Dr. D. W. Whitehurst
- 1869–1870 — uncertain
- 1870–1870 — Henry Mulrennan (2nd Term)
- 1870–1871 — Joseph B. Browne[1]
- 1871–1872 — William D. Cash
- 1872–1873 — Winer Bethel[1]
- 1873–1874 — W. S. Allen (2nd Term)
- 1874–1875 — E. O. Gwynn (3rd Term)
- 1875–1876 — Carlos M. de Cespedes[2]
- 1876–1880 — Livingston W. Bethel
- 1880–1881 — Robert Jasper Perry
- 1881–1882 — E. O. Gwynn (4th Term)
- 1882–1883 — William McClintock
- 1883–1885 — R. Alfred Monsalvatage
- 1885–1886 — James G. Jones
- 1886–1888 — J. W. V. R. Plummer
- 1888–1889 — James A. Waddell
- 1889–1891 — Walter C. Maloney, Jr.
- 1891–1895 — Robert Jasper Perry (2nd Term)
- 1895–1897 — James A. Waddell (2nd Term)
- 1897–1898 — John B. Maloney
- 1898–1903 — George L. Bartlum
- 1903–1905 — Benjamin D. Trevor
- 1905–1907 — George L. Babcock
- 1907–1915 — Dr. Joseph N. Fogarty
- 1915–1917 — Norberg Thompson
- 1917–1919 — Allan B. Cleare
- 1919–1921 — Louis E. Otto
- 1921–1925 — Frank H. Ladd
- 1925–1933 — Leslie A. Curry
- 1933–1935 — William H. Malone
- 1935–1937 — Henry C. Galey
- 1937–1945 — Willard Albury
- 1945–1945 — William W. Demeritt
- 1945–1945 — John Carbonell
- 1945–1947 — William W. Demeritt (2nd Term)
- 1947–1949 — A. Maitland Adams
- 1949–1950 — Louis M. J. Eisner
- 1950–1951 — John Carbonell (2nd Term)
- 1951–1951 — Louis M. J. Eisner (2nd Term)
- 1951–1957 — C. B. Harvey
- 1957–1961 — Delio Cobo
- 1961–1963 — C. B. Harvey (2nd Term)
- 1963–1969 — Kermit Lewin
- 1969–1971 — Delio Cobo (2nd Term)
- 1971–1981 — Charles "Sonny" McCoy
- 1981–1983 — Dennis Wardlow[3]
- 1983–1985 — Richard A. Heyman
- 1985–1987 — Tom Sawyer
- 1987–1989 — Richard A. Heyman (2nd Term)
- 1989–1989 — John Ingahm
- 1989–1991 — Tony Tarracino
- 1991–1995 — Dennis Wardlow (2nd Term)
- 1995–1995 — Tom Sawyer
- 1995–1997 — Dennis Wardlow (3rd Term)
- 1997–1999 — Sheila Mullins
- 1999–2005 — Jimmy Weekley
- 2005–2009 — Morgan McPherson
- 2009–2018 — Craig Cates
- 2018–present — Teri Johnston
Notes
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Dates are not proven
- ^ Carlos Manuel de Céspedes y Céspedes was the son of Carlos Manuel de Céspedes, Cuba's "Father of the Motherland" (Paula Harper. "Cuba Connections: Key West—Tampa—Miami, 1870 to 1945." The Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts. Vol. 22. [1996], p.279-80.)
- ^ Self-styled "Prime Minister" of the Conch Republic, 1982
References
[edit]- Elected mayors of Key West, as listed in Jefferson B. Browne's Key West: The Old and The New (1912) with additions provided by Monroe County Public Library Historian Tom Hambright, The State Library of Florida, and WorldStatesmen.org.