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Administrators and Governors of
Alaska
Some believe the first American administrator of Alaska
was Polish immigrant Włodzimierz Krzyżanowski. However, the Anchorage Daily
News was unable to find any conclusive information to support this claim
| Commander |
Took office |
Left office |
| United States Army |
| Col.
Jefferson C. Davis |
October 18, 1867 |
August 31, 1870 |
| Capt.
George K. Brady |
September 1, 1870 |
September 22, 1870 |
| Maj.
John C. Tidball |
September 23, 1870 |
September 19, 1871 |
| Maj.
Harvey A. Allen |
September 20, 1871 |
January 3, 1873 |
| Maj.
Joseph Stewart |
January 4, 1873 |
April 20, 1874 |
| Capt.
George R. Rodney |
April 21, 1874 |
August 16, 1874 |
| Capt.
Joseph B. Campbell |
August 17, 1874 |
June 14, 1876 |
| Maj.
John Mendenhall |
June 15, 1876 |
March 4, 1877 |
| Capt.
Arthur Morris |
March 5, 1877 |
June 14, 1877 |
| United States Department of the
Treasury |
|
Montgomery P. Berry |
June 14, 1877 |
August 13, 1877 |
|
H.C. DeAhna |
August 14, 1877 |
March 26, 1878 |
|
Mottrom D. Ball |
March 27, 1878 |
June 13, 1879 |
| United States Navy |
| Capt.
Lester A. Beardslee |
June 14, 1879 |
September 12, 1880 |
| Cmdr
Henry Glass |
September 13, 1880 |
August 9, 1881 |
| Cmdr.
Edward P. Lull |
August 10, 1881 |
October 18, 1881 |
| Cmdr.
Henry Glass |
October 19, 1881 |
March 12, 1882 |
| Cmdr.
Frederick Pearson |
March 13, 1882 |
October 3, 1882 |
| Cmdr.
Edgar C. Merriman |
October 4, 1882 |
September 13, 1883 |
| Cmdr.
Joseph Coghlan |
September 15, 1883 |
September 13, 1884 |
| Lt. Cmdr.
Henry E. Nichols |
September 14, 1884 |
September 15, 1884 |
Governors of
the District of Alaska
On May 17, 1884, the Department of Alaska was
redesignated the District of Alaska, an incorporated but unorganized territory
with a civil government. The governor was appointed by the President of the
United States.
| Governor |
Took office |
Left office |
Appointed by |
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John Henry Kinkead |
July 4,
1884 |
May 7,
1885 |
Chester A. Arthur |
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Alfred P. Swineford |
May 7,
1885 |
April 20,
1889 |
Grover
Cleveland |
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Lyman Enos Knapp |
April 20,
1889 |
June 18,
1893 |
Benjamin Harrison |
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James Sheakley |
June 18,
1893 |
June 23,
1897 |
Grover
Cleveland |
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John Green Brady |
June 23,
1897 |
March 2,
1906 |
William McKinley |
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Wilford Bacon Hoggatt |
March 10,
1906 |
May 20,
1909 |
Theodore Roosevelt |
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Walter Eli Clark |
May 20,
1909 |
April 18,
1913 |
William Howard Taft |
Governors of
the Territory of Alaska
The District of Alaska was organized into Alaska
Territory on August 24, 1912. Governors continued to be appointed by the
President of the United States. During World War II, parts of the Aleutian
Islands were occupied by Imperial Japan from June 5, 1942, to June 28, 1943.
| Governor |
Took office |
Left office |
Appointed by |
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John Franklin Alexander Strong |
April 18,
1913 |
April 12,
1918 |
Woodrow Wilson |
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Thomas Riggs, Jr. |
April 12,
1918 |
June 16,
1921 |
Woodrow Wilson |
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Scott Cordelle Bone |
June 16,
1921 |
August
16, 1925 |
Warren
G. Harding |
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George Alexander Parks |
August
16, 1925 |
April 19,
1933 |
Calvin
Coolidge |
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John Weir Troy |
April 19,
1933 |
December
6, 1939 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
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Ernest Gruening |
December
6, 1939 |
April 10,
1953 |
Franklin Delano Roosevelt |
|
B. Frank Heintzleman |
April 10,
1953 |
January
3, 1957 |
Dwight
D. Eisenhower |
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Waino Edward Hendrickson |
January
3, 1957 |
April 8,
1957 |
Acting |
|
Mike Stepovich |
April 8,
1957 |
August 9,
1958 |
Dwight
D. Eisenhower |
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Waino Edward Hendrickson |
August 9,
1958 |
January
3, 1959 |
Acting |
Governors of the
State of Alaska
Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959.
The state constitution provides for the election of a
governor and lieutenant governor every four years on the same ticket, with their
terms commencing on the first Monday in the December following the election.
Governors are allowed to succeed themselves once, having to wait four years
after their second term in a row before being allowed to run again. Should
the office of governor become vacant, the lieutenant governor assumes the title
of governor. The original constitution of 1956 created the office of secretary
of state, which was functionally identical to a lieutenant governor, and was
renamed to "lieutenant governor" in 1970.
There have been six governors from the Republican Party,
five from the Democratic Party, and one, Wally Hickel, who was elected under the
Alaskan Independence Party during his second period in office. Many Republicans
were unhappy with the choice of Arliss Sturgulewski as their party's candidate
for governor in the 1990 election, and Hickel was able to attract their votes.
However, he never held the AIP's secessionist ideals, and switched back to the
Republican Party eight months before his term ended.
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| # |
Governor |
Term start |
Term end |
Party |
Lieutenant Governor |
| 1 |
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William Allen Egan |
January 3, 1959 |
December 5, 1966 |
Democratic |
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Hugh Wade |
| 2 |
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Wally Hickel |
December 5, 1966 |
January 29, 1969 |
Republican |
|
Keith Harvey Miller |
| 3 |
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Keith Harvey Miller |
January 29, 1969 |
December 7, 1970 |
Republican |
|
Robert W. Ward |
| 1 |
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William Allen Egan |
December 7, 1970 |
December 2, 1974 |
Democratic |
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H. A. Boucher |
| 4 |
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Jay Hammond |
December 2, 1974 |
December 6, 1982 |
Republican |
|
Lowell Thomas, Jr. |
| |
Terry Miller |
| 5 |
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Bill Sheffield |
December 6, 1982 |
December 1, 1986 |
Democratic |
|
Stephen McAlpine |
| 6 |
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Steve Cowper |
December 1, 1986 |
December 3, 1990 |
Democratic |
|
Stephen McAlpine |
| 2 |
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Wally Hickel |
December 3, 1990 |
December 5, 1994 |
Alaskan Independence |
|
Jack Coghill |
| |
Republican |
| 7 |
|
Tony Knowles |
December 5, 1994 |
December 2, 2002 |
Democratic |
|
Fran Ulmer |
| 8 |
|
Frank Murkowski |
December 2, 2002 |
December 4, 2006 |
Republican |
|
Loren Leman |
| 9 |
|
Sarah Palin |
December 4, 2006 |
July 26, 2009 |
Republican |
|
Sean Parnell |
| 10 |
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Sean Parnell |
July 26, 2009 |
December 1, 2014 |
Republican |
|
Craig Campbell |
| |
Mead Treadwell |
| 11 |
|
Bill Walker |
December 1, 2014 |
Incumbent |
Independent |
|
Byron Mallott |
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