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.[1]

Mayors of the City of Anchorage
Nr. Image Name Term start Term end
1 Leopold David November 26, 1920 April 11, 1923
2 M. Joseph Conroy April 11, 1923 October 8, 1924
3 Charles Bush October 8, 1924 January 1, 1926
4 Chris M. Eckmann January 1, 1926 May 9, 1927
5 Will Clayson May 9, 1927 April 9, 1928
6 Grant Reed April 9, 1928 April 10, 1929
7 James Delaney April 10, 1929 April 11, 1932
8 Oscar S. Gill April 11, 1932 April 7, 1933
9 Thomas J. McCroskey April 7, 1933 January 1, 1934
10 Oscar S. Gill January 1, 1934 April 11, 1936
11 Herbert E. Brown April 11, 1936 April 12, 1937
12 Joseph H. Romig April 12, 1937 April 11, 1938
13 Herbert E. Brown April 11, 1938 April 8, 1940
14 George Vaara April 8, 1940 April 9, 1941
15 William Alex Stolt April 9, 1941 April 10, 1944
16 Ray Wolfe April 10, 1944 April 9, 1945
17 John E. Manders April 9, 1945 March 18, 1946
18 Winfield Ervin, Jr.
(Acting)		 March 19, 1946 April 8, 1946
19 Francis C. Bowden April 8, 1946 April 12, 1948
20 Zachariah J. Loussac April 12, 1948 October 8, 1951
21 Maynard L. Taylor, Jr. October 8, 1951 October 12, 1955
22 Ken Hinchey October 12, 1955 May 1, 1956
23 Anton Anderson May 1, 1956 October 21, 1958
24 Hewitt Lounsbury
(Acting)		 October 21, 1958 October 7, 1959
25 George Byer October 7, 1959 October 9, 1961
26 George Sharrock October 9, 1961 October 12, 1964
27 Elmer E. Rasmuson October 12, 1964 October 9, 1967
28 George M. Sullivan October 9, 1967 September 16, 1975

Mayors of Greater Anchorage Area Borough
Image Name Term start Term end
John M. Asplund
(1913–1994)		 January 1964 October 3, 1972
"Jack" Roderick
(1926–2020)		 October 3, 1972 September 16, 1975

Mayors of the Municipality of Anchorage
Nr. Image Name Term start Term end
29 George M. Sullivan September 16, 1975 December 31, 1981
30 Tony Knowles January 1, 1982 December 31, 1987
31 Tom Fink January 1, 1988 June 30, 1994
32 Rick Mystrom July 1, 1994 June 30, 2000
33 George Wuerch July 1, 2000 June 30, 2003
34 Mark Begich July 1, 2003 January 2, 2009
35 Matt Claman
(Acting)		 January 3, 2009 July 1, 2009
36 Daniel A. Sullivan July 2, 2009 June 30, 2015
37 Ethan Berkowitz July 1, 2015 October 23, 2020
38 Austin Quinn-Davidson
(Acting)		 October 23, 2020 Incumbent

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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