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Keith Miller, Governor (1925 - 2019)
Harvey Miller (born March 1, 1925) is an American Republican politician from Alaska. Miller was the second Secretary of State of Alaska of Alaska under Walter Hickel from 1966 until Hickel's resignatio...
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Wally Hickel, U.S. Secretary of the Interior and Governor (1919 - 2010)
Joseph "Wally" Hickel (August 18, 1919 – May 7, 2010) was an American businessman and politician. Starting out in Alaska during territorial days as a construction worker and subsequently a construction...
Bill Walker, Governor of Alaska
M. "Bill" Walker (born April 16, 1951) is an American attorney and politician who is the 11th and current Governor of Alaska. He is the second native-born governor of Alaska after William A. Egan (1959...
Steve Cowper, Governor
Cambreleng "Steve" Cowper (born August 21, 1938) is an American Democratic politician who was the sixth Governor of Alaska from 1986 to 1990. Cowper served as Governor during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil ...
Frank Murkowski, 8th Gov. of Alaska
Hughes Murkowski (/mərˈkaʊski/; born March 28, 1933) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was a United States Senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2002 and the eighth Gover...

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Governors of the State of Alaska

Alaska has had 12 governors over 14 distinct terms of office since being admitted to the Union on 3 January 1959.

According to some sources, Alaska does not assign a new number to a re-elected non-consecutive elected governor. Wikipedia follows this custom for the numbering of Alaska governors.

1st - William Allen Egan (1959 - 1966)
2nd - Wally Hickel (1966 - 1969)
3rd - Keith Harvey Miller (1969 - 1970)
(1st) - William Allen Egan (1970 - 1974)
4th - Jay Hammond (1974 - 1982)
5th - Bill Sheffield (1982 - 1986)
6th - Steve Cowper (1986 - 1990)
(2nd) - Wally Hickel (1990 - 1994)
7th - Tony Knowles (1994 - 2002)
8th - Frank Murkowski (2002 - 2006)
9th - Sarah Palin (2006 - 2009)
10th - Sean Parnell (2009 - 2014)
11th - Bill Walker (2014 - 2018)
12th - Michael James Dunleavy (2018 - incumbent)

List of Governors of the State of Alaska

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