What is truly remarkable about this feat is that, unlike the rest of the country, Mackinac Island holds an election every year. Aside from a brief college stint in Mount Pleasant, Mayor Doud has lived on the island her whole life. Even if Margaret hadn't been mayor for 50 years, she would still be a fixture on the island. She took over operations of the hotel in 1975, the same year she became mayor, and has done double-duty ever since. While she isn't the longest-serving mayor in US history (that title goes to Hilmar Moore of Texas, who served 63 years), her enigma of a term is just another reason Mackinac Island is one of theA Look Inside the Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island