List of lieutenant governors of Alaska

This is a list of people who have served as lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Alaska since statehood in 1959. Prior to statehood, the territorial-era Secretary of Alaska, who was appointed by the president of the United States like the governor, functioned as an acting governor or successor-in-waiting like the present-day lieutenant governor does. Waino Edward Hendrickson, the territory's last appointed Secretary, twice served as acting governor. In statehood, the position was referred to as Secretary of State until a constitutional amendment changing the name was approved by voters on August 25, 1970.^[1] In Alaska, the lieutenant governor runs separately from the governor in the primaries, but after the primaries, the nominee for governor and nominee for lieutenant governor run together as a slate.

List of lieutenant governors

Parties

  Alaskan Independence   Democratic   Republican

Image	Lieutenant Governor	Party	Term	Governor(s) served under
	Hugh Wade	Democratic	January 3, 1959 – December 5, 1966	William A. Egan
	Keith Miller[2]	Republican	December 5, 1966 – January 29, 1969	Walter J. Hickel
	Robert W. Ward[3]	Republican	January 29, 1969 – December 7, 1970	Keith Miller
	H. A. "Red" Boucher	Democratic	December 7, 1970 – December 2, 1974	William A. Egan
	Lowell Thomas, Jr.	Republican	December 2, 1974 – December 4, 1978	Jay Hammond
	Terry Miller	Republican	December 4, 1978 – December 6, 1982
	Steve McAlpine	Democratic	December 6, 1982 – December 3, 1990	Bill Sheffield
				Steve Cowper
	Jack Coghill	Alaskan Independence	December 3, 1990 – December 5, 1994	Walter J. Hickel
				Walter J. Hickel
	Fran Ulmer	Democratic	December 5, 1994 – December 2, 2002	Tony Knowles
	Loren Leman	Republican	December 2, 2002 – December 4, 2006	Frank Murkowski
	Sean Parnell[4]	Republican	December 4, 2006 – July 26, 2009	Sarah Palin
	Craig Campbell[5]	Republican	August 10, 2009 – December 6, 2010	Sean Parnell
	Mead Treadwell	Republican	December 6, 2010 – December 1, 2014
	Byron Mallott	Democratic	December 1, 2014 – present	Bill Walker

Living former lieutenant governors of Alaska

As of January 2017, there are eight former lieutenant governors of Alaska who are currently living, the oldest lieutenant governor being Keith H. Miller (served 1966–1969, born 1925). The most recent death of a former lieutenant governor of Alaska was that of Lowell Thomas, Jr. (served 1974–1978 born 1923), on October 1, 2016. The most recently serving lieutenant governor of Alaska to die was Terry Miller (served 1978–1982, born 1942), on April 13, 1989.

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