34 Facts About Byron Mallott

Byron Ivar Mallott was an American politician, elder, tribal activist, and business executive from the state of Alaska.

Byron Mallott was the 12th lieutenant governor of Alaska from December 2014 until his resignation on October 16,2018.

Byron Mallott was the Democratic nominee for Governor of Alaska in 2014, until he agreed to merge his campaign with that of independent candidate Bill Walker and become Walker's running mate.

Walker and Byron Mallott won the election and were sworn in on December 1,2014.

In 2018, Byron Mallott abruptly resigned after it was discovered he made inappropriate overtures to a woman.

Byron Mallott's father established a general store in a spare room of the family home in 1946.

At age 13, Byron Mallott began attending Pius X Mission, a Catholic boarding school located in Skagway, Alaska.

Byron Mallott graduated from Sheldon Jackson High School and studied for several years at Western Washington State College in Bellingham, Washington.

Byron Mallott left college and returned to Yakutat, running to replace him, and won the election.

Byron Mallott left office before the expiration of his term, taking a job in the office of Governor Bill Egan towards the end of Egan's first governorship.

Byron Mallott was the first Commissioner of the Department of Community and Regional Affairs.

In 1968, Byron Mallott received the Democratic nomination for the 5th district in the Alaska House of Representatives.

Byron Mallott posted the $250 for a recount, but the vote total remained the same.

In 1982, Byron Mallott was appointed to the board of trustees of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation by Governor Jay Hammond to replace Elmer Rasmuson.

Byron Mallott was elected mayor of Juneau in that municipality's 1994 general election.

Byron Mallott resigned from office after he was selected to serve as the executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation.

Byron Mallott announced on September 2,2013 that he was running for the Democratic nomination for governor of Alaska in the 2014 election.

In 2017, Walker and Byron Mallott registered to run for re-election on an independent ticket.

Walker and Byron Mallott faced a Republican ticket headed by state senator Mike Dunleavy and a Democratic ticket headed by former senator Mark Begich.

Byron Mallott signed state marijuana regulations into effect in January 2016.

In 2016, Raven Radio reported that Byron Mallott had logged 280,000 Alaska Air Miles in the first two years of his tenure as lieutenant governor.

Byron Mallott resigned his post as lieutenant governor on October 16,2018, citing "inappropriate comments" that he had made to a woman whom Governor Walker refused to name.

Byron Mallott was succeeded as lieutenant governor by Valerie Davidson, the former commissioner of the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services.

In 1972, Byron Mallott became a member of the newly formed Sealaska Corporation and was elected director.

Byron Mallott served as chairman of the board from 1976 to 1983.

Byron Mallott was a founding director of the Alaska Commercial Fisheries and Agriculture Bank.

Byron Mallott was a director of the Seattle branch board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, and he served on the board of directors of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.

Byron Mallott served as a director of Alaska Air Group and on the board of the National Alliance of Business.

Byron Mallott was a clan leader of the KwaashKiKwaan clan of the Raven tribe of Yakutat.

Byron Mallott served as President of the Alaska Federation of Natives and received a "Citizen of the Year" award from AFN.

Byron Mallott served as president and CEO of the First Alaskans Foundation.

Byron Mallott was appointed by Governor Tony Knowles as a co-chair of the Alaska Commission on Rural Governance and Empowerment.

Byron Mallott chaired the Nature Conservancy of Alaska and served as a director of the Alaska Public Radio Network.

Byron Mallott suffered a heart attack at his home in Juneau on May 7,2020, and was flown by a medical charter to Anchorage, where he died the following day at the age of 77.