List of mayors of Key West, Florida

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. 1822–1828 — John H. Fleming, Mayor (head of chamber of commerce as well)
2. 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
3. 1832–1833 — Oliver O'Hara, Mayor
4. 1833–1834 — Fielding A. Browne
5. 1834–1835 — Adam Gordon
6. 1835–1837 — Fielding A. Browne (2nd Term)
7. 1837–1838 — William A. Whitehead
8. 1838–1839 — Tomaso Saccheti (Socarty)
9. 1839–1840 — Pardon C. Greene^[1]
10. 1840–1841 — Philip J. Fontaine^[1]
11. 1841–1842 — Alexander Patterson
12. 1842–1844 — Philip J. Fontaine (2nd Term)^[1]
13. 1844–1846 — Benjamin Sawyer
14. 1846–1848 — Walter C. Maloney^[1]
15. 1848–1852 — Alexander Patterson (2nd Term)
16. 1852–1853 — Fernando J. Moreno
17. 1853–1854 — John W. Porter
18. 1854–1854 — John W. Porter (2nd Term)
19. 1854–1855 — William Curry
20. 1855–1856 — Philip J. Fontaine (3rd Term)
21. 1856–1857 — Alexander Patterson (3rd Term)
22. 1857–1861 — John P. Baldwin
23. 1861–1861 — William Marvin
24. 1861–1864 — Alexander Patterson (4th Term)
25. 1864–1865 — E. O. Gwynn
26. 1865–1866 — Alexander Patterson (5th Term)
27. 1866–1866 — William Marvin (2nd Term)
28. 1866–1867 — E. O. Gwynn (2nd Term)
29. 1867–1868 — Alexander Patterson (6th Term)
30. 1868–1868 — Henry Mulrennan
31. 1868–1868 — W. S. Allen
32. 1868–1869 — Dr. D. W. Whitehurst
33. 1869–1870 — uncertain
34. 1870–1870 — Henry Mulrennan (2nd Term)
35. 1870–1871 — Joseph B. Browne^[1]
36. 1871–1872 — William D. Cash
37. 1872–1873 — Winer Bethel^[1]
38. 1873–1874 — W. S. Allen (2nd Term)
39. 1874–1875 — E. O. Gwynn (3rd Term)
40. 1875–1876 — Carlos M. de Cespedes^[2]
41. 1876–1880 — Livingston W. Bethel
42. 1880–1881 — Robert Jasper Perry
43. 1881–1882 — E. O. Gwynn (4th Term)
44. 1882–1883 — William McClintock
45. 1883–1885 — R. Alfred Monsalvatage
46. 1885–1886 — James G. Jones
47. 1886–1888 — J. W. V. R. Plummer
48. 1888–1889 — James A. Waddell
49. 1889–1891 — Walter C. Maloney, Jr.
50. 1891–1895 — Robert Jasper Perry (2nd Term)
51. 1895–1897 — James A. Waddell (2nd Term)
52. 1897–1898 — John B. Maloney
53. 1898–1903 — George L. Bartlum
54. 1903–1905 — Benjamin D. Trevor
55. 1905–1907 — George L. Babcock
56. 1907–1915 — Dr. Joseph N. Fogarty
57. 1915–1917 — Norberg Thompson
58. 1917–1919 — Allan B. Cleare
59. 1919–1921 — Louis E. Otto
60. 1921–1925 — Frank H. Ladd
61. 1925–1933 — Leslie A. Curry
62. 1933–1935 — William H. Malone
63. 1935–1937 — Henry C. Galey
64. 1937–1945 — Willard Albury
65. 1945–1945 — William W. Demeritt
66. 1945–1945 — John Carbonell
67. 1945–1947 — William W. Demeritt (2nd Term)
68. 1947–1949 — A. Maitland Adams
69. 1949–1950 — Louis M. J. Eisner
70. 1950–1951 — John Carbonell (2nd Term)
71. 1951–1951 — Louis M. J. Eisner (2nd Term)
72. 1951–1957 — C. B. Harvey
73. 1957–1961 — Delio Cobo
74. 1961–1963 — C. B. Harvey (2nd Term)
75. 1963–1969 — Kermit Lewin
76. 1969–1971 — Delio Cobo (2nd Term)
77. 1971–1981 — Charles "Sonny" McCoy
78. 1981–1983 — Dennis Wardlow^[3]
79. 1983–1985 — Richard A. Heyman
80. 1985–1987 — Tom Sawyer
81. 1987–1989 — Richard A. Heyman (2nd Term)
82. 1989–1989 — John Ingahm
83. 1989–1991 — Tony Tarracino
84. 1991–1995 — Dennis Wardlow (2nd Term)
85. 1995–1995 — Tom Sawyer
86. 1995–1997 — Dennis Wardlow (3rd Term)
87. 1997–1999 — Sheila Mullins
88. 1999–2005 — Jimmy Weekley
89. 2005–2009 — Morgan McPherson
90. 2009–2018 — Craig Cates
91. 2018–present — Teri Johnston

Current Mayor of Key West, Teri Johnston

Notes

1. 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.