List of mayors of Key West

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Mayors of Key West, Florida have reflected the city's cultural and ethnic heritage. Among its mayors are the first Cuban and openly gay mayor.

Elected Mayors of Key West (as listed in Jefferson B. Browne's 1912 "Key West The Old and The New" with additions provided by Monroe County Public Library Historian Tom Hambright, The State Library of Florida, WorldStatesmen.org and personal research.)

  • 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 **Dates are not proven**
  • 9. 1840-1841 Philip J. Fontaine **Dates are not proven**
  • 10. 1841-1842 Alexander Patterson
  • 11. 1842-1844 Philip J. Fontaine (2nd Term) **Dates are not proven**
  • 12. 1844-1846 Benjamin Sawyer
  • 13. 1846-1848 Walter C. Maloney **Dates are not proven**
  • 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 **Dates are not proven**
  • 35. 1871-1872 William D. Cash
  • 36. 1872-1873 Winer Bethel **Dates are not proven**
  • 37. 1873-1874 W. S. Allen (2nd Term)
  • 38. 1874-1875 E. O. Gwynn (3rd Term)
  • 39. 1875-1876 Carlos M. de Cespedes
  • 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
  • a. 1982-1982 Dennis Wardlow, Prime Minister of the Conch Republic.
  • 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- Morgan McPherson