The mayor of Waterloo, Iowa is the chief executive of city government in Waterloo, Iowa, and chief executive officer of the city and presiding officer of its city council. In addition, the mayor is tasked with supervising various city officers and departments, being the chief operations officer for over 500 city employees, and representing the city ceremonially.
Waterloo holds mayoral elections every two years, in years ending in odd numbers. The current mayor is Dave Boesen, who was elected to succeed Quentin Hart in the 2025 city elections. He was inaugurated as mayor in January 2026.
The following is a list of mayors of the city of Waterloo, Iowa, United States.
Romaine Adrian Whitaker, 1868-1873 Lewis Lichty, 1873-1877, 1882-1885 Matt Parrott, 1877-1880 Joseph Hay Kuhns, 1880-1882, 1885-1889 Samuel J. Hoot, 1889-1893 James M. Groat, 1893-1899 John W. Krapfel, 1899-1901 Philo J. Martin, 1901-1906 John R. Rector, 1906-1908, 1910-1912 Roy Archer Doty, 1908-1910 Rea C. Thompson, 1912-1916, 1918-1919 William Richard "Bob" Law, 1916-1917 Thomas E. Leeper, 1919-1920 Nelson Woodruff Frisbie, 1920-1921 Stephen D. Brown, 1921-1922 Andrew Earl Gnagy, c.1922-1926 Glenn A. Tibbitts, c.1926-1929 Dr. Edward E. Peek, c.1929-1930 Melanthon J. Morgan, c.1930-1936 Ralph B. Slippy, c.1936-1946 Stanley B. Shane, c.1946 Knapp F. Matthews, c.1946-1947 Robert R. Buckmaster, c.1947-1948 William Bailey Barnes, c.1948-1950 Lawrence A. "Pat" Touchae, c.1950-1956 Glenn S. Stech, c.1956-1958 Ed Jochumsen, c.1958-1965 Lloyd L. Turner, c.1966-1973 Leo P. Rooff, c.1974-1983 Delman "Del" Bowers, c.1984-1985 Bernard (Bernie) L. McKinley, c.1986-1991 Albert (Al) C. Manning Jr., c.1992-1993 John R. Rooff III, 1994-2003 Timothy J. Hurley, 2004-2009 Buck Clark, 2010-2015 Quentin M. Hart, 2016-2025 Dave Boesen, 2026-present
See also Waterloo history
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