1838 – Biloxi receives charter, with government of elected president and selectmen.
On the eve of the Civil War, “titles of mayor and aldermen replaced the earlier designations for Biloxi’s part-time elected officials.”
1919 – Biloxi voters choose their first full-time city officials, a mayor and two commissioners, elected to four-year terms. This mayor-commission form of government served the city through 1981.
1919 – John J. Kennedy
1923 – John J. Kennedy
1927 – John J. Kennedy
1931 – John J. Kennedy
1933 – Hart Chinn
1935 – John A. O’Keefe
1936 – Louis Braun
1939 – Louis Braun
1943 – Chester Delacruz
1947 – G.B. Cousins
1951 – Hart Chinn
1953 – Laz Quave
1957 – Laz Quave
1961 – Daniel D. Guice
1965 – Daniel D. Guice
1969 – Daniel D. Guice
1973 – Jeremiah J. O’Keefe
1977 – Jeremiah J. O’Keefe
1978 – Voters chose the mayor-council form of government, which provided for a mayor elected at large, and council members elected from seven wards throughout the city.
1981 – Gerald Blessey
1985 — Gerald Blessey
1989 – Pete Halat
1993 – A.J. Holloway
1997 – A.J. Holloway
2001 – A.J. Holloway
2005 – A.J. Holloway
2009 – A.J. Holloway
2013 – A.J. Holloway
2015 – Andrew “FoFo” Gilich
2017 – Andrew “FoFo” Gilich
2021 – Andrew “FoFo” Gilich
(Sources of information: “History of Biloxi governance,” from Inauguration Program, and captions from Gallery of Mayors photo exhibit on second floor of City Hall.)
