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George Forrest Alexander (1882-1948) —
also known as George F. Alexander —
of Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo., April 20,
1882.
Son of Joshua
Willis Alexander and Roe Ann (Richardson) Alexander.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Multnomah County Democratic Party, 1914-18; candidate for circuit
judge in Oregon, 1922; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1934-46.
Christian.
Member, American Bar
Association; Sigma
Chi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died May 16,
1948 (age 66 years, 26
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Thomas T. Anderson (b. 1957) —
also known as Tom Anderson —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Anchorage,
Alaska, August 4,
1957.
Son of Tom R. Anderson and Christiane Anderson.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Alaska
state house of representatives 19th District, 2003-07; arrested
and indicted
in December 2006 on federal federal bribery,
extortion,
and money
laundering charges;
tried
and convicted
in July 2007; sentenced
to 60 months in prison.
Lutheran.
Still living as of 2009.
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Harry Oscar Arend (1903-1966) —
also known as Harry O. Arend —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Spokane, Spokane
County, Wash., October
26, 1903.
Son of William Fred Arend and Ida Augusta (Schimanski) Arend.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1944-49; justice of
Alaska state supreme court, 1960-64.
Mormon.
Member, Jaycees;
Rotary.
Died July 2,
1966 (age 62 years, 249
days).
Interment at Angelus
Memorial Park, Anchorage, Alaska.
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John Hollis Bankhead II (1872-1946) —
also known as John H. Bankhead II —
of Jasper, Walker
County, Ala.
Born near Moscow (now Sulligent), Lamar
County, Ala., July 8,
1872.
Son of John
Hollis Bankhead and Tallulah (Brockman) Bankhead.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alabama
state house of representatives, 1903; delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alabama, 1928
(alternate), 1936,
1940,
1944
(alternate); U.S.
Senator from Alabama, 1931-46; died in office 1946; candidate for
Democratic nomination for Vice President, 1944.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons;
Shriners.
Died in the U.S. Naval
Hospital, Bethesda, Montgomery
County, Md., June 12,
1946 (age 73 years, 339
days).
Interment at Oak
Hill Cemetery, Jasper, Ala.
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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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Frank C. Bingham (b. 1906) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska.
Born in Coffeyville, Montgomery
County, Kan., September
5, 1906.
Son of Burt J. Bingham and Elva M. (Cadwallader) Bingham.
School
teacher; lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory, 1944-51.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) —
also known as Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914.
Son of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's Commission
on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets; Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, Alaska, October
16, 1972, and presumed dead in a plane
crash (age 58 years, 244
days); apparently the wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Robert Boochever (1917-2011) —
of Alaska.
Born in New York City (unknown
county), N.Y., October
2, 1917.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War II; lawyer; justice of
Alaska state supreme court, 1972-80; chief
justice of Alaska state supreme court, 1975-78; Judge of
U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit, 1980-86; took senior
status 1986; senior
judge, 1986-2011.
Died in Pasadena, Los Angeles
County, Calif., October
9, 2011 (age 94 years, 7
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Timothy Mark Burgess (b. 1956) —
Born in San
Francisco, Calif., 1956.
Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for Alaska, 2001-05; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 2006-.
Still living as of 2006.
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Earnest Bilbe Collins (1873-1967) —
also known as Earnest B. Collins —
of Fox, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Indiana, 1873.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1913-16,
1919-22; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1913-16; member of
Alaska
territorial senate 4th District, 1947-50; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56.
Methodist.
Died in 1967
(age about
94 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Warren N. Cuddy (b. 1886) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Abingdon, Harford
County, Md., October
11, 1886.
Son of George Lawson Cuddy and Sarah N. (James) Cuddy.
Republican. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 3rd District of Alaska Territory, 1928-33.
Member, Freemasons.
Burial
location unknown.
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Leopold David (1878-1924) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Brooklyn, Kings
County, N.Y., 1878.
Served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War;
lawyer; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1920-23; trustee, Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1923-25.
Jewish.
Died, of heart
failure, November
21, 1924 (age about 46
years).
Interment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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Arthur K. Delaney (1841-1905) —
of Horicon, Dodge
County, Wis.; Mayville, Dodge
County, Wis.; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Fort Ticonderoga, Essex
County, N.Y., January
10, 1841.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Wisconsin
state assembly, 1869-70; member of Wisconsin
state senate, 1881-82; U.S.
Attorney for the Eastern District of Wisconsin, 1885-87;
candidate for U.S.
Representative from Wisconsin 2nd District, 1886; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1888,
1892;
mayor
of Juneau, Alaska, 1900-01.
Died in Paso Robles, San Luis
Obispo County, Calif., January
21, 1905 (age 64 years, 11
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Anthony Joseph Dimond (1881-1953) —
also known as Anthony J. Dimond; Tony
Dimond —
of Valdez, Valdez-Cordova
census area, Alaska; Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery
County, N.Y., November
30, 1881.
Son of John P. Dimond and Emily (Sullivan) Dimond.
