Lieutenant Governor of Alaska
The lieutenant governor of Alaska is the deputy elected official to the governor of the U.S. state of Alaska. Unlike most lieutenant governors in the U.S., the office also maintains the duties of a secretary of state, and indeed was named such until August 25, 1970.[1] Prior to statehood, the territorial-era Secretary of Alaska, who was appointed by the president of the United States like the governor, functioned as an acting governor or successor-in-waiting. Currently, the lieutenant governor accedes to the governorship in case of a vacancy.[2] The lieutenant governor runs separately from the governor in the primaries, but after the primaries, the nominees run together as a slate.
No. | Lieutenant Governor | Term in office | Party | Election | Governor[a] | |||
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—[3] | Hugh Wade | January 3, 1959 – December 5, 1966 |
Democratic | 1958 | William A. Egan | |||
1962 | ||||||||
—[4] | Keith Harvey Miller | December 5, 1966 – January 29, 1969 |
Republican | 1966 [b] |
Wally Hickel | |||
1[5] | Robert W. Ward | January 29, 1969 – December 7, 1970 |
Republican | Keith Harvey Miller | ||||
2 | H. A. Boucher | December 7, 1970 – December 2, 1974 |
Democratic | 1970 | William A. Egan | |||
3 | Lowell Thomas Jr. | December 2, 1974 – December 4, 1978 |
Republican | 1974 | Jay Hammond | |||
4 | Terry Miller | December 4, 1978 – December 6, 1982 |
Republican | 1978 | ||||
5 | Steve McAlpine | December 6, 1982 – December 3, 1990 |
Democratic | 1982 | Bill Sheffield | |||
1986 | Steve Cowper | |||||||
6 | Jack Coghill | December 3, 1990 – December 5, 1994 |
Alaskan Independence | 1990 | Wally Hickel | |||
7 | Fran Ulmer | December 5, 1994 – December 2, 2002 |
Democratic | 1994 | Tony Knowles | |||
1998 | ||||||||
8 | Loren Leman | December 2, 2002 – December 4, 2006 |
Republican | 2002 | Frank Murkowski | |||
9 | Sean Parnell | December 4, 2006 – July 26, 2009 |
Republican | 2006 [c] |
Sarah Palin | |||
— | Vacant | July 26, 2009 – August 10, 2009 |
— | Sean Parnell | ||||
10 | Craig Campbell | August 10, 2009 – December 6, 2010 |
Republican | |||||
11 | Mead Treadwell | December 6, 2010 – December 1, 2014 |
Republican | 2010 | ||||
12 | Byron Mallott | December 1, 2014 – October 16, 2018 |
Democratic | 2014 [d] |
Bill Walker | |||
13 | Valerie Davidson | October 16, 2018 – December 3, 2018 |
Independent | |||||
14 | Kevin Meyer | December 3, 2018 – Present |
Republican | 2018 [e] |
Mike Dunleavy |
Notes[]
- ^ Lieutenant governors have all represented the same party as their governor.
- ^ Hickel resigned and Miller succeeded him; as commissioner of administration, Ward succeeded Miller.
- ^ Palin resigned and Parnell succeeded her.[6] Joe Schmidt, commissioner of the Department of Corrections and Palin's designated replacement for Parnell, refused the position. Campbell was appointed as "Temporary Substitute Lieutenant Governor" on July 26, 2009, and was confirmed by the Alaska Legislature August 10, 2009.[7]
- ^ Mallott resigned, citing inappropriate comments he had made to a woman; Davidson, Commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services, was appointed to succeed him.[8]
- ^ Meyer's first term expires on December 5, 2022.
References[]
- Constitution
- "Constitution of the State of Alaska". Alaska State Legislature. 1956. Archived from the original on October 3, 2017. Retrieved October 12, 2017.
- Specific
- ^ AK Const. amendments
- ^ "The Constitution of the State of Alaska". Lieutenant Governor of Alaska. Retrieved August 22, 2019.
- ^ Didn't hold title of Lieutenant Governor
- ^ Didn't hold title of Lieutenant Governor
- ^ First to assume newly established title of Lieutenant Governor. Doing so on August 25, 1970
- ^ "Sean Parnell". National Governors Association. Retrieved November 24, 2018.
- ^ Forgey, Pat (August 11, 2009). "Campbell answers concerns, wins strong approval: New lieutenant governor no longer temporary, acting". Archived from the original on March 5, 2016. Retrieved November 26, 2018.
- ^ DeMarban, Alex (October 17, 2018). "Valerie Davidson, Alaska's new lieutenant governor, has a long history fighting for Native issues". Anchorage Daily News. Anchorage, Alaska. Retrieved October 22, 2018.
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Categories:
- Lieutenant Governors of Alaska
- Lists of Alaska politicians
- Lists of state lieutenant governors of the United States
- 1959 establishments in Alaska