Incumbent mayor Beth Weldon speaks in front of the Alaska State Capitol in July 2019.

Juneau, Alaska, presently incorporated as a unified home rule municipality called the City and Borough of Juneau, was designated the capital of Alaska on June 6, 1900. The organic act passed by the U.S. Congress which established Juneau as the capital also allowed Alaskan communities to incorporate for the first time. Sitka and Nome both established "provisional governments" prior to this; Juneau did not follow suit, but did provide limited public services prior to incorporation, such as fire protection and school instruction.

Following the passage of the organic act, Juneau's incorporation petition was certified and the first election of officials occurred on June 29, 1900. Douglas, located a short distance southwest of Juneau across Gastineau Channel, followed suit by incorporating on March 29, 1902. Twenty-eight individuals served as the mayor of Juneau, Alaska, including three acting mayors, while another twenty-five individuals served as mayor of Douglas, Alaska.

The Greater Juneau Borough was incorporated in October 1963, established by an act of the state legislature earlier that year (Chapter 52, Session Laws of Alaska 1963) which required the most populous election districts in the state to incorporate as boroughs by January 1, 1964. The borough, the first to incorporate as a first-class borough, encompassed the two incorporated cities, several surrounding suburbs and smaller settlements on both sides of Gastineau Channel and along Lynn Canal, plus thousands of square miles of surrounding wilderness. Several years after the borough's incorporation, the legislature passed a bill allowing for boroughs and cities to unify (or merge). Several years after that, Juneau, Douglas and the borough unified to form the current municipality, which incorporated on July 1, 1970. As of the office's last election in 2018, sixteen people have served as mayor of Juneau under this government.

Mayors of the City of Juneau, Alaska (1900–1970)

Juneau was incorporated on June 29, 1900, and was a home rule city prior to unification.[1]

No.ImageName
(birth–death)
Took officeLeft office
ActingJohn Maloney
(1857–c. 1918)
19001900
1Arthur Delaney
(1841–1905)
19001901
2George Forrest
(c. 1870–[?])
19011902
3O. H. Adsit
(1855–1909)
19021904
(2)George Forrest
(c. 1870–[?])
19041905
4John Maloney
(1857–c. 1918)
19051906
5Herman Tripp
(1859–1939)
19061907
(2)George Forrest
(c. 1870–[?])
19071908
6Emery Valentine
(1858–1930)
19081912
7Harry Bishop
(c. 1869–1920)
19121913
8Charles Carter
(1870–1961)
19131914
9John Reck
(1865–c. 1950)
19141916
10Benjamin D. Stewart
(1878–1976)
19161917
(6)Emery Valentine
(1858–1930)
19171919
11J. Latimer Gray19191920
12R. E. Robertson
(1885–1961)
19201923
13Isadore Goldstein
(1883–1959)
19231925
14J. J. Connors
(1876–1951)
19251927
15Thomas Judson
(1882–1938)
19271933
(13)Isadore Goldstein
(1883–1959)
19331937
(15)Thomas Judson
(1882–1938)
19371938
16Harry Lucas
(1890–1949)
19381944
17A. B. Hayes19441945
18Ernest Parsons19451946
19Waino Hendrickson
(1896–1983)
19461953
20Bert McDowell
(1904–c. 1975)
19531955
21M. L. "Molly" MacSpadden
(1903–1961)
19551959
22Lauris Parker
(1918–2003)
19591961
ActingJ. Wayne Johnson19611961
ActingA. W. Boddy
(c. 1909–1987)
19611961
(22)Lauris Parker
(1918–2003)
19611967
23Timothy O'Day19671967
24Joseph George19671969
25Joseph McLean
(1917–2012)
19691970

Mayors of the City of Douglas, Alaska (1902–1970)

Douglas was incorporated on March 29, 1902, and was also a home rule city prior to unification..[2]

No.ImageName
(birth–death)
Took officeLeft office
1Charles Hopp19021903
2Frank Bach19031904
(1)Charles Hopp19041905
3William Stubbins19051907
4M. S. Hudson19071908
5M. J. O'Connor19081912
(3)William Stubbins19121913
(5)M. J. O'Connor19131915
6Peter Johnson19151916
(5)M. J. O'Connor19161917
7Elmer Smith19171920
8F. A. J. Gallwas19201921
9James Cristae19211923
(8)F. A. J. Gallwas19231925
10J. O. Kirkham19251926
11Neis Anderson19261928?
12J. R. Guerin19281929
13L. W. Kilburn19291932
14John Feusi19321933
15Guy Smith19331934
16Albert Goetz19341937
(13)L. W. Kilburn19371941
17Robert Bonner, Jr.19411942
18Erwin Hachmeister19421943
19Elton Engstrom
(1905–1963)
19431944
20James Parsons19441945
21Marcus Jensen
(1908–2001)
19451947
22Mike Pusich
(1896–1953)
19471953
23William Boehl
(1914–2000)
19531961
(21)Marcus Jensen
(1908–2001)
19611964
24Guy Russo
(1921–2006)
19641969
25Robert Savikko
(1927–1972)
19691970

Mayors of the Greater Juneau Borough, Alaska (1963–1970)

No.ImageName
(birth–death)
Took officeLeft office
1Claude Millsap, Jr.
(1920–)
19631967
2Myrton R. Charney
(1931–2013)
19671970

Mayors of the City and Borough of Juneau, Alaska (1970–present)

No.ImageName
(birth–death)
Took officeLeft office
1Joseph McLean
(1917–2012)
19701973
2William A. Macomber1973October 7, 1975
3Virginia KlineOctober 7, 19751976
4William D. "Bill" Overstreet
(1926–2013)
19761983
5Fran Ulmer
(1947–)
19831985
6Ernest Polley
(c. 1937–1997)
October 14, 1985October 10, 1988
7Bruce Botelho
(1948–)
October 10, 1988October 14, 1991
8Jamie Parsons
(1941–2015)
October 14, 1991October 10, 1994
9Byron Mallott
(1943–2020)
October 10, 1994February 13, 1995
10Dennis Egan
(1947–2022)
February 13, 1995October 9, 2000
11Sally Smith
(1945–)
October 9, 2000October 20, 2003
(7)Bruce Botelho
(1948–)
October 20, 2003October 11, 2012
12Merrill Sanford
(1947–)
October 11, 2012October 20, 2015
13Greg Fisk
(1945–2015)
October 20, 2015November 30, 2015[3]
14Mary Becker (acting)
November 30, 2015March 28, 2016
15Ken Koelsch
(c. 1945–)
March 28, 2016[4]October 15, 2018
16Beth Weldon
(1965–)
October 15, 2018incumbent[5]

References

  1. "1968 Directory Borough & City Officials". Alaska Local Government. Juneau: Office of the Governor of Alaska, Local Affairs Agency. VI (9): 28. November 1967.
  2. "1968 Directory Borough & City Officials", Alaska Local Government, p. 21
  3. Died in office.
  4. Won special election to fill remainder of Fisk's term.
  5. "Beth Weldon wins mayor's race". 3 October 2018.
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