Historical Record
Previous Governors of Alaska
Governors who previously held office in Alaska, with term dates and party affiliation.
← View all statesMike DunleavyRepublican2018–2026
Mike DunleavyDemocrat2010–2023
Bill WalkerIndependent2014–2018
Sean ParnellRepublican2009–2014
Sarah PalinRepublican2006–2009
Frank MurkowskiRepublican2002–2006
Tony KnowlesDemocrat1994–2002
Wally HickelRepublican1990–1994
Steve CowperDemocrat1986–1990
Bill SheffieldDemocrat1982–1986
Jay HammondRepublican1974–1982
William A. EganDemocrat1970–1974
Keith Harvey MillerRepublican1969–1970
Wally HickelRepublican1966–1969
William A. EganDemocrat1959–1966
Mike StepovichIndependent1957–1959
B. Frank HeintzlemanIndependent1953–1957
Ernest GrueningIndependent1939–1953
John Weir TroyIndependent1933–1939
George Alexander ParksIndependent1925–1933
Scott Cordelle BoneIndependent1921–1925
Thomas Riggs Jr.Independent1918–1921
John Franklin Alexander StrongIndependent1913–1918
Walter Eli ClarkIndependent1912–1913
Walter Eli ClarkIndependent1909–1912
Wilford Bacon HoggattIndependent1906–1909
John Green BradyIndependent1897–1906
James SheakleyIndependent1893–1897
Lyman Enos KnappIndependent1889–1893
Alfred P. SwinefordIndependent1885–1889
John Henry KinkeadIndependent1884–1885
Henry E. NicholsIndependent1884–1884
Joseph CoghlanIndependent1883–1884
Edgar C. MerrimanIndependent1882–1883
Henry GlassIndependent1881–1882
Frederick PearsonIndependent1882–1882
Henry GlassIndependent1880–1881
Edward P. LullIndependent1881–1881
Lester A. BeardsleeIndependent1879–1880
M. D. BallIndependent1878–1879
Henry Charles DeAhnaIndependent1877–1878
Arthur MorrisIndependent1877–1877
John MendenhallIndependent1876–1877
Montgomery P. BerryIndependent1877–1877
Joseph B. CampbellIndependent1874–1876
George B. Rodney Jr.Independent1874–1874
Joseph StewartIndependent1873–1874
Harvey A. AllenIndependent1871–1873
John C. TidballIndependent1870–1871
Jefferson C. DavisIndependent1867–1870
George K. BradyIndependent1870–1870