List of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan Facts for Kids

Quick facts for kids Mayor of the City of Grand Rapids
Flag of the City of Grand Rapids
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Incumbent David LaGrand since January 1, 2025
Formation	1850
First holder	Henry R. Williams
Website	https://www.grandrapidsmi.gov/Government/Elected-Officials/David-LaGrand: https://www.grandrapidsmi.gov/Government/Elected-Officials/David-LaGrand

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.

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

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