Alfred Peter Swineford (September 14, 1836 – October 26, 1909) was an American journalist and politician who served as the second Governor of District of Alaska.

He trained as a printer, worked in Minnesota and Wisconsin before becoming the editor and publisher of the Mining Journal in Marquette, Michigan.

From this base he became active in politics and was elected Mayor of Marquette and to a term in the Michigan House of Representatives before his appointment as governor.

He was educated in local public schools before being apprenticed at age 15 to a printer, first in Ashford and later in Columbus, Ohio.

[2] In 1860, Swineford sold his interests in his newspapers and moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, where he published the Daily Inquirer.

He became head of Oshkosh's Review in 1864 before moving to Fond du Lac to operate the Democratic Press a year later.

In 1893, with the return of President Cleveland to the White House, many Alaskans hoped the former governor would be reappointed to office.