Alaska Officials Since Statehood

Governors Since Statehood

1/3/59-12/5/66

William A. Egan (D)

  • Elected: 11/26/58 - Ran against: Butrovich (R), Dolinter (I)
  • Elected: 11/6/62 - Ran against: Stepovich (R)
12/5/66-1/29/69

Walter J. Hickel* (R)

  • Elected: 11/8/66 - Ran against: Egan (D), Grasse (NP)
  • * Appointed Secretary of the Interior by President Richard Nixon in 1969
1/29/69-12/5/70

Keith H. Miller (R)

  • Succeeded
12/5/70-12/2/74

William A. Egan (D)

  • Elected: 11/3/70 - Ran against: Miller (R), Anderson (AIP)
12/2/74-12/6/82

Jay S. Hammond (R)

  • Elected: 11/5/74 - Ran against: Egan (D), Vogler (AIP)
  • Elected: 11/7/78 - Ran against: Hickel (write-in), Croft (D), Kelly (R), Wright (I)
12/6/82-12/1/86

Bill Sheffield (D)

  • Elected: 12/2/82 - Ran against: Fink (R), Randolph (L), Vogler (AIP)
12/2/86-12/2/90

Steve Cowper (D)

  • Elected: 11/4/86 - Ran against: Sturgulewski (R), Vogler (AIP), O'Brannon (I)
12/3/90-12/5/94

Walter J. Hickel (AIP)

  • Elected: 11/6/90 - Ran against: Knowles (D), Sturgulewski (R), Sykes (GPA)
12/5/94-12/2/02

Tony Knowles (D)

  • Elected: 11/8/94 - Ran against: Campbell (R), Coghill (AIP),
  • Elected: 11/3/98 - Ran against: Jacobsson (GPA), Lindauer (R), Metcalfe (R), Sullivan (AIP), Taylor (R - write-in)
12/2/02-12/5/06

Frank Murkowski (R)

  • Elected: 11/5/02 - Ran against: Ulmer (D)
12/5/06-7/26/09

Sarah Palin (R)

  • Elected: 11/7/06 - Ran against: Knowles (D)
  • Resigned: 7/3/09
7/26/09 - present

Sean Parnell (R)

  • Succeeded: 7/26/09
  • Elected: 11/2/10 - Ran against: Berkowitz (D), Toien (L), Wright (AIP)

Lieutenant Governors Since Statehood

* Title changed from Secretary of State in constitutional amendment of 1970.

1/3/59-12/5/66

Hugh Wade (D)

  • Elected: 11/26/58 - Ran against: Phillips (R), Holton (I)
  • Elected: 11/6/62 - Ran against: Ross (R)
12/5/66-1/29/69

Keith H. Miller (R)

  • Elected: 11/8/66 - Ran against: Wade (D), Saupe (NP)
1/29/69-12/5/70

Robert W. Ward (R)

  • Succeeded
12/5/70-12/2/74

H. A. Boucher (D)

  • Elected: 11/3/70 - Ran against: Ward (R), Merrill (AIP)
12/2/74-12/4/78

Lowell Thomas, Jr. (R)

  • Elected: 11/5/74 - Ran against: Boucher (D), Peppler (AIP)
12/4/78-12/6/82

Terry Miller (R)

  • Elected: 11/7/78 - Ran against: Hurley (D), Poland (A), Vogler (I)
12/6/82-12/3/90

Stephen McAlpine (D)

  • Elected: 11/2/82 - Ran against: Colletta (R), Thompson (L), Roberts (AIP)
  • Elected: 11/4/86 - Ran against: Miller (R), Rowe (AIP), Barnes (L)
12/3/91-12/5/94

Jack Coghill (AIP)

  • Elected: 11/6/90 - Ran against: Campbell (R), Hensley (D), Crumb (GPA)
12/5/94-12/2/02

Fran Ulmer (D)

  • Elected: 11/8/94 - Ran against: Miller, M. (R), Ward (AIP)
  • Elected: 11/3/98 - Ran against: Baxley (R), Milligan (GPA), Ward (R)
12/2/02-12/5/06

Loren Leman (R)

  • Elected: 11/5/02 - Ran against: Hall (D)
12/5/06-7/26/09

Sean Parnell (R)

