Mayor of Pensacola, 1919

Frank Dent Sanders, Mayor of Pensacola in 1919, was born 26 August of 1867, to Cicero Marion Sanders and Lucy Emma Varner, in Barbour County, Alabama. He relocated to Pensacola, Florida in 1893. He married Ida Anastasia Duval Christie on 4 September 1899 at St. Joseph Church in Pensacola. They had nine children, all born in Pensacola.

Sanders' first job was a public one. He assumed the duties of Chief Deputy under Sheriff George E. Smith, his brother-in-law. Mr. Smith was quite ill at the time and relinquished almost all the duties of his office to Mr. Sanders.

In June 1917 Sanders was elected to the office of City Commissioner, was re-elected in June 1920 and again in June 1923. He served at different times as Mayor, Commissioner of Finance and Revenue, Commissioner of Streets and Public Works, and Police and Fire Commissioner, which office he held at the time of his death. Prior to his election to the office of City Commissioner, Sanders served the City as special police officer, Deputy Marshal, City Marshal, and Chief of Police. "His faithful and efficient services in every position that he held merited the esteem and confidence of the people of Pensacola, and gained for him a popularity which was greater than that enjoyed by any other man who had held office in the City of Pensacola during a like period of time," from the Resolution by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Pensacola, 19 November 1925.

Frank Dent Sanders passed away in 1925, at age of 58, due to a heart attack. The funeral was held in his home on Wednesday, November 18, 1925.

Frank Dent Sanders is buried in St. John's Cemetery 3 North Section 37