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 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 |
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The Department of Alaska was administered by U.S. Army officers from 1868 until 1877, when the Army was withdrawn from Alaska.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 |
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 |
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., USABuckner was military commander of Alaska for most of World War II. | 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 |
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 | 1959–1966 |
| Walter J. HickelResigned January 29, 1969 to become Secretary of the Interior. | Republican | 1966–1969 |
| Keith Miller | Republican | 1969–1970 |
| William A. Egan | Democratic | 1970–1974 |
| Jay Hammond | Republican | 1974–1982 |
| Bill Sheffield | Democratic | 1982–1986 |
| Steve Cowper | Democratic | 1986–1990 |
| Walter J. Hickel | Alaskan Independence/RepublicanSwitched to Republican Party in April 1994. | 1990–1994 |
| Tony Knowles | Democratic | 1994–2002 |
| Frank Murkowski | Republican | 2002– |
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