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