- Sarah Palin
Sarah Louise Heath Palin (born February 11, 1964) is the current Governor of Alaska and the presumptive 2008 Republican candidate for Vice President of the United States. She will be the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing the Republican Party and the second female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major political party.
- Frank Murkowski
Governor Frank Murkowski signed a law Monday the four accounts to protect and improve the lives of Alaska's seniors.We are adding additional protection through monitoring and sanctions for people, try to use our elderly, based on their hard-earned savings or money they need for their retirement " , Said Murkowski.
- Tony Knowles
Anthony Carroll "Tony" Knowles (born January 1, 1943 in Tulsa, Oklahoma) is an American Democratic politician and businessman who served as Governor of Alaska from December 1994 to December 2002. Barred from seeking a third consecutive term as governor in 2002, he ran unsuccessfully for Senate in 2004 and again for governor in 2006.
- Ernest Gruening
Ernest Henry Gruening (February 6, 1887-June 26, 1974) was an American journalist and Democrat who was the Governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953, and a United States Senator from Alaska from 1959 until 1969. Born in New York City, Gruening graduated from Harvard University in 1907 and from Harvard Medical School in 1912. He then forsook medicine to pursue journalism. Initially a reporter for the "Boston American" in 1912, …
- Jay Hammond
Jay Sterner Hammond was an American Republican politician who was Governor of Alaska from 1974 to 1982. He was born in Troy, New York in 1922. He studied petroleum engineering at Penn State University, where he was a member of Triangle Fraternity. He later served as a Marine Corps fighter pilot in World War II, and in China, until 1946.
- Steve Cowper
Steve Camberling Cowper (born August 21, 1938 in Petersburg, Virginia) is an American Democratic politician who was Governor of Alaska from 1986 to 1990. He served in the Alaska House of Representatives prior to being elected governor. Cowper has two daughters, Katherine and Grace, and a son, Wade.
- Bill Sheffield
William Jennings Sheffield (born June 26, 1928 in Spokane, Washington) is an American Democratic politician who was Governor of Alaska from 1982 to 1986. Sheffield term in the governors mansion was marked by controversy including attempts to have him impeached.
- Andrew Halcro
Andrew Halcro (born September 20, 1964) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Formerly a Republican member of the Alaska Legislature, he ran for Governor of Alaska as an Independent candidate in the 2006 election, running third with 10% of the vote. Halcro was born in San Francisco, California to the owners of a car rental agency in Anchorage, Alaska.
- Walter Joseph Hickel
Walter Joseph "Wally" Hickel (born August 18, 1919 in Ellinwood, Kansas) is an American Republican politician who was Governor of Alaska from 1966 to 1969, and again from 1990 to 1994. He resigned the governorship on January 29, 1969 to be United States Secretary of the Interior from 1969 to 1970 under President Richard Nixon.
- Ben Stevens
Ben Stevens (born 1959) is an American politician and former President of the Alaska State Senate. He is a Republican and the son of United States Senator Ted Stevens.
- Sarah
My name is Sarah. How original, huh? I have sweet awesome friends. And a boyfriend you should be jealous of. :D I'm 16. My car's name is Delilah. =) I over analyze. I love music. Chocolate is fabulous. My favorite color is green. Hamburgers are yummy. JAST is my life.
- George Alexander Parks
George Alexander Parks (May 29 1883-May 11 1984) was an American Republican politician who was the Governor of Alaska Territory from 1925 to 1933. He was born in Denver, Colorado. Parks died at the advanced age of 100 in 1984. When he died he was the earliest living governor of any US state, after his death, the title went to Alfred M. Landon who would eventually also become a centenarian. The Parks Highway (Alaska Route 3) which runs from Anchorage to Fairbanks, …
- Michael Anthony Stepovich
Michael Anthony Stepovich (born March 12, 1919 in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an American Republican politician who was Governor of Alaska Territory from 1957 to 1958. A Notre Dame Law School graduate, he was the first non-acting native-born Governor of Alaska. He was also a member of the territorial House of Representatives from 1950 to 1952, and of the territorial Senate in 1952. He and his wife are both Croatian/Montenegrin.
- John Green Brady
John Green Brady (May 26 1847-December 17 1918) was an American politician who was the Governor of the District of Alaska from 1897 to 1906, when he was forced to resign. He was born in New York City.