Democrat. Prospector;
lawyer; mayor of
Valdez, Alaska, 1920-22, 1925-32; member of Alaska
territorial senate 3rd District, 1923-26, 1929-32; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1933-45; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1936,
1940;
district judge in Alaska, 1945-53; died in office 1953.
Catholic.
Member, Elks; Eagles; Moose.
Died in Anchorage,
Alaska, May 28,
1953 (age 71 years, 179
days).
Interment at Anchorage
Memorial Park Cemetery, Anchorage, Alaska.
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David A. Donley (b. 1954) —
also known as Dave Donley —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Anchorage,
Alaska, August
29, 1954.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1986, 1988, 1990; member
of Alaska
state senate District J, 1993-; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alaska, 2008.
Member, National Rifle
Association; Phi
Beta Kappa.
Still living as of 2008.
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Thomas J. Geary (1854-1929) —
of Petaluma, Sonoma
County, Calif.; Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif.; Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; San
Francisco, Calif.
Born in Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass., January
18, 1854.
Democrat. Lawyer; Sonoma
County District Attorney, 1883-84; U.S.
Representative from California 1st District, 1890-95.
Died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., July 6,
1929 (age 75 years, 169
days).
Interment at Rural
Cemetery, Santa Rosa, Calif.
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Patrick J. Gilmore, Jr. (b. 1911) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska, January
10, 1911.
Son of Patrick Joseph Gilmore and Elizabeth Anne (Guinan) Gilmore.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Navy during World War II;
U.S.
Attorney for the 1st District of Alaska Territory, 1946-54.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar
Association.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Whitaker McDonough Grant (b. 1851) —
also known as Whit M. Grant —
of Davenport, Scott
County, Iowa; Sitka,
Alaska; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Okla.
Born in Seale, Russell
County, Ala., April 26,
1851.
Son of Thomas McDonough Grant and Mary J. (Benton) Grant.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Iowa state
house of representatives, 1884-85; U.S.
Attorney for Alaska Territory, 1887-89; member of Democratic
National Committee from Oklahoma, 1896-99; mayor
of Oklahoma City, Okla., 1911-15.
Burial
location unknown.
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George Barnes Grigsby (1874-1962) —
also known as George B. Grigsby —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska.
Born in Sioux Falls, Minnehaha
County, Dakota Territory (now S.Dak.), December
2, 1874.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during the
Spanish-American War; U.S.
Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory, 1908-10; mayor of
Nome, Alaska, 1914; Alaska
territory attorney general, 1916-19; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1920-21; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1924.
Died in Santa Rosa, Sonoma
County, Calif., May 9,
1962 (age 87 years, 158
days).
Interment at Golden
Gate National Cemetery, San Bruno, Calif.
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Walter Eugene Guess (1932-1975) —
also known as W. Eugene Guess; Gene Guess —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Mississippi, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-72; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1971-72; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1972.
Protestant.
Died in 1975
(age about
43 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Justin Woodward Harding (b. 1888) —
also known as Justin W. Harding —
of Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Franklin, Warren
County, Ohio, December
19, 1888.
Son of Clarence H. Harding and Lilly (Woodward) Harding.
Republican. Lawyer; major in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Ohio state
house of representatives, 1921-27; U.S.
Attorney for the 1st District of Alaska Territory, 1927-29; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1929-33.
Protestant.
Member, Kappa
Sigma; Freemasons;
Elks.
Burial
location unknown.
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John E. Havelock (b. 1932) —
of Alaska.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
July
30, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; Alaska
state attorney general, 1970-73; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1984.
Member, American Bar
Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1984.
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Luther Constantine Hess (1865-1954) —
also known as Luther C. Hess —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born near Milton, Pike
County, Ill., 1865.
Democrat. Lawyer; banker;
member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1917-18; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1917-18; member of
Alaska
territorial senate 4th District, 1919-22, 1929-36; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1940.
Died in 1954
(age about
89 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Thomas Jefferson Humes (1849-1904) —
also known as Thomas J. Humes —
of Seattle, King
County, Wash.
Born in Clinton
County, Ind., February
14, 1849.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Kansas
state house of representatives, 1877-80; superior court judge in
Washington, 1890; mayor of
Seattle, Wash., 1897-1904.
Died in Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska, November
9, 1904 (age 55 years, 269
days).
Interment at Lake
View Cemetery, Seattle, Wash.
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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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Wendell Palmer Kay (b. 1913) —
also known as Wendell P. Kay —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Illinois, 1913.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1951-56; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1955-56; alternate
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1970.
Methodist.
Presumed
deceased.
Burial
location unknown.
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Joseph W. Kehoe (b. 1890) —
of Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska; Seward, Kenai
Peninsula Borough, Alaska.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., July 19,
1890.
Son of Joseph Kehoe and Josephine (Thomas) Kehoe.
Democrat. Lawyer; served in the U.S. Army during World War I;
member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives, 1933-34, 1943-44 (1st
District 1933-34, 3rd District 1943-44); U.S.
Attorney for the 3rd District of Alaska Territory, 1933-42;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1936.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Delta
Theta Phi.
Burial
location unknown.
