Background
Ken Hinchey was born September 9, 1912 in Fern Hill, Tacoma, Washington.
Ken Hinchey was born September 9, 1912 in Fern Hill, Tacoma, Washington.
He served one term as Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1955 to 1956. Hinchey started a number of businesses in Alaska, including Northern Transfer, the Black and White Restaurant, Alaska Aggregate Corporation, Idealaska Cement, and Pacific Western Lincolnshire. He also mined gold in Hope, invented machines, and transported oil from Valdez to Fairbanks for the military during World World War 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. He died April 21, 1994 at the age of 81.