List of mayors of Key West

Mayors of Key West, Florida in the United States have reflected the city's cultural and ethnic heritage including Cuban and openly gay mayors.

1. 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
2. 1832–1833 — Oliver O'Hara, Mayor
3. 1833–1834 — Fielding A. Browne
4. 1834–1835 — Adam Gordon
5. 1835–1837 — Fielding A. Browne (2nd Term)
6. 1837–1838 — William A. Whitehead
7. 1838–1839 — Tomaso Saccheti (Socarty)
8. 1839–1840 — Pardon C. Greene^[1]
9. 1840–1841 — Philip J. Fontaine^[1]
10. 1841–1842 — Alexander Patterson
11. 1842–1844 — Philip J. Fontaine (2nd Term)^[1]
12. 1844–1846 — Benjamin Sawyer
13. 1846–1848 — Walter C. Maloney^[1]
14. 1848–1852 — Alexander Patterson (2nd Term)
15. 1852–1853 — Fernando J. Moreno
16. 1853–1854 — John W. Porter
17. 1854–1854 — John W. Porter (2nd Term)
18. 1854–1855 — William Curry
19. 1855–1856 — Philip J. Fontaine (3rd Term)
20. 1856–1857 — Alexander Patterson (3rd Term)
21. 1857–1861 — John P. Baldwin
22. 1861–1861 — Willam Marvin
23. 1861–1864 — Alexander Patterson (4th Term)
24. 1864–1865 — E. O. Gwynn
25. 1865–1866 — Alexander Patterson (5th Term)
26. 1866–1866 — William Marvin (2nd Term)
27. 1866–1867 — E. O. Gwynn (2nd Term)
28. 1867–1868 — Alexander Patterson (6th Term)
29. 1868–1868 — Henry Mulrennan
30. 1868–1868 — W. S. Allen
31. 1868–1869 — Dr. D. W. Whitehurst
32. 1869–1870 — uncertain
33. 1870–1870 — Henry Mulrennan (2nd Term)
34. 1870–1871 — Joseph B. Browne^[1]
35. 1871–1872 — William D. Cash
36. 1872–1873 — Winer Bethel^[1]
37. 1873–1874 — W. S. Allen (2nd Term)
38. 1874–1875 — E. O. Gwynn (3rd Term)
39. 1875–1876 — Carlos M. de Cespedes^[2]
40. 1876–1880 — Livingston W. Bethel
41. 1880–1881 — Robert Jasper Perry
42. 1881–1882 — E. O. Gwynn (4th Term)
43. 1882–1883 — William McClintock
44. 1883–1885 — R. Alfred Monsalvatage
45. 1885–1886 — James G. Jones
46. 1886–1888 — J. W. V. R. Plummer
47. 1888–1889 — James A. Waddell
48. 1889–1891 — Walter C. Maloney, Jr.
49. 1891–1895 — Robert Jasper Perry (2nd Term)
50. 1895–1897 — James A. Waddell (2nd Term)
51. 1897–1898 — John B. Maloney
52. 1898–1903 — George L. Bartlum
53. 1903–1905 — Benjamin D. Trevor
54. 1905–1907 — George L. Babcock
55. 1907–1915 — Dr. Joseph N. Fogarty
56. 1915–1917 — Norberg Thompson
57. 1917–1919 — Allen B. Cleare
58. 1919–1921 — Louis E. Otto
59. 1921–1925 — Frank H. Ladd
60. 1925–1933 — Leslie A. Curry
61. 1933–1935 — William H. Malone
62. 1935–1937 — Henry C. Galey
63. 1937–1945 — Willard Albury
64. 1945–1945 — William W. Demeritt
65. 1945–1945 — John Carbonell
66. 1945–1947 — William W. Demeritt (2nd Term)
67. 1947–1949 — A. Maitland Adams
68. 1949–1950 — Louis M. J. Eisner
69. 1950–1951 — John Carbonell (2nd Term)
70. 1951–1951 — Louis M. J. Eisner (2nd Term)
71. 1951–1957 — C. B. Harvey
72. 1957–1961 — Delio Cobo
73. 1961–1963 — C. B. Harvey (2nd Term)
74. 1963–1969 — Kermit Lewin
75. 1969–1971 — Delio Cobo (2nd Term)
76. 1971–1981 — Charles "Sonny" McCoy
77. 1981–1983 — Dennis Wardlow^[3]
78. 1983–1985 — Richard A. Heyman
79. 1985–1987 — Tom Sawyer
80. 1987–1989 — Richard A. Heyman (2nd Term)
81. 1989–1991 — Tony Tarracino
82. 1991–1995 — Dennis Wardlow (2nd Term)
83. 1995–1995 — Tom Sawyer
84. 1995–1997 — Dennis Wardlow (3rd Term)
85. 1997–1999 — Sheila Mullins
86. 1999–2005 — Jimmy Weekley
87. 2005–2009 — Morgan McPherson
88. 2009-present — Craig Cates

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f} Dates are not proven
2. ^ 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.)
3. ^ Self-styled "Prime Minister" of the Conch Republic, 1982

References

• 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.