This is a list of the mayors of Grand Rapids:

• H. R. Williams, 1850
• Ralph W. Cole, 1851
• William H. Withey, 1852
• Thomas B. Church, 1853
• Wilder D. Foster, 1854
• Charles Shepard, 1855
• John M. Fox, 1856
• William T. Powers, 1857
• Gilbert M. McCray, 1858
• George K. Johnson, 1859
• Martin L. Sweet, 1860
• George H. White, 1861-62
• Charles C. Comstock, 1863-64
• Wilder D. Foster, 1865-66
• John W. Champlin, 1867
• Moses V. Aldrich, 1868-70
• Leonard H. Randall, 1871
• Julius Houseman, 1872
• Peter R. L. Peirce, 1873
• Julius Houseman, 1874
• Peter R. L. Peirce, 1875-6
• George W. Thayer, 1877
• Henry S. Smith, 1878
• Fraces Letellier, 1879
• Henry S. Smith, 1880
• George G. Steketee, 1881
• Edmund B. Dikeman, 1882
• Crawford Angell, 1883
• Charles E. Belknap, 1884
• John L. Curtis, 1885
• Edmund B. Dikeman, 1886-7
• Isaac M. Weston, 1888
• John Killean, 1889
• Edwin F. Uhl, 1890-91
• William J. Stuart, 1892-93
• Ernest B. Fisher, 1894
• Charles D. Stebbins, 1895
• Lathrop C. Stow, 1896-97
• George R. Perry, 1898-01
• W. Millard Palmer, 1902-03
• Edwin F. Sweet, 1904-05
• George E. Ellis, 1906-15
• George P. Tilma, 1916-17
• Philo C. Fuller, 1917
• Christian Gallmeyer, 1918-20
• John McNabb, 1920-22
• William Oltman, 1922-23
• Julius Tisch, 1923-24
• Elvin Swarthout, 1924-26
• John D. Karel, 1930-34
• William Timmers, 1934-36
• Tunis Johnson, 1936-38
• George W. Welsh, 1938-1949
• Stanley J. Davis, 1949-50
• Paul G. Goebel, 1950-54
• George Veldman, 1954-56
• Paul G. Goebel, 1956-58
• Stanley J. Davis, 1958-64
• C. H. Sonneveldt, 1964-70
• Robert Boelens, 1970-71
• Lyman S. Parks, 1971-76
• Abe L. Drasin, 1976-84
• Gerald R. Helmholdt, 1984-1992
• John H. Logie, 1992-2003
• George Heartwell, 2004-present