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Wikipedia / List of mayors of Anchorage, Alaska

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.

List of mayors

City of Anchorage

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

Z. 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

John Asplund

January 1964

October 3, 1972

Jack Roderick

October 3, 1972

September 16, 1975

Municipality of Anchorage

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

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