List of Governors of Alaska

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This is a list of the governors of the U.S. state of Alaska, of the Territory of Alaska and of the District of Alaska, and the military commanders of the Department of Alaska, as well as the governors of Russian America.

1 Governors of Russian America (1790–1867)
2 Commanders of Department of Alaska (1868–1884)
3 District governors (1884–1912)
4 Territorial governors (1912–1959)
5 State governors (1959–)
6 Notes
7 See also
8 External links

[edit] Governors of Russian America (1790–1867)

Governor	Term
Aleksandr Andreyevich Baranof	1790–1818
Leonty Andrianovich Gagemeister	1818
Semyon Ivanovich Yanovski	1818–1820
Matvey Ivanovich Muravyev	1820–1825
Pyotr Igorovich Chistyakov	1825–1830
Baron Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel	1830–1835
Ivan Antonovich Kupreianov	1835–1840
Adolf Karlovich Etolin	1840–1845
Mikhail Dmitriyevich Tebenkov	1845–1850
Nikolai Yakovlevich Rosenberg	1850–1853
Aleksandr Ilich Rudakov	1853–1854
Stepan Vasiliyevich Voyevodski	1854–1859
Ivan Vasiliyevich Furugelm	1859–1863
Prince Dmitri Petrovich Maksutov	1863–1867

[edit] Commanders of Department of Alaska (1868–1884)

The Department of Alaska was administered by U.S. Army officers from 1868 until 1877, when the Army was withdrawn from Alaska. Two years followed in which there was no federal presence in Alaska at all. From 1879 Alaska fell under the purview of the U.S. Navy and Revenue Cutter Service, and administered by the captains of naval vessels.

Commander	Term
Brevet Maj. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis, USA	1868–1870
Brevet Lt. Col. George K. Brady, USA	1870
Major John C. Tidball, USA	1870–1871
Major Harvey A. Allen, USA	1871–1872
Major Joseph Steward, USA	1872–1874
Captain George B. Rodney, USA	1874
Captain Joseph B. Campbell, USA	1874–1876
Captain John Mendenhall, USA	1876–1877
Captain Arthur Morris, USA	1877
none	1877–1879
Commander Lester A. Beardslee, USN	1879–1881
Commander Henry Glass, USN	1881
Lt. Cmdr. Edward P. Lull, USN	1881–1882
Commander Henry Glass, USN	1881–1882
Commander Frederick Pearson, USN	1882
Commander Edgar C. Merriman, USN	1882–1883
Commander Joseph B. Coghlan, USN	1883–1884
Commander Albert G. Caldwell, USN	1884
Lt. Cmdr. Henry E. Nichols, USN	1884

[edit] District governors (1884–1912)

Governor	Party	Term
John Henry Kinkead	Republican	1884–1885
Alfred P. Swineford	Democratic	1885–1889
Lyman Enos Knapp	Republican	1889–1893
James Sheakley	Democratic	1893–1897
John Green Brady		1897–1906
Wilford Bacon Hoggatt	Republican	1906–1909
Walter Eli Clark	Republican	1909–1912

[edit] Territorial governors (1912–1959)

Governor	Party	Term
Walter Eli Clark	Republican	1912–1913
John Franklin Alexander Strong	Democratic	1913–1918
Thomas Christmas Riggs, Jr.	Democratic	1918–1921
Scott Cordelle Bone	Republican	1921–1925
George Alexander Parks	Republican	1925–1933
John Weir Troy	Democratic	1933–1939
Ernest Gruening	Democratic	1939–1953
Lt. Gen. Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., USA^[1]		1941–1944
Benjamin Franklin Heintzleman	Republican	1953–;1957
Waino Edward Hendrickson	Republican	1957
Michael Anthony Stepovich	Republican	1957–1958
Waino Edward Hendrickson	Republican	1958–1959

[edit] State governors (1959–)

Alaska became a state on January 3, 1959. The four–year term of governor begins and ends on the first Monday of December.

Governor	Party	Term
William A. Egan	Democratic	January 3, 1959 - December 5, 1966
Walter J. Hickel^[2]	Republican	December 5, 1966 - January 29, 1969
Keith Miller	Republican	January 29, 1969 - December 5, 1970
William A. Egan	Democratic	December 5, 1970 - December 2, 1974
Jay Hammond	Republican	December 2, 1974 – December 6, 1982
Bill Sheffield	Democratic	December 6, 1982 - December 1, 1986
Steve Cowper	Democratic	December 1, 1986 – December 2, 1990
Walter J. Hickel	Alaskan Independence/Republican^[3]	December 3, 1990 – December 5, 1994
Tony Knowles	Democratic	December 5, 1994 – December 2, 2002
Frank Murkowski	Republican	December 2, 2002 – December 4, 2006
Sarah Palin	Republican	December 4, 2006 - present

[edit] Notes

^ Buckner was military commander of Alaska for most of World War II.
^ Resigned January 29, 1969 to become Secretary of the Interior.
^ Switched to Republican Party in April 1994.

[edit] See also

List of Lieutenant Governors of Alaska

[edit] External links

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List of Governors of Alaska

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[edit] Governors of Russian America (1790–1867)

[edit] Commanders of Department of Alaska (1868–1884)

[edit] District governors (1884–1912)

[edit] Territorial governors (1912–1959)

[edit] State governors (1959–)

[edit] Notes

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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