- James Sheakley
James Sheakley (April 24, 1829-December 11, 1917) was an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of the District of Alaska from 1893 to 1897. He was also a member of the United States House of Representatives from Pennsylvania from 1875 to 1877.
- Jim Clark
Jim Clark served as Chief of Staff to the Governor of Alaska during the administration of former Alaska Gov. Frank Murkowski. During his final hour in office, Governor Murkowski appointed Clark as a member of the Board of Directors of the Alaska Natural Gas Development Authority. Three days later, Gov. Sarah Palin removed Clark and replaced him with his predecessor on the Board, saying that Clark did not reflect her thinking on the state's gas pipeline policies.
- Walter Eli Clark
Walter Eli Clark (January 7 1869-February 4 1950) was an American Republican politician who was the last Governor of the District of Alaska from 1909 to 1912, and the first Governor of Alaska Territory from 1912 to 1913. He was born in Ashford, Connecticut and died in Charleston, West Virginia.
- Benjamin Franklin Heintzleman
Benjamin Franklin "Frank" Heintzleman (December 3 1888-June 24 1963) was an American Republican politician who was the Governor of Alaska Territory from 1953 to 1957. He was born and was buried in Fayetteville, Pennsylvania, and he died in Juneau, Alaska.
- John Franklin Alexander Strong
John Franklin Alexander Strong (October 15 1856-July 27 1929) was an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of Alaska Territory from 1913 to 1918. He was born in Salmon Creek, New Brunswick, Canada, and died at Seattle, Washington.
- Lyman Enos Knapp
Lyman Enos Knapp (November 5 1837-October 9 1904) was an American Republican politician who was the Governor of the District of Alaska from 1889 to 1893. He was also a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1884 to 1885. He was born in Somerset, Vermont and died in Seattle, Washington.
- William Allen Egan
William Allen Egan was an American Democratic politician. He served as the first Governor of the State of Alaska from January 3, 1959 to 1966, and elected to a second term from 1970 to 1974. Born in Valdez, Alaska, Egan is the only governor in the state's history to have actually been born in Alaska. He is today considered as one of the modern fathers of the state, and remains a popular figure in Alaskan history and state political culture.
- Scott Cordelle Bone
Governor Scott Cardelle Bone (b. February 15, 1860 in Shelby County, Indiana; d. January 26, 1936) was the tenth Territorial Governor of Alaska, serving from 1921-1925. A Republican, he was appointed by President Warren G. Harding. He is perhaps best known for making the decision to use dog sleds to transport diphtheria antitoxin 674 miles rather than use a plane in the now famous 1925 Serum Run, …
- John Henry Kinkead
John Henry Kinkead (December 10 1826-August 15 1904) was an American Republican politician who was the Governor of Nevada from 1879 to 1883, and the first Governor of the District of Alaska from 1884 to 1885. He was also the treasurer of Nevada Territory, from 1862 to 1864. He was born in Smithfield, Pennsylvania and died at and was buried in Carson City, Nevada.
- John Weir Troy
John Weir Troy (October 31 1868-May 2 1942) was an American Democratic politician who was the Governor of Alaska Territory from 1933 to 1939. He was born in Dungeness, Washington and died in Juneau, Alaska.
- Wilford Bacon Hoggatt
Wilford Bacon Hoggatt (September 11 1865-February 26 1938) was an American Republican politician who was the Governor of the District of Alaska from April 30 1906 to October 1 1909. He was born in Paoli, Indiana and died in New York City.
- Waino Edward Hendrickson
Waino Edward Hendrickson was an American Republican politician, the final Governor of the Territory of Alaska. Hendrickson was born June 18, 1896 in Juneau, Alaska, where he grew up, to Finnish immigrants. He entered politics in 1946, when he was elected mayor of Juneau, in which office he served until 1953. At the same time, he was a member of the territorial House of Representatives from 1948 to 1953.
- Keith Harvey Miller
Keith Harvey Miller (born March 1 1925 in Seattle, Washington) is an American Republican politician from Alaska. Miller was Lieutenant Governor of Alaska under Walter Hickel from 1966 until Hickel's resignation on January 29, 1969, after which he succeeded to the office of Governor, serving until 1970.
