This is a list of mayors, or persons holding the equivalent office, of Mobile, Alabama, United States.
When Mobile came into the United States, it operated under a government system where the chief executive was called "President" From 1911 to 1985, Mobile was governed by a three-member city commission.
The last directly elected mayor before the institution of the commission was Patrick J. Lyons.
Lyons would go on to be elected to the City Commission where he would serve as mayor several more times.
After several commissioners had faced corruption indictments and popular support grew for discarding the old commission system, Mobile restored direct elections in 1985, electing Arthur Outlaw as their first directly elected mayor since 1911. http://www.worldstatesmen.org/US_Mayors2.html#Mobile