This is a list of mayors of Fairbanks

Fairbanks

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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...

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Fairbanks

Fairbanks, Alaska

Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage...

 was founded in 1901 and was incorporated as a city on November 10, 1903. The Fairbanks North Star Borough, which encompasses the city and several surrounding towns and villages, was established by an act of the Alaska State Legislature in 1963 (Chapter 52, Session Laws of Alaska 1963), and incorporated on January 1, 1964. The borough seat is in Fairbanks.

Mayors of City of Fairbanks

The city mayor was originally elected from amongst the council. This was later changed to the mayor being elected separately by voters for a two year term, but serving as a figurehead, as the city was administered by a manager. The mayor began serving as the chief administrator of city government, serving a three year term, in 1992.

• 2010-present: Jerry Cleworth
• 2007-2010: Terry Strle
• 2001-2007: Steve M. Thompson
• 1992-2001: James C. Hayes
• 1990-1992: Wayne S. Nelson
• 1988-1990: James D. Nordale
• 1982-1988: Bill Walley
• 1980-1982: Ruth E. Burnett
• 1978-1980: William Ransom Wood
  William Ransom Wood
  William Ransom Wood was an influential figure in the history of the University of Alaska and of Fairbanks, Alaska....
  
  
• 1972-1978: Harold Gillam
• 1970-1972: Julian C. Rice
• 1966-1970: Henry Aristide "Red" Boucher
• 1965-1966: Sylvia Ringstad
• 1962-1965: Darrell Brewington
• 1960-1962: Joseph M. Ribar
• 1957-1960: Päul B. Haggland
• 1954-1957: Douglas Preston
• 1952-1954: Ralph J. Rivers
• 1950-1952: Robert Hoopes
• 1949-1950: Maurice Johnson
• 1948-1949: Ray Kohler
• 1945-1948: Alfeld Hjalmar Nordale
• 1943-1945: Howard G. Hughes
• 1940-1943: William Growden
• 1938-1940: Arthur Leslie Nerland
• 1934-1938: E.B. Collins
• 1933-1934: Arnold Nordale
• 1931-1933: Jessie F. Bryant
• 1925-1931: F. De La Vergne
• 1923-1925: Thomas A. Marquam
• 1922-1923: R.W. Ferguson
• 1921-1922: C.H. Woodward
• 1919-1921: A.L. Wilbur
• 1918-1919: E.E. Suter
• 1917-1918: Henry T. Ray
• 1917: G.M. Smith
• 1916-1917: R.R. Meyers
• 1915-1916: Andrew Nerland
• 1913-1915: Murray T. Smith
• 1913: E.C. Heacock
• 1912-1913: Dan Driscoll
• 1911-1912: F.S. Gordon
• 1910-1911: A.J. Nordale
• 1909-1910: Mel Sabin
• 1909: Joseph Smith
• 1908-1909: Fred Carter
• 1907-1908: J. Barrack
• 1906-1907: B.D. Mills
• 1903-1906: E.T. Barnette
  E.T. Barnette
  Elbridge Truman Barnette , Yukon riverboat captain, banker, and swindler, founded the city of Fairbanks, Alaska and served as its first mayor.-Biography:...
  
  

Mayors of Fairbanks North Star Borough

The borough mayor's position was originally titled chairman, rather than mayor, until the mid 1970s, given the structure which the legislature had originally established for organized boroughs. The term of office had changed from two years to three years at around the same time.

• 2009-present: Luke T. Hopkins
• 2003-2009: Jim Whitaker
  Jim whitaker
  Norris J. "Jim" Whitaker is an American politician of the Republican Party who served as mayor of Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, from 2003 to 2009. Prior to his mayoral term, Whitaker served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1999 to 2003. In October 2003 he was elected borough...
  
  
• 2000-2003: Rhonda Boyles
• 1997-2000: Hank Hove
• 1991-1997: Jim Sampson
• 1985-1991: Juanita Helms
• 1982-1985: Bill Allen
• 1968-1982: John A. Carlson
• 1966-1968: Harold Gillam
• 1964-1966: John D. Schleppegrell