  • Elected: 11/7/06 - Ran against: Berkowitz (D)
7/26/09-12/10

Craig E. Campbell - Confirmed

  • Appointed
12/6/10- present

Mead Treadwelll

  • Elected" 11/2/10 - Ran against: Bensen (D), Brown (L)

U. S. Senators

1959-1968

E.L. (Bob) Bartlett* (D)

  • Elected: 11/26/58 - Ran against: Roberston (R), Capper (I)
  • Elected: 11/8/60 - Ran against: McKinley (R)
  • Elected: 11/8/66 - Ran against: McKinley (R)
  • * Died December 1968
1959-1968

Ernest Gruening (D)

  • Elected: 11/26/58 - Ran against: Stepovich (R)
  • Elected: 11/6/62 - Ran against Stevens (R)
1968-

Ted Stevens (R)

  • Appointed 1968
  • Elected: 11/3/70 - Ran against: Kay (D)
  • Elected: 11/7/72 - Ran against: Guess (D)
  • Elected: 11/7/78 - Ran against: Hobbs (D)
  • Elected: 11/6/84 - Ran against: Havelock (D)
  • Elected: 11/6/90 - Ran against: Beasley (D)
  • Elected: 11/5/96 - Ran against: Obermeyer (D), Whittaker (GPA)
  • Elected: 11/5/02 - Ran against: Vondersaar (D), Dore (AIP), Karpinski(L), Sykes (GPA)
1969-80

Mike Gravel (D)

  • Elected: 11/5/68 - Ran against: Rasmuson (R), Gruening (write-in)
  • Elected: 11/5/74 - Ran against: Lewis (R)
1981-

Frank Murkowski (R)

  • Elected: 11/4/80 - Ran against: Gruening, E. (D)
  • Elected: 11/4/86 - Ran against: Olds (D)
  • Elected: 11/3/92 - Ran against: Smith (D), Jordan (GPA)
  • Elected: 11/3/98 - Ran against: Sonneman (D), Kohlhass (L)
  • Resigned: 12/2/02 to become Governor of Alaska
2002-

Lisa Murkowski (R)

  • Appointed: 12/20/02 by Governor Frank Murkowski
  • Elected: 11/04 - Ran against
2008-

Mark Begich (D)

  • Elected: 11/4/08 - Ran against: Bird (AI), Gianoutsos (NP), Haase (L), Stevens (R)

U. S. Representatives

1959-1966

Ralph Rivers (D)

  • Elected: 11/26/58 - Ran against: Benson (R)
  • Elected: 11/8/60 - Ran against: Rettig (R)
  • Elected: 11/6/62 - Ran against: Thomas (R)
  • Elected: 11/3/64 - Ran against: Thomas (R)
1966-1970

Howard Pollock (R)

  • Elected: 11/8/66 - Ran against: Rivers (D)
  • Elected: 11/4/68 - Ran against: Begich (D)
1970-1972

Nicholas Begich* (D)

  • Elected: 11/3/70 - Ran against: Murkowski (R)
  • Elected: 11/7/72 - Ran against: Young (R)
  • * Presumed dead in missing aircraft during re-election campaign, October 1972.
1973-

Don Young (R)

  • Elected: 3/6/73 (special election) - Ran aginst: Notti (D)
  • Elected: 11/5/74 - Ran against: Hensley (D)
  • Elected: 11/2/76 - Ran against: Hopson (D)
  • Elected: 11/7/78 - Ran against: Rodey (D)
  • Elected: 11/4/80 - Ran against: Parnell (D)
  • Elected: 11/2/82 - Ran against: Carlson (D)
  • Elected: 11/6/84 - Ran against: Begich, P. (D)
  • Elected: 11/4/86 - Ran against: Begich, P. (D)
  • Elected: 11/8/88 - Ran against: Gruenstein (D)
  • Elected: 11/6/90 - Ran against: Devens (D)
  • Elected: 11/3/92 - Ran against: Devens (D)
  • Elected: 11/8/94 - Ran against: Smith, T. (D), Whitmore (GPA)
  • Elected: 11/5/96 - Ran against: Lincoln (D), Grames (GPA), Nemec (AIP)
  • Elected: 11/3/98 - Ran against: Duncan (D), Grames (GPA)
  • Elected: 11/7/00 - Ran against: Greene (D), Dore (I), Karpinski(L), Anna Young (GPA)
  • Elected: 11/5/02 - Ran against: Greene (D), deForest (GPA), Clift (L)
  • Elected: 11/2/04 - Ran against Anders (L), Feller (GPA), Higgins (D)
  • Elected: 11/7/06 - Ran against Benson (D), Crawford (L), Ince (GPA), McGonegal
  • Elected: 11/4/08 - Ran against Berkowitz (D), Wright (AI)
  • Elected: 11/2/10 - Ran against Crawford (D)

