Valley Junction/West Des Moines Mayors

1893 -1894      T.J. Morrison (Unincorporated)

1894 – 1896    C.L. Miller (Incorporated Valley Junction)

1896 – 1900    J.H. Adams

1900 – 1902    M.M. Scheuer

1902 – 1904    B.F. Brian

1904 – 1906    Willam Bellaires

1906 – 1907    C.E. Diehl

1907 – 1908    A.H. Minnis

1908 – 1910    George Gray

1910 – 1912    Jess Compton

1912 – 1913    George Gray

1913 – 1914    F.D. Hadden

1914 – 1918    Charles W. Burt

1918 – 1919    W. H. Field

1919 – 1922    John Connell

1922 – 1923    Charles H. Mahoney

1923 – 1924    J.L. Yount

1924 – 1928    J. S. Compton

1924 – 1934    Peter L. Riley

1934 (3 days) Samuel L. Polonetzky

1934 – 1941    Peter L. Riley

1941 – 1946    J.L. Mitchell

1946 – 1947    H.S. Hammond

1947 – 1948    L.K. Shepard

1948 – 1950    George W. Jenkins

1950 – 1960    Chauncy Giles

1960 – 1961    I.C. Vermeulen

1961 – 1967    Henry Gering

1967 – 1968    Richard Sharpnack

1968 – 1970    Sherwin Sankey

1970 – 1978    Murray Drake

1978 – 1992    George M. Mills

1992 (appointed) James B. Fleming

1993 – 1997     Dino Rodish

1997 – 2006    Gene Meyer

2007 (appointed) Rick Messerschmidt

2007 – 2021    Steve Gaer

2021 –             Russ Trimble