This is a list of people who have served as lieutenant governor

Lieutenant governor (United States)

In the United States, 43 of the 50 states have a separate, full-time office of lieutenant governor. In most cases, the lieutenant governor is the highest officer of state after the governor, standing in for that officer when he or she is absent from the state or temporarily incapacitated...

 of the U.S. state

U.S. state

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 of Alaska

Alaska

Alaska is the largest state in the United States by area. It is situated in the northwest extremity of the North American continent, with Canada to the east, the Arctic Ocean to the north, and the Pacific Ocean to the west and south, with Russia further west across the Bering Strait...

 since statehood in 1959. Prior to statehood, the territorial

Alaska Territory

The Territory of Alaska was an organized incorporated territory of the United States that existed from August 24, 1912, until January 3, 1959, when it was admitted to the Union as the State of Alaska...

-era Secretary of Alaska, who was appointed by the president of the United States

President of the United States

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 like the governor, functioned as an acting governor or successor-in-waiting like the present-day lieutenant governor does. Waino Edward Hendrickson

Waino Edward Hendrickson

Waino Edward Hendrickson was an American Republican politician, the final Governor of the Territory of Alaska....

, the territory's last appointed Secretary, twice served as acting governor. In statehood, the position was referred to as Secretary of State until a constitutional amendment changing the name was approved by voters on August 25, 1970. In Alaska, the lieutenant governor runs separately from the governor in the primaries, but after the primaries, the nominee for governor and nominee for lieutenant governor run together as a slate

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Lieutenant Governors of Alaska

Lieutenant Governor	Party	Term	Governor(s) served under
Hugh Wade Hugh Wade Hugh Joseph Wade was the first Lieutenant Governor of Alaska from 1959 to 1966.-External links:* Photo of Hugh and Madge Wade with Bob Bartlett and John F. Kennedy...	Democratic Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	1959–1966	William A. Egan William Allen Egan William Allen Egan was an American Democratic politician. He served as the first Governor of the State of Alaska from January 3, 1959 to 1966, and the fourth Governor from 1970 to 1974...
Keith Miller Keith Harvey Miller Keith Harvey Miller is an American Republican politician from Alaska. Miller was the second Lieutenant Governor of Alaska under Walter Hickel from 1966 until Hickel's resignation to become U.S. Secretary of Interior in the Cabinet of President Richard M...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	1966–1969	Walter J. Hickel Walter Joseph Hickel Walter Joseph "Wally" Hickel was an industrialist, focused mostly on construction and real estate development, and a politician of the Republican and Alaskan Independence parties from the U.S. state of Alaska. Hickel served as the second and eighth Governor of Alaska...
Robert W. Ward Robert W. Ward Robert Walter Ward was an electrician, business and government executive, and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Alaska...	Republican	1969–1970	Keith Miller
H. A. "Red" Boucher H. A. Boucher Henry Aristide "Red" Boucher, Jr. was the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska from 1970 to 1974. He had also served as mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska from 1966 to 1970, and in the Alaska House of Representatives...	Democratic	1970–1974	William A. Egan
Lowell Thomas, Jr. Lowell Thomas, Jr. Lowell Jackson Thomas, Jr. is a film and television producer who collaborated with his father, the accomplished reporter and author Lowell Thomas, on several projects before becoming an Alaskan State Senator in the early 1970s, and later the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska .In the 1980s, he...	Republican	1974–1978	Jay Hammond Jay Hammond Jay Sterner Hammond was an American politician of the Republican Party, who served as the fourth Governor of Alaska from 1974 to 1982.-Early life:...
Terry Miller Terry Miller (politician) Terry Miller was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, 1978–1982.Miller was born in San Francisco, California. His father, Conrad B. Miller, came to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1949 and soon began work as a fur trader in rural Alaska...	Republican	1978–1982	Jay Hammond
Stephen McAlpine Stephen McAlpine Stephen Alan McAlpine was the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Alaska from 1982 to 1990.Stephen McAlpine was born in Yakima, Washington, the fourth child of Robert E. and Myrtle B. McAlpine. He attended school in Yakima, but two years at Maryknoll Seminary in Mt. View, California...	Democratic	1982–1990	Bill Sheffield
			Steve Cowper Steve Cowper Steve Cowper is an American Democratic politician who was the sixth Governor of Alaska of Alaska from 1986 to 1990. He graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and later served in the Alaska House of Representatives before being elected governor.Cowper served as Governor at...
Jack Coghill Jack Coghill John Bruce "Jack" Coghill was the eighth lieutenant governor of Alaska, serving from 1990 to 1994 under Governor Walter Hickel. Both were members of the Alaskan Independence Party...	Alaskan Independence Alaskan Independence Party The Alaskan Independence Party is a political party in the U.S. state of Alaska that advocates an in-state referendum which includes the option of Alaska becoming an independent country...	1990–1994	Walter J. Hickel
Fran Ulmer Fran Ulmer Frances Ann "Fran" Ulmer is an administrator and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. She is currently the chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage...	Democratic	1994–2002	Tony Knowles Tony Knowles (politician) Anthony Carroll Knowles is an American Democratic politician and businessman who served as the seventh Governor of Alaska from December 1994 to December 2002. Barred from seeking a third consecutive term as governor in 2002, he ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2004 and again for governor in...
Loren Leman Loren Leman Loren Dwight Leman was the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, traces his family history in Alaska to a marriage in Kodiak more than 200 years ago between a Russian shipbuilder and an Alutiiq woman from Afognak...	Republican	2002–2006	Frank Murkowski Frank Murkowski Francis Hughes Murkowski is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was a United States Senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2002 and the eighth Governor of Alaska from 2002 until 2006.- Early life and career :...
Sean Parnell Sean Parnell Sean R. Parnell is an American Republican politician who is the tenth and current Governor of Alaska. He succeeded Sarah Palin following her resignation, and was sworn in at the Governor's Picnic in Fairbanks on July 26, 2009...	Republican	2006-2009	Sarah Palin Sarah Palin Sarah Louise Palin is an American politician, commentator and author. As the Republican Party nominee for Vice President in the 2008 presidential election, she was the first Alaskan on the national ticket of a major party and first Republican woman nominated for the vice-presidency.She was...
Craig Campbell Craig Campbell (politician) Craig Eaton Campbell was the 12th Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, holding the office from August 10, 2009 through December 6 2010. Prior to that date, he was "temporary substitute" lieutenant governor for several weeks until being confirmed in the position by the State Legislature...	Republican	2009-2010	Sean Parnell Sean Parnell Sean R. Parnell is an American Republican politician who is the tenth and current Governor of Alaska. He succeeded Sarah Palin following her resignation, and was sworn in at the Governor's Picnic in Fairbanks on July 26, 2009...
Mead Treadwell Mead Treadwell Mead Treadwell is the 13th and current Lieutenant Governor of Alaska and former Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission.- Work with the Arctic Research Commission :...	Republican	2010-present	Sean Parnell Sean Parnell Sean R. Parnell is an American Republican politician who is the tenth and current Governor of Alaska. He succeeded Sarah Palin following her resignation, and was sworn in at the Governor's Picnic in Fairbanks on July 26, 2009...

