The title of Mayor of Hill Valley has changed many hands over the history of the town. In their time travels, Marty and Doc observed evidence of four different mayors. In 1885, a man named Hubert was the town's mayor, and asked Doc Brown to help bring the new schoolteacher, Clara Clayton, from the railroad station to the schoolhouse. He also presided over the ceremonies at the Hill Valley Festival, including the starting of the clock that would be placed in the clock tower. Marty did not remain in 1885 long enough to learn Hubert's surname.