List of mayors of Anchorage, Alaska

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Incumbent mayor David Bronson

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.[1]

Mayors of the City of Anchorage[]

No. Image Name Term start Term end
1 Leopold David.jpg Leopold David November 26, 1920 April 11, 1923
2 No image.svg M. Joseph Conroy April 11, 1923 October 8, 1924
3 Charles W. Bush 1924 Anchorage.jpg Charles Bush October 8, 1924 January 1, 1926
4 No image.svg Chris M. Eckmann January 1, 1926 May 9, 1927
5 No image.svg Will Clayson May 9, 1927 April 9, 1928
6 No image.svg Grant Reed April 9, 1928 April 10, 1929
7 James Delaney Anchorage 1924.jpg James Delaney April 10, 1929 April 11, 1932
8 No image.svg Oscar S. Gill April 11, 1932 April 7, 1933
9 No image.svg Thomas J. McCroskey April 7, 1933 January 1, 1934
10 No image.svg Oscar S. Gill January 1, 1934 April 11, 1936
11 No image.svg April 11, 1936 April 12, 1937
12 No image.svg Joseph H. Romig April 12, 1937 April 11, 1938
13 No image.svg April 11, 1938 April 8, 1940
14 No image.svg George Vaara April 8, 1940 April 9, 1941
15 No image.svg William Alex Stolt April 9, 1941 April 10, 1944
16 No image.svg Ray Wolfe April 10, 1944 April 9, 1945
17 No image.svg John E. Manders April 9, 1945 March 18, 1946
18 No image.svg Winfield Ervin, Jr.
(Acting) 		March 19, 1946 April 8, 1946
19 No image.svg Francis C. Bowden April 8, 1946 April 12, 1948
20 Z. J. Loussac in later life.jpg Zachariah J. Loussac April 12, 1948 October 8, 1951
21 No image.svg Maynard L. Taylor, Jr. October 8, 1951 October 12, 1955
22 No image.svg Ken Hinchey October 12, 1955 May 1, 1956
23 No image.svg Anton Anderson May 1, 1956 October 21, 1958
24 No image.svg Hewitt Lounsbury
(Acting) 		October 21, 1958 October 7, 1959
25 George Byer as Anchorage mayor, 1959.jpg George Byer October 7, 1959 October 9, 1961
26 No image.svg George Sharrock October 9, 1961 October 12, 1964
27 No image.svg Elmer E. Rasmuson October 12, 1964 October 9, 1967
28 No image.svg George M. Sullivan October 9, 1967 September 16, 1975

Mayors of Greater Anchorage Area Borough[]

Image Name Term start Term end
No image.svg
(1913–1994) 		January 1964 October 3, 1972
Jack Roderick Mayor of Anchorage.jpg "Jack" Roderick
(1926–2020) 		October 3, 1972 September 16, 1975

Mayors of the Municipality of Anchorage[]

No. Image Name Term start Term end Party affiliation
29 No image.svg George M. Sullivan September 16, 1975 December 31, 1981   Republican
30 GovTonyKnowles (1).jpg Tony Knowles January 1, 1982 December 31, 1987   Democratic
31 Tom Fink 1975 (1).jpg Tom Fink January 1, 1988 June 30, 1994   Republican
32 No image.svg Rick Mystrom July 1, 1994 June 30, 2000   Republican
33 George Wuerch 2003 (1).jpeg George Wuerch July 1, 2000 June 30, 2003   Republican
34 Mark Begich, Mayor of Anchorage hi res (1).jpg Mark Begich July 1, 2003 January 2, 2009   Democratic
35 Matt Claman (3932786742).jpg Matt Claman
(Acting) 		January 3, 2009 July 1, 2009   Democratic
36 Dan Sullivan (mayor).jpg Daniel A. Sullivan July 2, 2009 June 30, 2015   Republican
37 Ethan Berkowitz (27438918357).jpg Ethan Berkowitz July 1, 2015 October 23, 2020   Democratic
38 No image.svg Austin Quinn-Davidson
(Acting) 		October 23, 2020 July 1, 2021   Independent
39 Dave bronson (1).jpg Dave Bronson July 1, 2021 Incumbent   Republican

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Bell, Chanon (February 2011). "History of County Term Limits" (PDF). Washington, D.C.: National Association of Counties. Retrieved April 9, 2019.

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