List of Governors of Alaska
Governors of the State of Alaska
Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959. The state constitution provides for the election of a governor and lieutenant governor every four years on the same ticket, with their terms commencing on the first Monday in the December following the election.

List of Governors of Alaska

Section Title: Governors of the State of Alaska
Table Section Text: Alaska was admitted to the Union on January 3, 1959. The state constitution provides for the election of a governor and lieutenant governor every four years on the same ticket, with their terms commencing on the first Monday in the December following the election.

No.	Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Lt. Governor

1	-	William A. Egan	January 3, 1959 – December 5, 1966 (term limited)	Democratic	1958	Hugh Wade

1962

2	-	Wally Hickel	December 5, 1966 – January 29, 1969 (resigned)	Republican	1966	Keith Harvey Miller

3	-	Keith Harvey Miller	January 29, 1969 – December 7, 1970 (lost election)	Republican	Succeeded from Secretary of State	Robert W. Ward

1	-	William A. Egan	December 7, 1970 – December 2, 1974 (lost election)	Democratic	1970	H. A. Boucher

4	-	Jay Hammond	December 2, 1974 – December 6, 1982 (term limited)	Republican	1974	Lowell Thomas Jr.

1978	Terry Miller

5	-	Bill Sheffield	December 6, 1982 – December 1, 1986 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1982	Steve McAlpine

6	-	Steve Cowper	December 1, 1986 – December 3, 1990 (not candidate for election)	Democratic	1986

2	-	Wally Hickel	December 3, 1990 – December 5, 1994 (not candidate for election)	Alaskan Independence	1990	Jack Coghill

7	-	Tony Knowles	December 5, 1994 – December 2, 2002 (term limited)	Democratic	1994	Fran Ulmer

1998

8	-	Frank Murkowski	December 2, 2002 – December 4, 2006 (not candidate for election)	Republican	2002	Loren Leman

9	Sarah Palin Germany 3 Cropped Lightened.JPG	Sarah Palin	December 4, 2006 – July 26, 2009 (resigned)	Republican	2006	Sean Parnell

10	-	Sean Parnell	July 26, 2009 – December 1, 2014 (lost election)	Republican	Succeeded from Lieutenant Governor	Vacant

Craig Campbell (took office August 10, 2009)

2010	Mead Treadwell

11	-	Bill Walker	December 1, 2014 – December 3, 2018 (withdrew from election)	Independent	2014	Byron Mallott (resigned October 16, 2018)

Valerie Davidson

12	-	Mike Dunleavy	December 3, 2018 – present	Republican	2018	Kevin Meyer

Sentence(s)

Stephen Cowper, from Democratic, was the sixth governor of Alaska from 1986–90.

final_sentence: Stephen Cowper, from Democratic, was the sixth governor of Alaska from 1986–90.