List of lieutenant governors of Alaska
Table:
No.	Lieutenant Governor	Term in office	Party	Election	Governor

—	Hugh Wade	January 3, 1959 – December 5, 1966	Democratic	1958	William A. Egan

1962

—	-	Keith Harvey Miller	December 5, 1966 – January 29, 1969	Republican	1966	Wally Hickel

1	Robert W. Ward	January 29, 1969 – December 7, 1970	Republican	Keith Harvey Miller

2	-	H. A. Boucher	December 7, 1970 – December 2, 1974	Democratic	1970	William A. Egan

3	-	Lowell Thomas Jr.	December 2, 1974 – December 4, 1978	Republican	1974	Jay Hammond

4	-	Terry Miller	December 4, 1978 – December 6, 1982	Republican	1978

5	-	Steve McAlpine	December 6, 1982 – December 3, 1990	Democratic	1982	Bill Sheffield

1986	Steve Cowper

6	-	Jack Coghill	December 3, 1990 – December 5, 1994	Alaskan Independence	1990	Wally Hickel

7	-	Fran Ulmer	December 5, 1994 – December 2, 2002	Democratic	1994	Tony Knowles

1998

8	-	Loren Leman	December 2, 2002 – December 4, 2006	Republican	2002	Frank Murkowski

9	-	Sean Parnell	December 4, 2006 – July 26, 2009	Republican	2006	Sarah Palin

—	Vacant	July 26, 2009 – August 10, 2009	—	Sean Parnell

10	-	Craig Campbell	August 10, 2009 – December 6, 2010	Republican

11	-	Mead Treadwell	December 6, 2010 – December 1, 2014	Republican	2010

12	-	Byron Mallott	December 1, 2014 – October 16, 2018	Democratic	2014	Bill Walker

13	Valerie Davidson	October 16, 2018 – December 3, 2018	Independent

14	-	Kevin Meyer	December 3, 2018 – Present	Republican	2018	Mike Dunleavy

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