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.
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Governors of Russian America (1790–1867)
| Governor | Term |
|---|---|
| Aleksandr Andreevich Baranof | 1790–1818 |
| Leonti Andreanovich Hagemeister | 1818 |
| Semen Ivanovich Yanovski | 1818–1820 |
| Matvei I. Muraviev | 1820–1825 |
| Peter Egorovich Chistiakov | 1825–1830 |
| Baron F.P. Wrangell | 1830–1835 |
| Ivan Antonovich Kupreanov | 1835–1840 |
| Adolph Karlovich Etolin | 1840–1845 |
| Michael D. Tebenkov | 1845–1850 |
| Nikolai Y. Rosenberg | 1850–1853 |
| Alexsandr Ilich Rudakov | 1853–1854 |
| Stephen Vasili Voevodski | 1854–1859 |
| Ivan V. Furnhelm | 1859–1863 |
| Prince Dmitri Maksutov | 1863–1867 |
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The Department of Alaska was administered by U.S. Army officers from 1868 until 1877, when the Army was withdrawn from Alaska.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 Major General Jefferson C. Davis, USA | 1868–1870 |
| Brevet Lieutenant Colonel 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 |
District Governors (1884–1912)
| Governor | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| John Henry Kinkead | Republican | 1884–1885 |
| Alfred P. Swineford | Democrat | 1885–1889 |
| Lyman Enos Knapp | Republican | 1889–1893 |
| James Sheakley | Democrat | 1893–1897 |
| John Green Brady | 1897–1906 | |
| Wilford Bacon Hoggatt | Republican | 1906–1909 |
| Walter Eli Clark | Republican | 1909–1912 |
Territorial Governors (1912–1959)
| Governor | Party | Term |
|---|---|---|
| Walter Eli Clark | Republican | 1912–1913 |
| John Franklin Alexander Strong | Democrat | 1913–1918 |
| Thomas Christmas Riggs, Jr. | Democrat | 1918–1921 |
| Scott Cordelle Bone | Republican | 1921–1925 |
| George Alexander Parks | Republican | 1925–1933 |
| John Weir Troy | Democrat | 1933–1939 |
| Ernest Gruening | Democrat | 1939–1953 |
| Lieutenant General Simon Bolivar Buckner, Jr., USA1 | 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 |
1 Buckner was the military commander of Alaska during most of World War II.
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 | Democrat | 1959–1966 |
| Walter J. Hickel1 | Republican | 1966–1969 |
| Keith H. Miller | Republican | 1969–1970 |
| William A. Egan | Democrat | 1970–1974 |
| Jay S. Hammond | Republican | 1974–1982 |
| William J. Sheffield | Democrat | 1982–1986 |
| Steve C. Cowper | Democrat | 1986–1990 |
| Walter J. Hickel | Alaskan Independence Party, then Republican2 | 1990–1994 |
| Tony Knowles | Democrat | 1994–2002 |
| Frank H. Murkowski | Republican | 2002— |
1 Resigned as Governor to become Secretary of the Interior on January 29, 1969.
2 Switched to the Republican Party in April 1994.
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