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.PortraitNameTerm startTerm endPartyNotes1Henry R. Williams18501851Whig2Ralph W. Cole18511852Whig3William H. Withey18521853Whig4Thomas B. Church18531854Democratic5Wilder D. Foster18541855Republican6Charles Shepard18551856Republican7John M. Fox18561857Democratic8William T. Powers18571858Democratic9Gilbert M. McCray18581859Democratic10George K. Johnson18591860Democratic11Martin L. Sweet18601861Republican12George H. White18611862Democratic13Charles C. Comstock18631864Democratic14Wilder D. Foster1865186615John W. Champlin18671868Democratic16Moses V. Aldrich18681870Republican17Leonard H. Randall18711871Democratic18Julius Houseman18721873Democratic19Peter R. L. Pierce18731874Republican20Julius Houseman18741875Democratic21Peter R. L. Pierce18751876Republican22William Montague Ferry1876187723George W. Thayer18771878Democratic24Henry S. Smith18781879Greenback25Francis Letellier18791880Republican26Henry S. Smith18801881Greenback27George G. Steketee18811882Republican28Edmund B. Dikeman1882188329Crawford Angell18831884Democratic30Charles E. Belknap18841885Republican31John L. Curtis18851886Greenback-Democrat32Edmund B. Dikeman18861887Democratic33Isaac M. Weston18881889Democratic34John Killean18891891Democratic35Edwin F. Uhl18911892Democratic36William J. Stuart18921893Republican37Ernest B. Fisher18941895Republican38Charles D. Stebbins18951896Democratic39Lathrop C. Stow18961897Republican40George R. Perry18981901Democratic41W. Millard Palmer19021903Republican42Edwin F. Sweet19041905Democratic43George E. Ellis19051915Republican44George P. Tilma19161917Republican45Philo C. Fuller1917191846Christian Gallmeyer1918192047John McNabb1921192248William Oltman1922192349Julius Tisch1923192450Elvin Swarthout1924192651John D. Karel1930193352William Timmers1934193553Tunis Johnson19361937Democratic54George W. Welsh19381949Republican55Stanley J. Davis (interim)1949195056Paul G. Goebel1950195357George Veldman1954195558Paul G. Goebel1956195759Stanley J. Davis19581963Democratic60C. H. Sonneveldt1964196961Robert Boelens1970197162Lyman S. Parks19711975First African American mayor63Abe L. Drasin19761983First Jewish mayor64Gerald R. Helmholdt1984199165John H. Logie1992200366George Heartwell20042015Democrat67Rosalynn Bliss20162024DemocraticFirst woman mayor68David LaGrand2025PresentDemocratic
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