A total of 37 men have served as mayor of Fort Dodge since William Williams was the first person elected to the post in 1869.

The longest serving mayor was Matt Bemrich, who served 16 years from 2010 to 2025.

Albert Habhab served as mayor for 14 years from 1960 to 1974.

At the opposite end of the scale, R.P. Furlong appears to have served as mayor for just one year. He was elected in 1883, but there was another mayoral election in 1884, which returned Richard Meservey to the office for his second term.

Mayors served a two-year term up until the early 1980s.

Here is a list of the mayors of Fort Dodge.

William Williams

J.D. Slauson

Samual Reese

H.A Platt

Richard Meservey

R.P. Furlong

Richard Meservey

G.L. Granger

Charles Blanden

Pearson (His first name isn’t listed in readily available records.)

Northrup

Leo Hyatt

G.L. Granger

E.D. Clagg

S.J. Bennett

A.H. Northrup

S.J. Bennett

C.H. Duncombe

S.J. Bennett

J.F. Ford

A.O. Scott

C.V. Findlay

George Burnet

C.A. Garlock

W.E. Cadwell

J.M. Poole

Henry G. Anderson

Hugh D. McMahon

Marvin B. Vedvig

Albert Habhab

Stephen Rusnak

Herbert S. Conlon

Clyde F. Knupp

James A. Janvrin

Michael D. McCarville

William W. Patterson

Joseph McBride

Gail L. Van Alstine

William W. Patterson

Terry Lutz

Matt Bemrich

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