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Burton Ellsworth Bennett (1863-1929) —
also known as Burton E. Bennett —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.; Sitka,
Alaska.
Born in North Brookfield, Madison
County, N.Y., April 17,
1863.
Son of Samuel Rhoades Bennett and Mary Hill (Loomis) Bennett.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Alaska Territory, 1895-98.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1929
(age about
66 years).
Interment at Evergreen-Washelli
Memorial Park, Seattle, Wash.
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Charles Ernest Bunnell (1878-1956) —
also known as Charles E. Bunnell —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Dimock, Susquehanna
County, Pa., January
12, 1878.
Son of Lyman Walton Bunnell and Ruth (Tingley) Bunnell.
Democrat. Candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1914; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1914-21; first president
of the Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines (later
University of Alaska), 1921-45.
Episcopalian. Member, Phi
Beta Kappa; Freemasons;
Elks.
Died, following a heart
attack, at a nursing
home in Burlingame, San Mateo
County, Calif., November
1, 1956 (age 78 years, 294
days).
Interment at Birch
Hill Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska; statue at University
of Alaska Campus, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Steve Camberling Cowper (b. 1938) —
also known as Steve Cowper; "The High Plains
Drifter" —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Petersburg,
Va., August
21, 1938.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1975-78; Governor of
Alaska, 1986-90.
Episcopalian.
Still living as of 2009.
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Barry W. Jackson (b. 1930) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
27, 1930.
Son of Rodney H. Jackson and Marion (Englebright) Jackson.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-66.
Episcopalian. Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar
Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Kiwanis;
Elks; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1967.
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John Edgar Manders (1895-1973) —
also known as John E. Manders —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Denver,
Colo., February
3, 1895.
Son of Robert Francis Manders and Letha Clementine (Barnes) Manders.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1944; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1945-46; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952;
candidate for nomination for U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1958.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in a hospital
at Anchorage,
Alaska, February
18, 1973 (age 78 years, 15
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Key Pittman (1872-1940) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Tonopah, Nye
County, Nev.
Born in Vicksburg, Warren
County, Miss., September
19, 1872.
Son of William Buckner Pittman and Catherine (Key) Pittman.
Democrat. Went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; lawyer;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Nevada, 1912
(member, Committee
to Notify Presidential Nominee; speaker),
1916
(member, Platform
and Resolutions Committee), 1924,
1928,
1936,
1940;
U.S.
Senator from Nevada, 1913-40; defeated, 1910; died in office 1940.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
Sigma
Alpha Epsilon.
It was rumored for years that he died before his final election in
1940, and that party leaders kept his body on ice in a hotel bathtub
until he was re-elected; this story has been disproven. In fact, he
suffered a severe heart
attack before the election, at the Riverside Hotel, and
died after the election at the Washoe General Hospital,
Reno, Washoe
County, Nev., November
10, 1940 (age 68 years, 52
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at Masonic
Memorial Gardens, Reno, Nev.
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Thomas Riggs, Jr. (1873-1945) —
of Alaska; Millbrook, Dutchess
County, N.Y.
Born in Ilchester, Howard
County, Md., October
17, 1873.
Son of Thomas Riggs and Catherine Winter (Gilbert) Riggs.
Democrat. Lumber
business; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1918-21; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1920.
Episcopalian.
Died in Washington,
D.C., January
16, 1945 (age 71 years, 91
days).
Interment at Green
Mount Cemetery, Baltimore, Md.
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Theodore Fulton Stevens (1923-2010) —
also known as Ted Stevens —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Girdwood, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Indianapolis, Marion
County, Ind., November
18, 1923.
Republican. Served in the U.S. Army Air Force in World War II; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1954-56;
delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1964,
1972
(delegation chair); member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-68; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1968-2009; defeated, 1962; appointed 1968.
Episcopalian. Member, American Bar
Association; Rotary; American
Legion; Veterans of
Foreign Wars.
Indicted
in July 2008 on federal charges
of failing
to report gifts
from VECO Corporation and its CEO; tried and
convicted
in October 2008; his conviction was later vacated due to
prosecutorial misconduct. The Anchorage airport is named for
him.
Killed in a plane
crash, in Bristol Bay
Borough, Alaska, August 9,
2010 (age 86 years, 264
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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William Ransom Wood (1907-2001) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born near Jacksonville, Morgan
County, Ill., February
3, 1907.
Served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; president,
University of Alaska, 1960-73; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1978-80.
Episcopalian.
Died, at Fairbanks Memorial Hospital,
Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, February
25, 2001 (age 94 years, 22
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Donald Edwin Young (b. 1933) —
also known as Don Young —
of Fort Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska.
Born in Meridian, Sutter
County, Calif., June 9,
1933.
Republican. School
teacher; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1967-70; member of Alaska
state senate, 1971-73; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1973-.
Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons;
National
Education Association; Elks; Lions; Jaycees.
Still living as of 2009.
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