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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
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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