The Political Graveyard: Anchorage, Alaska

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Anchorage, Alaska
Mayors, Borough Presidents, Postmasters

Mayors of Anchorage, 1920-2009 (may be incomplete!)
Leopold David 1920-23 M. Joseph Conroy 1923-24 Charles Bush 1924-26 Chris M. Eckmann 1926-27 William Clayson 1927-28 Grant Reed 1928-29 James Delaney 1929-32 Oscar S. Gill 1932-33 Thomas J. McCroskey 1933-34 Oscar S. Gill 1934-36 Herbert E. Brown 1936-37 Joseph H. Romig 1937-38 Herbert E. Brown 1938-40 George Vaara 1940-41 William Alex Stolt 1941-44 Ray Wolfe 1944-45 John E. Manders 1945-46 Win Ervin 1946 Francis C. Bowden 1946-48 Z. J. Loussac 1948-51 Maynard L. Taylor, Jr. 1951-55 Ken Hinchey 1955-56 Anton Anderson 1956-58 Hewitt Lounsbury 1958-59 George H. Byer 1959-61 George Sharrock 1961-64 Elmer E. Rasmuson 1964-67 George M. Sullivan 1967-81 Tony Knowles 1982-87 Tom Fink 1988-94 Rick Mystrom 1994-2000 George P. Wuerch 2000-03 Mark Begich 2003-09

Events and Candidates (may be incomplete!)

1924: Arthur A. Shonbeck, defeated.

1936: Victor Gill, defeated.

1967: George H. Byer, defeated.

1994: Mark Begich, defeated; Rick Mystrom, elected.

1997: Tom Fink, defeated; Rick Mystrom, elected.

2000: Mark Begich, defeated.

2003: Mark Begich, elected; Rick Mystrom, defeated; George P. Wuerch, defeated.

2006: Mark Begich, elected.

Borough Presidents of Anchorage, 1964-75 (may be incomplete!)
John Asplund 1964-72 John Roderick 1972-75

Postmasters at Anchorage, 1914-69 (may be incomplete!)
Royden D. Chase 1914-16 Fred B. Wood 1916-17 Everett McPhee 1917-22 Dayton W. Stoddard 1922-24 Henry B. Sogn 1924-32 Ernest Ingram Amundsen 1932-36 Serena B. Pollock 1936-41 Lee Laughlin 1941-42 Herbert E. Brown 1942-54 Michael Shepard 1954-56 Michael Shepard 1956-63 George S. Schwamm 1963-64 George S. Schwamm 1964-66 Billy J. Sparks 1966 George H. Byer 1966-67 Don Slayter 1967 Fred M. Selkregg 1967-68 Richard Trott 1968-69

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