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]
List of mayors
City of Anchorage
No. | Image | Name | Term start | Term end |
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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
Image | Name | Term start | Term end |
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![]() | John Asplund (1913–1994) | January 1964 | October 3, 1972 |
![]() | Jack Roderick (1926–2020) | October 3, 1972 | September 16, 1975 |
Municipality of Anchorage
No. | Image | Name | Term start | Term end | Party affiliation | |
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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
References
- ^ Bell, Chanon (February 2011). "History of County Term Limits" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Association of Counties. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
External links
- Honor Roll of Anchorage Mayors
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Mayors of Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage (1920–75)
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Anchorage (since 1975)
- G. Sullivan
- Knowles
- Fink
- Mystrom
- Wuerch
- Begich
- Claman (acting)
- D. Sullivan
- Berkowitz
- Quinn-Davidson (acting)
- Bronson
- LaFrance
Greater Anchorage Area (1964–75) |
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Chugiak-Eagle River (1974–75) |
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