List of mayors of Traverse City, Michigan
Mayors
Traverse City has been a city since 1895. Here are the mayors since then:

List of mayors of Traverse City, Michigan

Section Title: Mayors
Table Section Text: Traverse City has been a city since 1895. Here are the mayors since then:

Number	Name	Year(s)	Notes

1	Perry Hannah	1895	Perry Hannah was the first Mayor of Traverse City, Michigan. He previously served as village president prior to the changeover to a mayoral system.

2	Harry C. Davis	1896	Namesake of Davis Street

3	William W. Smith	1897–1898

4	Frank Hamilton	1899	Namesake of Hamilton Street

5	Alfred V. Friedrich	1900

6	John Patchin	1901

7	Oscar P. Carver	1902	Namesake of Carver Street

8	John R. Santo	1903	Namesake of Santo Street

9	Elisha J. Fulghum	1904

10	A.V. Friedrich	1905–1907

11	William D.C. Germaine	1908–1909	This was his first term. He was the owner, editor, and publisher of the weekly newspaper, the Traverse City Transcript.

12	Emanuel Wilhelm	1910–1911

13	William D.C. Germaine	1912	This was his second term.

14	John G. Straub	1913

15	C.L. Greilick	1914–1915	Namesake of Camp Greilick in East Bay Township

16	Edward Lautner	1916–1917	Namesake of Lautner Road

17	Lafayette Swanton	1918–1922

18	James T. Milliken	1923–1928	Father of future governor William Milliken.

19	George W. Lardie	1929–1930

20	Charles C. Wells	1931–1932

21	E.L. Thirlby	1933–1934	Namesake of Thirlby Field

22	Moses Orville Champney	1935–1936	He was born on 14 March 1887 in Birmingham, Ohio. He died on 12 July 1952 in Traverse City, Michigan.

23	Conrad H. Foster	1937–1938

24	Adolph LaFranier	1939–1940	Namesake of LaFranier Road

25	Orr E. Mead	1941

26	Delmer R. Zimmerman	1942

27	J.E. Ehrenberger	1943

28	Carl Anderson	1944

29	Ben H. Koenig	1945

30	F.G. Swartz	1946–1947

31	Hugh J. Johnson	1948

32	Peter Clancy	1949

33	Wilbur G. Watson	1950

34	Julius C. Sleder	1951

35	Jack D. Nelson	1952

36	J. Kent Wright	1953

37	Charles H. Round	1954

38	Frank H. Power	1955–1956

39	A.R. Jacobs	1957

40	J.H. Stevens	1958

41	Fritz Coppens	1959

42	H.R. Murchie	1960	Namesake of Murchie Bridge

43	Frank L. Stulen	1961	Namesake of Parsons-Stulen Building

44	Larry Hardy	1962

45	Robert H. Chase	1963

46	Ralph Puclipher	1964

47	Kenneth Lindsay	1965

48	Carter B. Strong	1966

49	Vincent Fochtman	1967

50	Royce Kephart	1968

51	Nick Rajkovich	1969

52	William K. Lynch	1970

53	John Rokos	1971

54	Richard Purvis	1972

55	John W. Rennie	1973

56	Carl Huffman	1974

57	Diane C. Gilbo	1975

58	Raymond L. Sutton	1976

59	Howard A. Bartling	1977

60	Peter C. Dendrinos	1978	Namesake of Dendrinos Center and Dendrinos Drive

61	Calvin G. Martin	1979

62	Norman A. Kline	1980

63	Lawrence A. Muzzarelli	1981–1982

64	Carol J. Hale	1983

65	Frederick D. Nelson	1984

66	Phillip E. Orth	1985

67	Gerald M. Williams	1986

68	Geraldine D. Greene	1987

69	Bryan J. Crough	1988

70	Phillip E. Rodgers Jr.	1989

71	Al Ritchie	1990

72	Jim F. Tompkins Jr.	1991

73	Peter T. Taylor	1992

74	Linda M. Johnson	1993

75	Jack E. Boynton	1994

76	Jim F. Tompkins Jr.	1995

77	Peter T. Taylor	1996

78	Shelley A. Kester	1996

79	Phillip E. Orth	1997

80	Larry Hardy	1998

81	Jim F. Tompkins Jr.	1999

82	Linda Smyka	2000

83	Larry Hardy	2001

84	Margaret B. Dodd	2001–2003

85	Linda Smyka	2003–2005

86	Michael Estes	2005–2007	One term, first time in office.

87	Chris M. Bzdok	2009–2011

88	Michael Estes	2011–2015	Two terms, second time in office.

89	Jim Carruthers	2015–	Jim Carruthers is the current mayor. Has had two terms.

Sentence(s)

Stulen was the mayor of Traverse City, Michigan, in 1961.

final_sentence: Stulen was the mayor of Traverse City, Michigan, in 1961.