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This is a list of mayors of Anchorage, 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...

, USA.

Anchorage

Anchorage, Alaska

Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...

was incorporated as a city on November 23, 1920. The Greater Anchorage Area Borough

Borough

A borough is an administrative division in various countries. In principle, the term borough designates a self-governing township although, in practice, official use of the term varies widely....

, 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.

Mayors of City of Anchorage (1920–1975)

Name	Term
Leopold David Leopold David -Biography:Leopold David was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1878. He served in the Philippines in the Spanish-American War, achieving the rank of Sergeant First Class. In 1904, he was assigned to Fort Egbert on the Yukon River near Eagle, Alaska, where he worked as a pharmacist's assistant...	1920–1923
M. Joseph Conroy M. Joseph Conroy Michael Joseph "Joe" Conroy was the second Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, serving from 1923 to 1924.-Biography:...	1923–1924
Charles Bush	1924–1926
Chris M. Eckmann Chris M. Eckmann Chris M. Eckmann was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1926 to 1927.-Biography:Chris Eckmann was born May 27, 1874 in Denmark. He worked in lumber in North Dakota before moving to Seattle to enter the furniture trade in 1906. He married in 1911, and in May 1915, moved to tent city at the site of...	1926–1927
William Clayson William Clayson William Clayson was a Latter-day Saint hymnwriter who wrote the music of "The Day Dawn is Breaking"; "Nearer, Dear Savior, to Thee"; "O Thou Rock of Our Salvation"; "The Iron Rod" and "Oh, What Songs of the Heart"....	1927–1928
Grant Reed Grant Reed Grant Reed was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1928–1929.-Biography:Reed moved to Skagway, Alaska in 1900 to work for the White Pass and Yukon Route...	1928–1929
James Delaney James Delaney (mayor) James Delaney was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1929 to 1932.-Biography:James J. Delaney, Sr. was born in Ireland in 1889. He came to Anchorage, Alaska in 1911 to work on the railroad for the Alaskan Engineering Commission . In 1927, he married Nancy Marie Dillon, also of Ireland...	1929–1932
Oscar S. Gill Oscar S. Gill Oscar S. Gill was an Alaskan Republican politician. He was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1932-1933 and 1934-1936.-Biography:Oscar Stephen Gill was born April 3, 1880 in St. Lawrence, Pennsylvania. He moved with his wife, Emma Dohrman Gill, to Alaska in 1907...	1932–1933
Thomas J. McCroskey Thomas J. McCroskey Thomas J. McCroskey was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1933 to 1934.-Biography:Tom McCroskey was born into a Santa Maria Valley pioneer family in Santa Barbara, California in 1874. He took part in the Fairbanks Gold Rush, moving to Fairbanks, Alaska in 1904 in order to prospect for gold...	1933–1934
Oscar S. Gill	1934–1936
Herbert E. Brown	1936–1937
Joseph H. Romig Joseph H. Romig Joseph Herman Romig was a frontier physician and Moravian Church missionary, who served as Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1937–1938.- Family and missionary work :...	1937–1938
Herbert E. Brown	1938–1940
George Vaara George Vaara George Vaara was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1940 to 1941.-Biography:George Vaara was born May 26, 1899 in Ada, Minnesota. He moved to Anchorage in 1923 and worked as a clerk in a Piggly Wiggly grocery store...	1940–1941
William Alex Stolt William Alex Stolt William Alex "Bill" Stolt served as Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1941-1944.-Biography:William Alex Stolt was born to Finnish parents in Boston, Massachusetts on July 5, 1900. He spent the first ten years of his life in Finland, moving back to the United States after the death of his father, and...	1941–1944
Ray Wolfe Ray Wolfe Ray Wolfe was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1944 to 1945.-Biography:Ray G. Wolfe was born September 23, 1905 in West Liberty, Iowa. He moved to Alaska in January 1927 to work for his uncle in a sheet metal shop at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and C Street...	1944–1945
John E. Manders John E. Manders John E. Manders was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1945–1946 and a leading voice among opponents of Alaskan statehood.-Biography:...	1945–1946
Winfield Ervin, Jr. Winfield Ervin, Jr. -Biography:Ervin was born in 1902 in Portland, Oregon to Winfield Ervin, Sr., a native of Lebanon, Oregon and Theora McNall of Bellingham, Washington. He moved with his family to Lewiston, Idaho and later lived in Bellingham while Ervin, Sr. worked for the Brown and Hawkins Company in Alaska. In...	1946–1946
Francis C. Bowden Francis C. Bowden Francis C. Bowden was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1946 to 1948.-Biography:Francis C. Bowden was born on December 26, 1903 in Roslyn, Washington. He moved to Alaska in 1928 to work for the Curry Hotel on the Alaska Railroad...	1946–1948
Zachariah J. Loussac Zachariah J. Loussac -Biography:Zachariah Joshua Loussac was born to Jewish parents in Pokrov , Russia in 1882. As an engineering student, he came under scrutiny for an interest in "some of the more liberal literature of the time."...	1948–1951
Maynard L. Taylor, Jr. Maynard L. Taylor, Jr. Maynard L. Taylor, Jr. was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1951 to 1955.Maynard Taylor was born March 12, 1917, in Seattle, Washington. He studied architecture at the University of Washington. From 1939 to 1941, he served in the U.S. Army Medical Corps. Taylor moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 1941 to...	1951–1955
Ken Hinchey Ken Hinchey Ken Hinchey was an Alaskan entrepreneur. He served one term as Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1955 to 1956.-Biography:Ken Hinchey was born September 9, 1912 in Fern Hill, Tacoma, Washington. In 1933, he married Nadine Graves, and in 1937 the couple moved to Anchorage, Alaska...	1955–1956
Anton Anderson Anton Anderson Anton Anderson was chief engineer of the Alaska Railroad and served as Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1956 to 1958. He has been called "Mr. Alaska Railroad".-Biography:...	1956–1958
Hewitt Lounsbury Hewitt Lounsbury Hewitt "Hoots" Lounsbury was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1958 to 1959. In 1949, he founded Lounsbury and Associates, a surveying and engineering firm. He had three sons with his wife, Ester: Loren, Joel and Jon. He died at the age of 59 on January 9, 1971 in Honolulu, Hawaii.- External links...	1958–1959
George Byer George Byer George Henry Byer was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1959 to 1961. He was the first full-time mayor of Anchorage, and was chiefly responsible for Anchorage's first two All-America City Award designations.-Biography:...	1959–1961
George Sharrock George Sharrock George Sharrock was Mayor of Anchorage from 1961-1964. He is sometimes known as "The Earthquake Mayor" for having been in office during the devastating Good Friday Earthquake of 1964, and for his work in the aftermath.-Biography:...	1961–1964
Elmer E. Rasmuson Elmer E. Rasmuson Elmer E. Rasmuson was an Alaskan banker and philanthropist. He was Mayor of Anchorage from 1964 to 1967.-Origins and education:...	1964–1967
George M. Sullivan George M. Sullivan George Murray Sullivan was an American politician from the state of Alaska who served as the Mayor of Anchorage from 1967 until 1981.-Early life:...	1967–1975

