Ken Hinchey (September 9, 1912 – April 21, 1994) was an American entrepreneur and politician who served one term as Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1955 to 1956.

Early life

Ken Hinchey was born September 9, 1912, in Fern Hill, Tacoma, Washington.

Career

Hinchey started a number of businesses in Alaska, including Northern Transfer, the Black and White Restaurant, Alaska Aggregate Corporation, Idealaska Cement, and Pacific Western Lines. He also mined gold in Hope, invented machines, and transported oil from Valdez to Fairbanks for the military during World War II. He was an avid bush pilot.

Hinchey was elected to a single term mayor of Anchorage in 1955. He advocated statehood for the Territory of Alaska and building a dam on the Cook Inlet causeway.

Personal life

In 1933, he married Nadine Graves, and the couple moved to Anchorage, Alaska in 1937. He died April 21, 1994, at the age of 81.

References

• "Obituaries", Anchorage Daily News, pp. D4, May 11, 1994
• "Alaskan Mayor" (abstract) in The New Yorker, 1956

Bibliography

• Hinchey, Ken Alaskan "Imagineer", 1994