Senate Presidents, House Speakers Since Statehood

1959-60
  • Senate President: William Beltz (D) *
  • House Speaker: Warren Taylor (D)
1961-62
  • Senate President: Frank Peratrovich (D)
  • House Speaker: Warren Taylor (D)
1963-64
  • Senate President: Frank Peratrovich (D)
  • House Speaker: Bruce Kendall (R)
1965-66
  • Senate President: Robert McNealy (D)
  • House Speaker: Mike Gravel (D)
1967-68
  • Senate President: John Butrovich (R)
  • House Speaker: William Boardman (R)
1968-70
  • Senate President: Brad Phillips (R)
  • House Speaker: Jalmar Kertulla (D)
1971-72
  • Senate President: Jay Hammond (R)
  • House Speaker: Gene Guess (D)
1973-74
  • Senate President: Terry Miller (R)
  • House Speaker: Tom Fink (R)
1975-76
  • Senate President: Chancy Croft (D)
  • House Speaker: Mike Bradner (D)
1977-78
  • Senate President: John Rader (D)
  • House Speaker: Hugh Malone (D)
1979-80
  • Senate President: Clem Tillion (R)
  • House Speaker: Terry Gardner (D)
1981-82
  • Senate President: Jalmar Kerttula (D)
  • House Speaker:
    • Jim Duncan* (D)
    • Joe Hayes (R)
    • Duncan was replaced as House Speaker by Hayes following a floor vote.
1983-84
  • Senate President: Jalmar Kerttula (D)
  • House Speaker: Joe Hayes (R)
1985-86
  • Senate President: Don Bennett (R)
  • House Speaker: Ben Grussendorf (D)
1987-88
  • Senate President: Jan Faiks (R)
  • House Speaker: Ben Grussendorf (D)
1989-90
  • Senate President: Tim Kelly (R)
  • House Speaker: Sam Cotten (D)
1991-92
  • Senate President: Dick Eliason (R)
  • House Speaker: Ben Grussendorf (D)
1993-94
  • Senate President: Rick Halford (R)
  • House Speaker: Ramona Barnes (R)
1995-96
  • Senate President: Drue Pearce (R)
  • House Speaker: Gail Phillips (R)
1997-98
  • Senate President: Mike Miller (R)
  • House Speaker: Gail Phillips (R)
1999-2000
  • Senate President: Drue Pearce (R)
  • House Speaker: Brian Porter (R)
2001-2002
  • Senate President: Rick Halford (R)
  • House Speaker: Brian Porter (R)
2003-2004
  • Senate President: Gene Therriault (R)
  • House SpALASKA OFFICIALS PRIOR eaker: Pete Kott (R)
2005- 2006
  • Senate President: Ben Stevens (R)
  • House SpALASKA OFFICIALS PRIOR eaker: John Harris (R)
2007-2008
  • Senate President: Lyda Green (R)
  • House SpALASKA OFFICIALS PRIOR eaker: John Harris (R)
2009-2010
  • Senate President: Gary Stevens (R)
  • House SpALASKA OFFICIALS PRIOR eaker: Mike Chenault (R)
2011-2012
  • Senate President: Gary Stevens (R)
  • House SpALASKA OFFICIALS PRIOR eaker: not yet announced

Abbreviation Guide

  • (AIP) Alaskan Independence Party;
  • (D) Democrat;
  • (GPA) Green Party of Alaska;
  • (I) Independent;
  • (L) Libertarian;
  • (NP) No Party;
  • (R) Republican.

  • Source: Alaska Blue Book 1993-94, 11th ed., Juneau, Department of Education, Division of State Libraries, Archives & Museums.
  • Alaska Division of Elections, 1996.
  • Source: State of Alaska Official Election Pamphlet, 2000 & 2002, Alaska Senate & House Journals.
  • Source: General Official Candidate List by District, 2002, 2004, 2006, & 2008, State of Alaska, Division of Elections.
Last Update: Mon, 2010-12-20 17:18 — Suzan