Living former lt. governors

, seven former lt. governors were alive. The oldest living lt. governor is Lowell Thomas, Jr.

Lowell Thomas, Jr.

Lowell Jackson Thomas, Jr. is a film and television producer who collaborated with his father, the accomplished reporter and author Lowell Thomas, on several projects before becoming an Alaskan State Senator in the early 1970s, and later the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska .In the 1980s, he...

 (1974–1978, born 1923). The most recent death of a former lt. governor was that of H. A. Boucher

H. A. Boucher

Henry Aristide "Red" Boucher, Jr. was the fourth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska from 1970 to 1974. He had also served as mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska from 1966 to 1970, and in the Alaska House of Representatives...

 (1970–1974), on June 19, 2009. The most recently-serving lt. governor to die was Terry Miller

Terry Miller (politician)

Terry Miller was the sixth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, 1978–1982.Miller was born in San Francisco, California. His father, Conrad B. Miller, came to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1949 and soon began work as a fur trader in rural Alaska...

 (1978–1982), on April 13, 1989.

Lt. Governor	Lt. Gubernatorial term	Date of birth
Keith H. Miller Keith Harvey Miller Keith Harvey Miller is an American Republican politician from Alaska. Miller was the second Lieutenant Governor of Alaska under Walter Hickel from 1966 until Hickel's resignation to become U.S. Secretary of Interior in the Cabinet of President Richard M...	1966–1969	March 01, 1925 (age 86)
Lowell Thomas, Jr. Lowell Thomas, Jr. Lowell Jackson Thomas, Jr. is a film and television producer who collaborated with his father, the accomplished reporter and author Lowell Thomas, on several projects before becoming an Alaskan State Senator in the early 1970s, and later the fifth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska .In the 1980s, he...	1974–1978	October 06, 1923 (age 88)
Stephen McAlpine Stephen McAlpine Stephen Alan McAlpine was the seventh Lieutenant Governor of Alaska from 1982 to 1990.Stephen McAlpine was born in Yakima, Washington, the fourth child of Robert E. and Myrtle B. McAlpine. He attended school in Yakima, but two years at Maryknoll Seminary in Mt. View, California...	1982–1990	May 23, 1949 (age 62)
Jack Coghill Jack Coghill John Bruce "Jack" Coghill was the eighth lieutenant governor of Alaska, serving from 1990 to 1994 under Governor Walter Hickel. Both were members of the Alaskan Independence Party...	1990–1994	September 24, 1925 (age 86)
Fran Ulmer Fran Ulmer Frances Ann "Fran" Ulmer is an administrator and Democratic politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. She is currently the chancellor of the University of Alaska Anchorage...	1994–2002	February 01, 1947 (age 65)
Loren Leman Loren Leman Loren Dwight Leman was the tenth Lieutenant Governor of Alaska, traces his family history in Alaska to a marriage in Kodiak more than 200 years ago between a Russian shipbuilder and an Alutiiq woman from Afognak...	2002–2006	December 02, 1950 (age 61)
Sean Parnell Sean Parnell Sean R. Parnell is an American Republican politician who is the tenth and current Governor of Alaska. He succeeded Sarah Palin following her resignation, and was sworn in at the Governor's Picnic in Fairbanks on July 26, 2009...	2006–2009	November 19, 1962 (age 49)