The Political Graveyard: Mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan

Mayors of Grand Rapids, Michigan

Mayors of Grand Rapids, 1850-2004 (may be incomplete!)
Henry R. Williams 1850-51 Ralph W. Cole 1851-52 William H. Withey 1852-53 Thomas B. Church 1853-54 Wilder D. Foster 1854-55 Charles Shepard 1855-56 John M. Fox 1856-57 William T. Powers 1857-58 Gilbert M. McCray 1858-59 George K. Johnson 1859-60 Martin L. Sweet 1860-61 George H. White 1861-63 Charles C. Comstock 1863-65 Wilder D. Foster 1865-67 John W. Champlin 1867-68 Moses V. Aldrich 1868-71 Leonard H. Randall 1871-72 Julius Houseman 1872-73 Peter R. L. Peirce 1873-74 Julius Houseman 1874-75 Peter R. L. Peirce 1875-77 George W. Thayer 1877-78 Henry S. Smith 1878-79 Francis Letellier 1879-80 Henry S. Smith 1880-81 George G. Steketee 1881-82 Edmund B. Dikeman 1882-83 Crawford Angell 1883-84 Charles E. Belknap 1884-85 John L. Curtiss 1885-86 Edmund B. Dikeman 1886-88 Isaac M. Weston 1888-89 John Killean 1889-90 Edwin F. Uhl 1890-92 William J. Stuart 1892-94 Ernest B. Fisher 1894-95 Charles D. Stebbins 1895-96 Lathrop C. Stow 1896-98 George R. Perry 1898-1902 W. Millard Palmer 1902-04 Edwin F. Sweet 1904-06 George E. Ellis 1906-16 George P. Tilma 1916 Philo C. Fuller 1917 Christian Gallmeyer 1918-19 John McNabb 1920-21 William Oltman 1922 Julius Tisch 1923 Elvin Swarthout 1924-30 John D. Karel 1930-33 William Timmers 1934-35 Tunis Johnson 1936-38 George W. Welsh 1938-49 Stanley J. Davis 1949-50 Paul G. Goebel 1950-53 George Veldman 1954-55 Paul G. Goebel 1956-57 Stanley J. Davis 1958-63 C. H. Sonneveldt 1964-69 Robert Boelens 1970-71 Lyman S. Parks 1971-75 Abe L. Drasin 1976-83 Gerald R. Helmholdt 1984-91 John H. Logie 1991- George Heartwell 2004-

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1868: John W. Champlin (Dem), defeated.

1898: Arthur R. Rood (Rep), defeated.

1900 Apr 2: William J. Stuart (Rep), defeated; George R. Perry (Dem), elected.

1902 Apr 7: W. Millard Palmer (Rep), elected; George R. Perry (Dem), defeated.

1908 Apr 6: George E. Ellis (Rep), elected; Charles R. Sligh (Dem), defeated; Sybrant Wesselius (Ind), defeated.

1910 Apr 4: Ate Dykstra, defeated; George E. Ellis (Rep), elected.

1912 Apr 1: George E. Ellis (Rep), elected.

1914 Apr 6: George E. Ellis, elected.

1916 Apr 3: George P. Tilma, elected; George E. Ellis, defeated.

1930 Apr 7: John D. Karel, elected; Elvin Swarthout, defeated.

1932 Apr 4: John D. Karel, elected.

1938 Apr 4: George W. Welsh, elected; Dale Souter, defeated.

Village Presidents of Grand Rapids (may be incomplete!)

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