List of mayors of Moorhead, Minnesota explained

The following is a list of the Mayors of Moorhead, Minnesota.

No.	Image	Mayor	Term	Notes	Ref.
1		Henry A. Bruns^[1]	1882–1884	Resigned	^[2]	^[3]
2		John Erickson^[4] ^[5]	1884–1885	Elected in special election to fill term
			1885–1886
3		Patrick H. Lamb^[6]	1886–1889
4		Erich Hanson	1889–1891	Died in office
5		William R. Tillotson^[7]	1892–1893
6		Arthur G. Lewis^[8]	1893–1896
7		Samuel Frazer	1896–1897	Resigned
-		Jacob Kiefer	1897	Acting mayor
8		Arthur G. Lewis	1897–1898
9		Jacob Kiefer^[9]	1898–1900
10		Hans H. Aaker^[10]	1900–1901
11		William R. Tillotson	1901–1903
12		Ralph Pederson	1903–1905
13		Carroll A. Nye^[11]	1905–1907
14		Edwin. J. Wheeler^[12]	1907–1909
15		William H. Davy^[13]	1909–1913
16		O. C. Beck^[14]	1913–1915
17		J. W. Vincent	1915–1917
18		Nels N. Melvy	1917–1919
19		Dr. Edward W. Humphrey^[15]	1919–1921
20		Clarence I. Evenson^[16] ^[17]	1921–1923
21		Christian G. Dosland^[18]	1923–1927
22		Dr. Bottolf T. Bottolfson^[19]	1927–1929
23		Herman Nordlie^[20]	1929–1931
24		Clarence I. Evenson	1931–1933
25		Edward W. Humphrey	1933–1941
26		Rudy Bergland	1941–1947
27		Alex J. Nemzek^[21]	1948–1949
28		F. Ralph Hollands	1950–1951
29		Henry C. Steining^[22]	1952–1953	Sometimes spelled Stiening
30		Thornley F. Wells^[23]	1954–1957	Died in office
31		I. T. Stenerson	1957	Appointed by city council to fill term
			1958–1961
32		Dr. Bottolf T. Bottolfson	1962–1963
33		Richard M. Stordahl^[24]	1964–1971
34		Dwaine Hoberg^[25]	1972–1977
35		Wayne Ingersoll^[26]	1978–1979
36		Morris L. Lanning	1980–2001
37	left	Mark Voxland	2002–2013
38		Del Rae Williams	2014–2018
39	left	Jonathan Judd^[27] ^[28]	2019–2021	Resigned, appointed 7th Judicial District Court Judge
40		Shelley Carlson	2021–2022	Appointed by city council to fill term
			2023-present

See also

• List of mayors of Fargo, North Dakota

References

1. Web site: Bruns and Finkle Grain Elevator, Moorhead MNopedia . 2024-08-08 . www.mnopedia.org.
2. Book: A Century Together: A History of Fargo, North Dakota and Moorhead, Minnesota . Fargo-Moorhead Centennial Corporation . 1975 . 162 . en . August 7, 2024.
3. Web site: City of Moorhead : Mayors . 2024-08-07 . www.cityofmoorhead.com.
4. Web site: Moorhead Brewing Company MNopedia . 2024-08-08 . www.mnopedia.org.
5. Web site: Tribune . Reid Forgrave Star . Was Moorhead once a destination for drunks? . 2024-08-08 . Star Tribune.
6. Web site: 2011-01-22 . Patrick H. Lamb Minnesota Bricks . 2024-08-08 . www.mnbricks.com . en-US.
7. https://www.hcscconline.org/uploads/1/1/4/2/114274013/tillotson-william-ripley.pdf "William Ripley Tillotson"
8. Web site: Keywords: Arthur G. Lewis, 1860-1900 - Minnesota Digital Library Search Results . 2024-08-08 . collection.mndigital.org.
9. News: 1898-03-16 . Jacob Kiefer . 2024-08-08 . The Saint Paul Globe . 5.
10. Web site: Concordia Presidents . 2024-08-08 . CONCORDIA COLLEGE ARCHIVES . en.
11. Web site: 2011-01-22 . Carroll A. Nye Minnesota Bricks . 2024-08-08 . www.mnbricks.com . en-US.
12. Web site: 2023-07-14 . Biography of Edwin J. Wheeler of Moorehead Minnesota – Minnesota Genealogy . 2024-08-08 . en-US.
13. Web site: 2022-06-16 . Biography of W. H. Davy of Moorhead, Minnesota – Minnesota Genealogy . 2024-08-08 . en-US.
14. Web site: https://www.griggscountyhistoricalsociety.com/online/jervell/english/beck_o_c.php . 2024-08-08 . www.griggscountyhistoricalsociety.com.
15. Web site: Dr. Humphrey's Movies . 2024-08-08 . Historical and Cultural Society of Clay County . en.
16. Web site: Libraries . University of Minnesota . Minnesota Historical Election Archive . 2024-08-08 . Minnesota Historical Election Archive . en.
17. Web site: Evenson, Clarence I. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present . 2024-08-08 . www.lrl.mn.gov.
18. http://www.minnesotalegalhistoryproject.org/assets/1-Christian%20Dosland.pdf "Christian G. Dosland"
19. https://red.mnstate.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1003&context=buildings "Hagen Hall Dedication Program"
20. News: May 22, 1953 . Nordlie Retires After 44 Years At Concordia . August 7, 2024 . The Concordian . 1.
21. Web site: Alex J. "Sliv" Nemzek (1961) - Hall of Fame . 2024-08-08 . MSU Moorhead Athletics . en.
22. Web site: Stiening, Henry C. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present . 2024-08-08 . www.lrl.mn.gov.
23. http://www.bakkeconsulting.com/regional_oralhistory/transcripts/Wells_Thornley.pdf "Interview with Thornley Wells"
24. Web site: 2013-03-25 . Former Moorhead mayor Richard 'Ray' Stordahl dies at age 87 . 2024-08-08 . InForum . en.
25. Web site: Hoberg, Dwaine H. - Legislator Record - Minnesota Legislators Past & Present . 2024-08-08 . www.lrl.mn.gov.
26. Web site: Nelson . T. J. . 2023-01-10 . Five Former Moorhead Mayors Attend Swearing In Ceremony . 2024-08-07 . KVRR Local News . en-US.
27. Web site: 2020-07-16 . Welcoming tough conversations about race in Moorhead . 2024-08-07 . MPR News . en.
28. Web site: 2024-08-08 . Moorhead's mayor is set to resign in February to take on a judicial role. What happens next? - InForum Fargo, Moorhead and West Fargo news, weather and sports . 2024-08-08 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240808030553/https://www.inforum.com/news/moorheads-mayor-is-set-to-resign-in-february-to-take-on-a-judicial-role-what-happens-next . 2024-08-08 .