List of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan

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Mayor of the City of Grand Rapids
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Incumbent
Rosalynn Bliss
since January 1, 2016
Formation1850
First holderHenry R. Williams
Website https://www.grandrapidsmi.gov/Government/Elected-Officials/Mayor-Rosalynn-Bliss

This is a list of mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan . [1] [2] The current mayor is Rosalynn Bliss, who was sworn into office on January 1, 2016.

No.PortraitNameTerm startTerm endParty
Henry R. Williams18501851Whig
Ralph W. Cole18511852Whig
William H. Withey18521853Whig
Thomas B. Church18531854Democratic
Wilder D. Foster (Michigan Congressman).jpg Wilder D. Foster 18541855Republican
Charles Shepard18551856Republican
John M. Fox18561857Democratic
William T. Powers 18571858Democratic
Gilbert M. McCray18581859Democratic
George K. Johnson18591860Democratic
Martin L. Sweet18601861Republican
George H, White18611862Democratic
Charles Carter Comstock (Michigan Congressman).jpg Charles C. Comstock 18631864Democratic
Wilder D. Foster (Michigan Congressman).jpg Wilder D. Foster 18651866
John W. Champlin18671868Democratic
Moses V. Aldrich18681870Republican
Leonard H. Randall18711871Democratic
JuliusHouseman2.jpg Julius Houseman 18721873Democratic
Peter R. L. Pierce18731874Republican
JuliusHouseman2.jpg Julius Houseman 18741875Democratic
Peter R. L. Pierce18751876Republican
William Montague Ferry Jr repaired.jpg William Montague Ferry 18761877
George W. Thayer18771878Democratic
Henry S. Smith18781879Greenback
Francis Letellier18791880Republican
Henry S. Smith18801881Greenback
George G. Steketee18811882Republican
Edmund B. Dikeman18821883
Crawford Angell18831884Democratic
Charles E. Belknap.jpg Charles E. Belknap 18841885Republican
John L. Curtis18851886Greenback-Democrat
Edmund B. Dikeman18861887Democratic
Isaac M. Weston18881889Democratic
John Killean18891891Democratic
Edwin F. Uhl.jpg Edwin F. Uhl 18911892Democratic
William J. Stuart18921893Republican
Ernest B. Fisher.png Ernest B. Fisher18941895Republican
Charles D. Stebbins18951896Democratic
Lathrop C. Stow18961897Republican
George R. Perry18981901Democratic
W. Millard Palmer19021903Republican
Edwin Forrest Sweet circa 1915.jpg Edwin F. Sweet 19041905Democratic
George E. Ellis19051915Republican
George P. Tilma19161917Republican
Philo C. Fuller19171918
Christian Gallmeyer19181920
John McNabb19211922
William Oltman19221923
Julius Tisch19231924
Elvin Swarthout19241926
John D. Karel19301933
William Timmers19341935
Tunis Johnson19361937Democratic
George W. Welsh.png George W. Welsh 19381949Republican
Stanley J. Davis.png Stanley J. Davis 19491950
Paul Goebel.jpg Paul G. Goebel 19501953
George Veldman19541955
Paul Goebel.jpg Paul G. Goebel 19561957
Stanley J. Davis.png Stanley J. Davis 19581963Democratic
C. H. Sonneveldt19641969
Robert Boelens19701971
Lyman S. Parks 19711975
Abe L. Drasin19761983
Gerald R. Helmholdt19841991
John H. Logie 19922003
George Heartwell.jpg George Heartwell 20042015Democrat
Rosalynn Bliss 2016PresentDemocratic

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References

  1. ↑ "Mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved 10 March 2010.
  2. ↑ Vande Bunte, Matt (2015-07-15). "57 men who preceded George Heartwell as Grand Rapids mayor". mlive. Retrieved 2021-01-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
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