List of Governors of Alaska
Governors of the Territory of Alaska
The District of Alaska was organized into Alaska Territory on August 24, 1912. Governors continued to be appointed by the President of the United States.

List of Governors of Alaska

Section Title: Governors of the Territory of Alaska
Table Section Text: The District of Alaska was organized into Alaska Territory on August 24, 1912. Governors continued to be appointed by the President of the United States.

No.	Portrait	Term in office	Appointed by

1	-	Walter Eli Clark	August 24, 1912 – April 18, 1913	William Howard Taft

2	-	John Franklin Alexander Strong	April 18, 1913 – April 12, 1918	Woodrow Wilson

3	-	Thomas Riggs Jr.	April 12, 1918 – June 16, 1921

4	-	Scott Cordelle Bone	June 16, 1921 – August 16, 1925	Warren G. Harding

5	-	George Alexander Parks	August 16, 1925 – April 19, 1933	Calvin Coolidge

6	John Weir Troy	April 19, 1933 – December 6, 1939	Franklin D. Roosevelt

7	-	Ernest Gruening	December 6, 1939 – April 10, 1953

8	B. Frank Heintzleman	April 10, 1953 – January 3, 1957	Dwight D. Eisenhower

—	-	Waino Hendrickson	January 3, 1957 – April 8, 1957	Acting

9	-	Mike Stepovich	April 8, 1957 – August 9, 1958	Dwight D. Eisenhower

—	-	Waino Hendrickson	August 9, 1958 – January 3, 1959	Acting

Sentence(s)

Gruening was the Governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953.

final_sentence: Gruening was the Governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953.