- John Howard Lindauer
John Howard Lindauer II (born on November 20, 1937 in Montclair, New Jersey) was the Republican Party candidate for Governor of Alaska in 1998. He is the father of Susan Lindauer. He has lived in Alaska since 1976. He was the son of Louise (1905-c2004) and John Howard Lindauer I (1905-1954) and was born in Montclair, New Jersey.
- Thomas Christmas Riggs Jr.
Thomas Christmas Riggs, Jr. (October 17 1873-January 16 1945) was an American Democratic politician and the Governor of Alaska Territory between 1918 to 1921. He was born in Ilchester, Maryland and died in Washington, DC. Riggs was an engineer of the Alaskan Boundary Survey, 1906-13; Governor of Alaska, 1918-21; and United States Commissioner of the IBC about 1936-45. He was educated at Princeton University.
- Tom Fink
Tom Fink (born 1928) is a "semi-retired" Republican politician in Alaska. He was Mayor of Anchorage from 1987-1994.
- George Sharrock
George Sharrock (1910-2005) was Mayor of Anchorage from 1961-1964. He is sometimes known as "The Earthquake Mayor" for having been in office during the devastating Good Friday Earthquake of 1964, and for his work in the aftermath. George Sharrock was born May 2, 1910 in Muskingum County, Ohio. He came to Alaska in 1947 to work for Pacific Northern Airlines, which was later merged into Western Airlines. He served in the Anchorage Assembly from 1959 to 1961, …
- Diane E. Benson
Diane E. Benson (born 1959) is an Alaskan playwright, actor, poet and politician. Benson was born in Yakima, Washington of White, her father, and Tlingit, her mother, ancestry ("Tax' Hit", Snail House, of the Raven Moiety) and describes herself as "a lifelong Alaskan". She received a Master of Fine Arts in creative writing from the University of Alaska Anchorage in 2002. Benson founded the Alaska Native Performance and Film Commission in 1993, …
- Matt Vassar
Matthew Warren Vassar is a U.S. educator, specializing in speech, debate, and rhetoric. A native of Anchorage, Alaska, Vassar now works in the San Francisco Bay Area in California. He holds the distinction of being the youngest coach in National Forensic League history. He is the Assistant Director of Forensics for Stanford University's program in the National Parliamentary Debate Association, working under Director Matthew Fraser.
- Alfred P. Swineford
Alfred Peter Swineford was an American Democratic politician who was a member of the Michigan House of Representatives in 1871 and Governor of the District of Alaska from 1885 to 1889. He was born in Ashland, Ohio and died at Juneau, Alaska. Swineford is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.
- Walter J. Hickel
Walter J. Hickel : I see in three dimensions. When I look at Prudhoe Bay, I don
- Sarah Palin
Sarah earned her Journalism degree from the University of Idaho. She worked in media and the utility industry before beginning her public service 14 years ago. She was elected to two terms on the Wasilla City Council, and then two terms as the Mayor/Manager of Alaska's fastest growing community. During this time, Sarah was recognized when she was elected by her mayoral peers as President of the Alaska Conference of Mayors.
- Steve Cowper
Steve Cowper began his professional career as a maritime attorney in Norfolk, Virginia, but soon moved to Alaska where he was an Assistant District Attorney and later in private practice as senior partner in Cowper & Madson, in Fairbanks. He served in the Alaska House of Representatives in 1975-1978, and was Chairman of the House Finance Committee and Chairman of the Alaska Lands Committee. In 1977-1978 Cowper was one of the Alaska representatives to the Law of the Sea Conference.
- Todd Palin
Todd Palin continued an official membership in the Alaska Independence Party until 2002, more than 30 years after the Weather Underground went out of existence and Barack Obama was a child. When Todd Palin was a member the Alaska Independence Party, Sarah Palin was the mother of his children. Sarah Palin, as Alaska's governor, told the Alaska Independence Party to "keep up the good work" as they were about to nominate conspiracy buff Charles Baldwin for president.
- Walter J. Hickel
Walter J. Hickel was born in Claflin, Kansas, in 1919. He moved to Alaska in 1940 and worked at various trades from bartending to carpentry. Hickel later became governor of Alaska (1966-1969, 1990-1994). During the Nixon administration, he served as U.S. secretary of the interior (1969-1970).
- Frank Murkowski