Rufus Randall Rand Jr. (May 25, 1892 – October 15, 1971)[1] was an American businessman, military officer and politician who served as the first mayor of Wayzata, Minnesota, beginning in 1929.

He was the maternal grandfather of Sheldon Whitehouse, a United States Senator from Rhode Island.

His two grandfathers were State Senator Tobias Mealey and Mayor Alonzo Cooper Rand, of Minneapolis.

During the 1920s he entered politics and served as mayor of Wayzata and built Rand Tower, which is now a Marriot hotel.

[6] He also built the Rufus R. Rand House at Still Pond, a 25000 square foot, 63-room mansion, in 1931 for US$400,000 (equivalent to $8,014,004 in 2023) and sold it to Cargill in 1944.