Political party strength in Alaska

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The following table indicates the parties of elected officials in the U.S. state of Alaska :

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The table also indicates the historical party composition in the:

For years in which a United States presidential election was held, the table indicates which party's nominees received the state's electoral votes.

Pre-statehood (1884–1958)

Year Executive offices Territorial Legislature [1] United States Congress
Governor Senate House Delegate
1884 John Henry Kinkead (R)no such bodiesno such office
1885 Alfred P. Swineford (D)
1888
1889 Lyman Enos Knapp (R)
1892
1893 James Sheakley (D)
1896
1897 John Green Brady (R)
1905
1906 Wilford Bacon Hoggatt (R) Frank Hinman Waskey (D) [a]
1907 Thomas Cale (I) [a]
1908
1909 Walter Eli Clark (R) James Wickersham (R) [a]
1910
1911
1912
1913 John Franklin
Alexander Strong
(D)
3NP, 2D, 1I, 1IR, 1R10NP, 2R, 1D, 1IR, 1PH, 1 vac.
1914
19153D, 3NP, 1I, 1Prog7NP, 3D, 3I, 1H, 1ID, 1R
1916
19173D, 2NP, 1IR, 1Prog, 1R7D, 6R, 2I, 1PD Charles A. Sulzer (D) [a] [b]
1918 Thomas Riggs Jr. (D)
19195D, 2NP, 1IR11D, 4R, 1I James Wickersham (R) [a]
Charles A. Sulzer (D) [a] [c]
vacant
1920
George B. Grigsby (D) [a] [b]
1921 Scott Cordelle Bone (R)4D, 3R, 1IR11R, 2I, 1D, 1ID, 1IR James Wickersham (R) [a]
Daniel Sutherland (R) [a]
1922
19235R, 2I, 1D11R, 4I, 1D
1924
1925 George Alexander Parks (R)4R, 2D, 2I9R, 4D, 2I, 1IR
1926
19275R, 2I, 1D12R, 3D, 1I
1928
19295R, 2D, 1I9R, 3D, 3I, 1IR
1930
19314D, 4R11R, 4D, 1I James Wickersham (R) [a]
4R, 3D, 1 vac. [d]
1932
1933 John Weir Troy (D)6D, 2R12D, 4R Anthony Dimond (D) [a]
1934
19358D15D, 1R
1936
193714D, 2R
1938
19397D, 1R16D
1940 Ernest Gruening (D)
194114D, 2R
1942
194316D
1944
194514D, 2R20D, 4R Bob Bartlett (D) [a]
1946
19479D, 7R13R, 11D
1948
194919D, 5R
1950
195114D, 10R
1952
1953 B. Frank Heintzleman (R)11R, 5D19R, 5D
1954
195512D, 4R21D, 3R
1956
1957 Waino Hendrickson (acting) (R)11D, 5R
Mike Stepovich (R)
1958
Waino Hendrickson (acting) (R)

1959–present

Key to party colors and abbreviations for members of the U.S. Congress and other politicians or officials
Alaskan Independence (AKIP)
Know Nothing (KN)
American Labor (AL)
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J)
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (AA)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Conservative (Con)
Covenant (Cov)
Democratic (D)
Democratic–Farmer–Labor (DFL)
Democratic–NPL (D-NPL)
Dixiecrat (Dix),
States' Rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (DR)
Farmer–Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Pro-Administration (PA)
Free Soil (FS)
Fusion (Fus)
Greenback (GB)
Independence (IPM)
Independent Democrat (ID)
Independent Republican (IR)
Jacksonian (J)
Liberal (Lib)
Libertarian (L)
National Union (NU)
Nonpartisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition Northern (O)
Opposition Southern (O)
Populist (Pop)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Silver (Sv)
Silver Republican (SvR)
Socialist (Soc)
Union (U)
Unconditional Union (UU)
Vermont Progressive (VP)
Whig (W)
Independent (I)
Nonpartisan (NP)

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Delegate from Territory of Alaska.
  2. 1 2 Election successfully contested.
  3. 1 2 3 4 Died in office.
  4. A Democratic senator died 17 days after the legislative session began. The seat was left vacant and the legislature continued with a Democratic Senate president.
  5. Resigned following electoral defeat.
  6. 1 2 The House elected a Republican as Speaker.
  7. Resigned to become United States Secretary of the Interior.
  8. Initially elected in a special election.
  9. 1 2 3 4 Ascended to office following the resignation of predecessor.
  10. 1 2 3 The Senate elected a Republican as President.
  11. Led by a coalition with a Republican House speaker, Tom Fink.
  12. The "no party" member, Frank R. Ferguson, was elected as a write-in after losing the Democratic primary as an incumbent. He served in the previous and following legislatures as a Democrat.
  13. 1 2 Initially elected in a special election.
  14. 1 2 The Senate elected a Democrat as president.
  15. Resigned December 2, 2002 to take office as Governor of Alaska.
  16. The Democratic Speaker of the House, Jim Duncan, was voted out on June 16, 1981, eight days before the end of session. He was replaced by a tri-partisan coalition of Republicans, native Bush Democrats, and Libertarians (the Libertarians later dropped out) led by Republican Joe Hayes, which remained through the end of this Legislature. The overall partisan composition of the House remained unchanged, and the coalition led by Hayes was preserved in a slightly different form in the next Legislature as well. [3] [4]
  17. Led by a coalition with a Republican House Speaker, Ramona L. Barnes. [5]
  18. The representative elected under the AKIP banner, Carl E. Moses, switched his party affiliation to Democratic on May 24, 1994, shortly after Hickel's party switch, but the coalition that elected the Republican Speaker stayed in place.
  19. One senator was elected under the Republican Moderate Party banner, but switched his party affiliation to Republican before the actual start of his term.
  20. 1 2 Appointed to fill a vacancy.
  21. 1 2 Resigned.
  22. A coalition of six Republicans and the Senate's nine Democrats made up the majority caucus.
  23. From 2009-2011, six Republicans joined the ten Democrats to form a governing coalition. From 2011-2013, five Republicans governed with the ten Democrats.
  24. 1 2 3 Four Democrats caucused with the Republican majority.
  25. Two Democrats caucused with the Republican majority.
  26. 1 2 One Democrat caucused with the Republican majority.
  27. Three Republicans and both Independents caucused with the Democrats to form a governing coalition.
  28. Six Republicans and both Independents caucused with the Democrats to form a governing coalition.
  29. Two Republicans and all Independents caucused with all Democrats to form a governing coalition. Two Republicans are not members of a caucus.
  30. Seat was vacant from March 18–September 13, 2022
  31. Eight Republicans and all nine Democrats caucused together to form the governing coalition.
  32. Nineteen Republicans, two Democrats, and two Independents caucused together to form the governing coalition.
  33. Republican Thomas Baker was appointed to fill the seat of independent Josiah Patkotak, who resigned.

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