Mayors of Greater Anchorage Area Borough (1964–1975)

Name	Term
John Asplund	1964–1972
John Roderick	1972–1975

Mayors of Municipality of Anchorage (1975–)

Name	Term
George M. Sullivan George M. Sullivan George Murray Sullivan was an American politician from the state of Alaska who served as the Mayor of Anchorage from 1967 until 1981.-Early life:...	1975–1981
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...	1981–1987
Tom Fink Tom Fink Thomas A. "Tom" Fink is a Republican politician in Alaska. He was Mayor of Anchorage from 1987-1994 and Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1973-1975. He is also a former member of the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board after being appointed by President George W...	1987–1994
Rick Mystrom Rick Mystrom Rick Mystrom is a Republican politician and businessman in Anchorage, Alaska. He was Mayor of Anchorage from 1994 to 2000.-Biography:Mystrom was born in Minnesota and came to Alaska in 1972. In 1975, he established Mystrom/Beck Advertising. In 1982, he received the Small Business Person of the Year...	1994–2000
George Wuerch George Wuerch George P. Wuerch is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He served as mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 2000 to 2003....	July 1, 2000–July 1, 2003
Mark Begich Mark Begich Mark Peter Begich is the junior United States Senator from Alaska and a member of the Democratic Party. A former mayor of Anchorage, he served on the Anchorage Assembly for almost ten years prior to being elected mayor in 2003...	July 1, 2003–January 3, 2009
Matt Claman Matt Claman Matthew W. Claman is a former member of the Anchorage Assembly. In this position, he served as acting mayor of Anchorage, Alaska for the first half of 2009. He succeeded Mark Begich, who was elected to represent Alaska in the U.S. Senate in the 2008 general election...	January 3, 2009–July 1, 2009
Dan Sullivan Dan Sullivan (Alaska) Daniel A. "Dan" Sullivan is the incumbent Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska, the state's largest city. He is a member of the Republican Party and the son of Anchorage's longest-serving mayor, George M. Sullivan. Prior to being elected mayor, he served the maximum of three consecutive terms on the...	July 1, 2009–

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