{{Short description|None}} {{Use American English|date=April 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox official post | post = Mayor of Anchorage | flag = Flag of Anchorage, Alaska.svg | flagcaption = Flag of Anchorage, Alaska | insignia = Seal of Anchorage, Alaska.svg | insigniacaption = Seal of Anchorage, Alaska | incumbent = Suzanne LaFrance | incumbentsince = July 1, 2024 | formation = November 26, 1920 | image = Suzanne LaFrance at JBER.jpg | termlength = 3 years | first = Leopold David }}[[File:Anchorage Mayor Dave Bronson. Anchorage Assembly Meeting, September 30, 2021.jpg|thumb|280px|Former mayor David Bronson]] This is a '''list of mayors of Anchorage''', Alaska, United States. Anchorage was incorporated as a city on November 23, 1920. The Greater Anchorage Area Borough, which encompassed the city, was created in January 1964. The two were merged in a unified government called the Municipality of Anchorage on September 15, 1975. Under the current mayoral system, the mayor of the Municipality of Anchorage is elected in a non-partisan election to a three-year term and they are limited to two terms in office.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naco.org/sites/default/files/documents/County%20Term%20Limits.pdf|last=Bell|first=Chanon|title=History of County Term Limits|publisher=National Association of Counties|location=Washington, D.C.|date=February 2011|format=PDF|access-date=April 9, 2019}}</ref>
==List of mayors== ===City of Anchorage=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! {{abbr|No.|Number}} ! Image ! Name ! Term start ! Term end |- |'''1''' |75px |Leopold David |November 26, 1920 |April 11, 1923 |- |'''2''' |75px |M. Joseph Conroy |April 11, 1923 |October 8, 1924 |- |'''3''' |75px |Charles Bush |October 8, 1924 |January 1, 1926 |- |'''4''' |75px |Chris M. Eckmann |January 1, 1926 |May 9, 1927 |- |'''5''' |75px |Will Clayson |May 9, 1927 |April 9, 1928 |- |'''6''' |75px |Grant Reed |April 9, 1928 |April 10, 1929 |- |'''7''' |75px |James Delaney |April 10, 1929 |April 11, 1932 |- |'''8''' |75px |Oscar S. Gill |April 11, 1932 |April 7, 1933 |- |'''9''' |75px |Thomas J. McCroskey |April 7, 1933 |January 1, 1934 |- |'''10''' |75px |Oscar S. Gill |January 1, 1934 |April 11, 1936 |- |'''11''' |75px |Herbert E. Brown |April 11, 1936 |April 12, 1937 |- |'''12''' |75px |Joseph H. Romig |April 12, 1937 |April 11, 1938 |- |'''13''' |75px |Herbert E. Brown |April 11, 1938 |April 8, 1940 |- |'''14''' |75px |George Vaara |April 8, 1940 |April 9, 1941 |- |'''15''' |75px |William Alex Stolt |April 9, 1941 |April 10, 1944 |- |'''16''' |75px |Ray Wolfe |April 10, 1944 |April 9, 1945 |- |'''17''' |75px |John E. Manders |April 9, 1945 |March 18, 1946 |- |'''-''' |75px |Winfield Ervin Jr.<br/>''(Acting)'' |March 19, 1946 |April 8, 1946 |- |'''18''' |75px |Francis C. Bowden |April 8, 1946 |April 12, 1948 |- |'''19''' |75px |Z. J. Loussac |April 12, 1948 |October 8, 1951 |- |'''20''' |75px |Maynard L. Taylor Jr. |October 8, 1951 |October 12, 1955 |- |'''21''' |75px |Ken Hinchey |October 12, 1955 |May 1, 1956 |- |'''22''' |75px |Anton Anderson |May 1, 1956 |October 21, 1958 |- |'''-''' |75px |Hewitt Lounsbury<br/>''(Acting)'' |October 21, 1958 |October 7, 1959 |- |'''23''' |75px |George Byer |October 7, 1959 |October 9, 1961 |- |'''24''' |75px |George Sharrock |October 9, 1961 |October 12, 1964 |- |'''25''' |75px |Elmer E. Rasmuson |October 12, 1964 |October 9, 1967 |- |'''26''' |75px |George M. Sullivan |October 9, 1967 |September 16, 1975 |}
===Greater Anchorage Area Borough=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Image ! Name ! Term start ! Term end |- |75px |John Asplund<br/>{{small|(1913–1994)}} |January 1964 |October 3, 1972 |- |75px |Jack Roderick<br/>{{small|(1926–2020)}} |October 3, 1972 |September 16, 1975 |}
===Municipality of Anchorage=== {| class="wikitable" |- ! {{abbr|No.|Number}} ! Image ! Name ! Term start ! Term end ! colspan="2" |Party affiliation |- |'''1''' |75px |George M. Sullivan |September 16, 1975 |December 31, 1981 |style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |Republican |- |'''2''' |75px |Tony Knowles |January 1, 1982 |December 31, 1987 |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |Democratic |- |'''3''' |75px |Tom Fink |January 1, 1988 |June 30, 1994 |style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |Republican |- |'''4''' | |Rick Mystrom |July 1, 1994 |June 30, 2000 |style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |Republican |- |'''5''' |75px |George Wuerch |July 1, 2000 |June 30, 2003 |style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |Republican |- |'''6''' |75px |Mark Begich |July 1, 2003 |January 3, 2009 |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |Democratic |- | '''-''' |75px |Matt Claman<br/>''(Acting)'' |January 3, 2009 |July 1, 2009 |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |Democratic |- |'''7''' |75px |Daniel A. Sullivan |July 2, 2009 |June 30, 2015 |style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |Republican |- |'''8''' |100x100px |Ethan Berkowitz |July 1, 2015 |October 23, 2020 |style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}};"| |Democratic |- | '''-''' |100x100px |Austin Quinn-Davidson<br/>''(Acting)'' |October 23, 2020 |July 1, 2021 |style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| |Independent |- |'''9''' |100x100px |Dave Bronson |July 1, 2021 |July 1, 2024 |style="background:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}};"| |Republican |- |'''10''' |100x100px |Suzanne LaFrance |July 1, 2024 |Incumbent |style="background:{{party color|Independent politician}};"| |Independent |}
== See also == * History of Anchorage, Alaska * Timeline of Anchorage, Alaska
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.muni.org/departments/assembly/clerk/elections/election%20results/results%20and%20samples/honor%20roll/honor%20roll-mayors%20of%20coa%2c%20gaab%2c%20and%20moa%201920-2017.pdf Honor Roll of Anchorage Mayors]
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