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.[1]
| Image | Name | Term start | Term end | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leopold David | November 26, 1920 | April 11, 1923 | ||
| 2 | M. Joseph Conroy | April 11, 1923 | October 8, 1924 | ||
| 3 | Charles Bush | October 8, 1924 | January 1, 1926 | ||
| 4 | Chris M. Eckmann | January 1, 1926 | May 9, 1927 | ||
| 5 | Will Clayson | May 9, 1927 | April 9, 1928 | ||
| 6 | Grant Reed | April 9, 1928 | April 10, 1929 | ||
| 7 | James Delaney | April 10, 1929 | April 11, 1932 | ||
| 8 | Oscar S. Gill | April 11, 1932 | April 7, 1933 | ||
| 9 | Thomas J. McCroskey | April 7, 1933 | January 1, 1934 | ||
| 10 | Oscar S. Gill | January 1, 1934 | April 11, 1936 | ||
| 11 | Herbert E. Brown | April 11, 1936 | April 12, 1937 | ||
| 12 | Joseph H. Romig | April 12, 1937 | April 11, 1938 | ||
| 13 | Herbert E. Brown | April 11, 1938 | April 8, 1940 | ||
| 14 | George Vaara | April 8, 1940 | April 9, 1941 | ||
| 15 | William Alex Stolt | April 9, 1941 | April 10, 1944 | ||
| 16 | Ray Wolfe | April 10, 1944 | April 9, 1945 | ||
| 17 | John E. Manders | April 9, 1945 | March 18, 1946 | ||
| - | Winfield Ervin Jr. (Acting) | March 19, 1946 | April 8, 1946 | ||
| 18 | Francis C. Bowden | April 8, 1946 | April 12, 1948 | ||
| 19 | Zachariah J. Loussac | April 12, 1948 | October 8, 1951 | ||
| 20 | Maynard L. Taylor Jr. | October 8, 1951 | October 12, 1955 | ||
| 21 | Ken Hinchey | October 12, 1955 | May 1, 1956 | ||
| 22 | Anton Anderson | May 1, 1956 | October 21, 1958 | ||
| - | Hewitt Lounsbury (Acting) | October 21, 1958 | October 7, 1959 | ||
| 23 | George Byer | October 7, 1959 | October 9, 1961 | ||
| 24 | George Sharrock | October 9, 1961 | October 12, 1964 | ||
| 25 | Elmer E. Rasmuson | October 12, 1964 | October 9, 1967 | ||
| 26 | George M. Sullivan | October 9, 1967 | September 16, 1975 |
| Image | Name | Term start | Term end | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Asplund | January 1964 | October 3, 1972 | ||
| Jack Roderick | October 3, 1972 | September 16, 1975 |
| Image | Name | Term start | Term end | Party affiliation | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | George M. Sullivan | September 16, 1975 | December 31, 1981 | Republican | |||
| 2 | Tony Knowles | January 1, 1982 | December 31, 1987 | Democratic | |||
| 3 | Tom Fink | January 1, 1988 | June 30, 1994 | Republican | |||
| 4 | Rick Mystrom | July 1, 1994 | June 30, 2000 | Republican | |||
| 5 | George Wuerch | July 1, 2000 | June 30, 2003 | Republican | |||
| 6 | Mark Begich | July 1, 2003 | January 3, 2009 | Democratic | |||
| - | Matt Claman (Acting) | January 3, 2009 | July 1, 2009 | Democratic | |||
| 7 | Daniel A. Sullivan | July 2, 2009 | June 30, 2015 | Republican | |||
| 8 | Ethan Berkowitz | July 1, 2015 | October 23, 2020 | Democratic | |||
| - | Austin Quinn-Davidson (Acting) | October 23, 2020 | July 1, 2021 | Independent | |||
| 9 | Dave Bronson | July 1, 2021 | July 1, 2024 | Republican | |||
| 10 | Suzanne LaFrance | July 1, 2024 | Incumbent | Independent | |||