List of mayors of Anchorage, Alaska
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This is a list of mayors of Anchorage, Alaska, United States. Anchorage was incorporated as a city on November 23, 1920. The Greater Anchorage Area Borough, which encompassed the city, was created in January 1964. The two were merged in a unified government called the Municipality of Anchorage on September 15, 1975. Under the current mayoral system, the mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage is elected in a non-partisan election to a three-year term and they are limited to two terms in office.[1]
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List of mayors
editCity of Anchorage
editNo. | Image | Name | Term start | Term end |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leopold David | November 26, 1920 | April 11, 1923 | |
2 | M. Joseph Conroy | April 11, 1923 | October 8, 1924 | |
3 | Charles Bush | October 8, 1924 | January 1, 1926 | |
4 | Chris M. Eckmann | January 1, 1926 | May 9, 1927 | |
5 | Will Clayson | May 9, 1927 | April 9, 1928 | |
6 | Grant Reed | April 9, 1928 | April 10, 1929 | |
7 | James Delaney | April 10, 1929 | April 11, 1932 | |
8 | Oscar S. Gill | April 11, 1932 | April 7, 1933 | |
9 | Thomas J. McCroskey | April 7, 1933 | January 1, 1934 | |
10 | Oscar S. Gill | January 1, 1934 | April 11, 1936 | |
11 | Herbert E. Brown | April 11, 1936 | April 12, 1937 | |
12 | Joseph H. Romig | April 12, 1937 | April 11, 1938 | |
13 | Herbert E. Brown | April 11, 1938 | April 8, 1940 | |
14 | George Vaara | April 8, 1940 | April 9, 1941 | |
15 | William Alex Stolt | April 9, 1941 | April 10, 1944 | |
16 | Ray Wolfe | April 10, 1944 | April 9, 1945 | |
17 | John E. Manders | April 9, 1945 | March 18, 1946 | |
- | Winfield Ervin Jr. (Acting) |
March 19, 1946 | April 8, 1946 | |
18 | Francis C. Bowden | April 8, 1946 | April 12, 1948 | |
19 | Zachariah J. Loussac | April 12, 1948 | October 8, 1951 | |
20 | Maynard L. Taylor Jr. | October 8, 1951 | October 12, 1955 | |
21 | Ken Hinchey | October 12, 1955 | May 1, 1956 | |
22 | Anton Anderson | May 1, 1956 | October 21, 1958 | |
- | Hewitt Lounsbury (Acting) |
October 21, 1958 | October 7, 1959 | |
23 | George Byer | October 7, 1959 | October 9, 1961 | |
24 | George Sharrock | October 9, 1961 | October 12, 1964 | |
25 | Elmer E. Rasmuson | October 12, 1964 | October 9, 1967 | |
26 | George M. Sullivan | October 9, 1967 | September 16, 1975 |
Greater Anchorage Area Borough
editImage | Name | Term start | Term end |
---|---|---|---|
John Asplund (1913–1994) |
January 1964 | October 3, 1972 | |
Jack Roderick (1926–2020) |
October 3, 1972 | September 16, 1975 |
Municipality of Anchorage
editNo. | Image | Name | Term start | Term end | Party affiliation | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | George M. Sullivan | September 16, 1975 | December 31, 1981 | Republican | ||
2 | Tony Knowles | January 1, 1982 | December 31, 1987 | Democratic | ||
3 | Tom Fink | January 1, 1988 | June 30, 1994 | Republican | ||
4 | Rick Mystrom | July 1, 1994 | June 30, 2000 | Republican | ||
5 | George Wuerch | July 1, 2000 | June 30, 2003 | Republican | ||
6 | Mark Begich | July 1, 2003 | January 3, 2009 | Democratic | ||
- | Matt Claman (Acting) |
January 3, 2009 | July 1, 2009 | Democratic | ||
7 | Daniel A. Sullivan | July 2, 2009 | June 30, 2015 | Republican | ||
8 | Ethan Berkowitz | July 1, 2015 | October 23, 2020 | Democratic | ||
- | Austin Quinn-Davidson (Acting) |
October 23, 2020 | July 1, 2021 | Independent | ||
9 | Dave Bronson | July 1, 2021 | July 1, 2024 | Republican | ||
10 | Suzanne LaFrance | July 1, 2024 | Incumbent | Independent |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Bell, Chanon (February 2011). "History of County Term Limits" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Association of Counties. Retrieved April 9, 2019.