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List of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Field	Value
post	Mayor of the City of Grand Rapids
incumbent	David LaGrand
flag	Flag of Grand Rapids, Michigan.svg
website
incumbentsince	January 1, 2025
formation	1850
first	Henry R. Williams
insignia	Grand Rapids MI Seal.png
insigniacaption	Seal of the City of Grand Rapids
flagcaption	Flag of the City of Grand Rapids

This is a list of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan. The current mayor is David LaGrand, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2025.

List of mayors

No.	Portrait	Name	Term start	Term end	Party	Notes
1		Henry R. Williams	1850	1851	Whig Party (United States)}}"		Whig
2		Ralph W. Cole	1851	1852	Whig Party (United States)}}"		Whig
3		William H. Withey	1852	1853	Whig Party (United States)}}"		Whig
4		Thomas B. Church	1853	1854	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
5	[[File:Wilder D. Foster (Michigan Congressman).jpg	100px]]	Wilder D. Foster	1854	1855	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
6		Charles Shepard	1855	1856	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
7		John M. Fox	1856	1857	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
8		William T. Powers	1857	1858	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
9		Gilbert M. McCray	1858	1859	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
10		George K. Johnson	1859	1860	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
11		Martin L. Sweet	1860	1861	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
12		George H. White	1861	1862	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
13	[[File:Charles Carter Comstock (Michigan Congressman).jpg	100px]]	Charles C. Comstock	1863	1864	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
14	[[File:Wilder D. Foster (Michigan Congressman).jpg	100px]]	Wilder D. Foster	1865	1866
15		John W. Champlin	1867	1868	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
16		Moses V. Aldrich	1868	1870	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
17		Leonard H. Randall	1871	1871	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
18	[[File:JuliusHouseman2.jpg	100px]]	Julius Houseman	1872	1873	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
19		Peter R. L. Pierce	1873	1874	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
20	[[File:JuliusHouseman2.jpg	100px]]	Julius Houseman	1874	1875	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
21		Peter R. L. Pierce	1875	1876	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
22	[[File:William Montague Ferry Jr repaired.jpg	100px]]	William Montague Ferry	1876	1877
23		George W. Thayer	1877	1878	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
24		Henry S. Smith	1878	1879		Greenback
25		Francis Letellier	1879	1880	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
26		Henry S. Smith	1880	1881		Greenback
27		George G. Steketee	1881	1882	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
28		Edmund B. Dikeman	1882	1883
29		Crawford Angell	1883	1884	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
30	[[File:Charles E. Belknap.jpg	100px]]	Charles E. Belknap	1884	1885	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
31		John L. Curtis	1885	1886		Greenback-Democrat
32		Edmund B. Dikeman	1886	1887	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
33		Isaac M. Weston	1888	1889	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
34		John Killean	1889	1891	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
35	[[File:Edwin F. Uhl.jpg	100px]]	Edwin F. Uhl	1891	1892	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
36		William J. Stuart	1892	1893	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
37	[[File:Ernest B. Fisher.png	100px]]	Ernest B. Fisher	1894	1895	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
38		Charles D. Stebbins	1895	1896	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
39		Lathrop C. Stow	1896	1897	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
40		George R. Perry	1898	1901	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
41		W. Millard Palmer	1902	1903	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
42	[[File:Edwin Forrest Sweet circa 1915.jpg	100px]]	Edwin F. Sweet	1904	1905	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
43		George E. Ellis	1905	1915	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
44		George P. Tilma	1916	1917	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
45		Philo C. Fuller	1917	1918
46		Christian Gallmeyer	1918	1920
47		John McNabb	1921	1922
48		William Oltman	1922	1923
49		Julius Tisch	1923	1924
50		Elvin Swarthout	1924	1926
51		John D. Karel	1930	1933
52		William Timmers	1934	1935
53		Tunis Johnson	1936	1937	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
54	[[File:George W. Welsh.png	100px]]	George W. Welsh	1938	1949	Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican
55	[[File:Stanley J. Davis.png	100px]]	Stanley J. Davis (interim)	1949	1950
56	[[File:Paul Goebel.jpg	100px]]	Paul G. Goebel	1950	1953
57		George Veldman	1954	1955
58	[[File:Paul Goebel.jpg	100px]]	Paul G. Goebel	1956	1957
59	[[File:Stanley J. Davis.png	100px]]	Stanley J. Davis	1958	1963	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
60		C. H. Sonneveldt	1964	1969
61	[[File:Robert Boelens, mayor of Grand Rapids MI.png	100px]]	Robert Boelens	1970	1971
62	[[File:Lyman Parks, mayor of Grand Rapids MI.png	100px]]	Lyman S. Parks	1971	1975
63		Abe L. Drasin	1976	1983
64		Gerald R. Helmholdt	1984	1991
65		John H. Logie	1992	2003
66	[[File:George Heartwell.jpg	100px]]	George Heartwell	2004	2015	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democrat
67		Rosalynn Bliss	2016	2024	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic
68	[[File:Headshot of David.jpg	100px]]	David LaGrand	2025	Present	Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic

References

"Mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan". The Political Graveyard.
Vande Bunte, Matt. (2015-07-15). "57 men who preceded George Heartwell as Grand Rapids mayor".

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