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 end1Leopold DavidNovember 26, 1920April 11, 19232M. Joseph ConroyApril 11, 1923October 8, 19243Charles BushOctober 8, 1924January 1, 19264Chris M. EckmannJanuary 1, 1926May 9, 19275Will ClaysonMay 9, 1927April 9, 19286Grant ReedApril 9, 1928April 10, 19297James DelaneyApril 10, 1929April 11, 19328Oscar S. GillApril 11, 1932April 7, 19339Thomas J. McCroskeyApril 7, 1933January 1, 193410Oscar S. GillJanuary 1, 1934April 11, 193611Herbert E. BrownApril 11, 1936April 12, 193712Joseph H. RomigApril 12, 1937April 11, 193813Herbert E. BrownApril 11, 1938April 8, 194014George VaaraApril 8, 1940April 9, 194115William Alex StoltApril 9, 1941April 10, 194416Ray WolfeApril 10, 1944April 9, 194517John E. MandersApril 9, 1945March 18, 1946-Winfield Ervin Jr.(Acting)March 19, 1946April 8, 194618Francis C. BowdenApril 8, 1946April 12, 194819Z. J. LoussacApril 12, 1948October 8, 195120Maynard L. Taylor Jr.October 8, 1951October 12, 195521Ken HincheyOctober 12, 1955May 1, 195622Anton AndersonMay 1, 1956October 21, 1958-Hewitt Lounsbury(Acting)October 21, 1958October 7, 195923George ByerOctober 7, 1959October 9, 196124George SharrockOctober 9, 1961October 12, 196425Elmer E. RasmusonOctober 12, 1964October 9, 196726George M. SullivanOctober 9, 1967September 16, 1975

Greater Anchorage Area Borough Image Name Term start Term endJohn AsplundJanuary 1964October 3, 1972Jack RoderickOctober 3, 1972September 16, 1975

Municipality of Anchorage Image Name Term start Term endParty affiliation1George M. SullivanSeptember 16, 1975December 31, 1981 Republican2Tony KnowlesJanuary 1, 1982December 31, 1987 Democratic3Tom FinkJanuary 1, 1988June 30, 1994 Republican4 Rick MystromJuly 1, 1994June 30, 2000 Republican5George WuerchJuly 1, 2000June 30, 2003 Republican6Mark BegichJuly 1, 2003January 3, 2009 Democratic -Matt Claman(Acting)January 3, 2009July 1, 2009 Democratic7Daniel A. SullivanJuly 2, 2009June 30, 2015 Republican8Ethan BerkowitzJuly 1, 2015October 23, 2020 Democratic - Austin Quinn-Davidson(Acting)October 23, 2020July 1, 2021 Independent9Dave BronsonJuly 1, 2021July 1, 2024 Republican10Suzanne LaFranceJuly 1, 2024Incumbent Independent

See also History of Anchorage, Alaska Timeline of Anchorage, Alaska

References

External links Honor Roll of Anchorage Mayors