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officers from 1868 until 1877, when the Army was withdrawn from Alaska. Two years followed in which there was no
presence in Alaska at all. From 1879 Alaska fell under the purview of the
, and administered by the captains of naval vessels.
| Commander | Term | | Brevet Maj. Gen. Jefferson C. Davis, USA | 1868â€"1870 |
| Brevet Lt. Col. George K. Brady, USA | 1870 |
| Major John C. Tidball, USA | 1870â€"1871 |
| Major Harvey A. Allen, USA | 1871â€"1872 |
| Major Joseph Steward, USA | 1872â€"1874 |
| Captain George B. Rodney, USA | 1874 |
| Captain Joseph B. Campbell, USA | 1874â€"1876 |
| Captain John Mendenhall, USA | 1876â€"1877 |
| Captain Arthur Morris, USA | 1877 |
| none | 1877â€"1879 |
| Commander Lester A. Beardslee, USN | 1879â€"1881 |
| Commander Henry Glass, USN | 1881 |
| Lt. Cmdr. Edward P. Lull, USN | 1881â€"1882 |
| Commander Henry Glass, USN | 1881â€"1882 |
| Commander Frederick Pearson, USN | 1882 |
| Commander Edgar C. Merriman, USN | 1882â€"1883 |
| Commander Joseph B. Coghlan, USN | 1883â€"1884 |
| Commander Albert G. Caldwell, USN | 1884 |
| Lt. Cmdr. Henry E. Nichols, USN | 1884 |
. The four–year term of governor begins and ends on the first Monday of December.