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Beth Kerttula (b. 1956) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Guthrie, Logan
County, Okla., January
8, 1956.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alaska
state house of representatives 3rd District, 1999-.
Female.
Still living as of 2001.
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Lyman Enos Knapp (1837-1904) —
also known as Lyman E. Knapp —
of Middlebury, Addison
County, Vt.
Born in Somerset, Windham
County, Vt., November
5, 1837.
Colonel in the Union Army during the Civil War; newspaper
editor; lawyer; probate judge in Vermont, 1879-82; member
of Vermont
state house of representatives, 1884-85; Governor of
Alaska District, 1889-93.
Congregationalist.
Member, Anti-Saloon
League; Delta
Upsilon; Phi
Beta Kappa; Grand
Army of the Republic.
Died in Seattle, King
County, Wash., October
9, 1904 (age 66 years, 339
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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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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Thomas A. Marquam —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Democrat. Lawyer; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1920-25; trustee, Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1925-29;
candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1926.
Burial
location unknown.
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Stanley J. McCutcheon (b. 1917) —
also known as Stan McCutcheon —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Alaska, 1917.
Son of Herbert
Hazard McCutcheon.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1943-46,
1949-52, 1955-56; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1949-50; delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952,
1956;
delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960.
Still living as of 1960.
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Lesil McGuire (b. 1971) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore., January
22, 1971.
Republican. Intern and press aide for U.S. Sen. Ted
Stevens, 1993-95; lawyer; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 2001-07 (17th District 2001-03,
28th District 2003-07); member of Alaska
state senate District N, 2007-.
Female.
Member, Habitat
for Humanity.
Still living as of 2009.
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Lisa Murkowski (b. 1957) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska, May 22,
1957.
Daughter of Frank
Hughes Murkowski.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Alaska
state house of representatives 14th District, 1999-2002; U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 2002-; appointed 2002.
Female.
Catholic.
Still living as of 2012.
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Sean Parnell (b. 1962) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Hanford, Kings
County, Calif., November
19, 1962.
Son of Pat
Parnell.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1992, 1994; member of Alaska
state senate District I, 1997-2000; Lieutenant
Governor of Alaska, 2006-09; Governor of
Alaska, 2009-.
Member, Rotary.
Still living as of 2011.
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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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Harry Emerson Pratt (1884-1957) —
also known as Harry E. Pratt —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Norton, Norton
County, Kan., January
26, 1884.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alaska
territorial senate 4th District, 1925-28; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1935-57.
Died December
14, 1957 (age 73 years, 322
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Fairbanks
Cemetery, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Jay Andrew Rabinowitz (c.1927-2001) —
also known as Jay A. Rabinowitz —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Philadelphia, Philadelphia
County, Pa., about 1927.
Lawyer; superior court judge in Alaska, 1960-65; justice of
Alaska state supreme court, 1965-97.
Wrote the opinion which legalized private marijuana use in Alaska.
Died, in a hospital
at Seattle, King
County, Wash., June 16,
2001 (age about 74
years).
Burial
location unknown.
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John L. Rader (b. 1927) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Howard, Elk
County, Kan., February
11, 1927.
Son of Ralph R. Rader.
Lawyer; Alaska
state attorney general, 1959-60; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1961-66.
Still living as of 1966.
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Ralph Julian Rivers (1903-1976) —
also known as Ralph J. Rivers —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., May 23,
1903.
Son of Julian Guy Rivers and Louisa (Lavoy) Rivers.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1933-44; Alaska
territory attorney general, 1945-49; mayor
of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1952-54; alternate delegate to Democratic
National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952;
member of Alaska
territorial senate 4th District, 1955-56; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; U.S.
Representative from Alaska at-large, 1959-67; alternate delegate
to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960.
Member, Elks; Sons of
the American Revolution; Sigma
Chi; Phi
Alpha Delta.
Died in Chehalis, Lewis
County, Wash., August
14, 1976 (age 73 years, 83
days).
Cremated;
ashes interred at Sunset
Memorial Gardens, Chehalis, Wash.
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Ralph E. Robertson (b. 1885) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Iowa, 1885.
Republican. Lawyer; mayor of
Juneau, Alaska, 1920-23; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and
School of Mines (now University of Alaska), 1925-33; delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; candidate for
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1958.
Burial
location unknown.
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Raymond Robins (1873-1954) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Chicago, Cook
County, Ill.; near Brooksville, Hernando
County, Fla.
Born in Staten Island, Richmond
County, N.Y., September
17, 1873.
Progressive. Coal miner;
lawyer; went to
the Klondike for the 1898 Gold Rush; pastor; social
worker; economist;
writer;
candidate for U.S.
Senator from Illinois, 1914; commissioner of American Red Cross
mission to Russia, 1917.
Died September
26, 1954 (age 81 years, 9
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bernard Shandon Rodey (1856-1927) —
also known as Bernard S. Rodey —
of Boston, Suffolk
County, Mass.; Albuquerque, Bernalillo
County, N.M.
Born in County Mayo, Ireland,
March
1, 1856.
Son of Patrick Rodey and Ellen (Macdonnell) Rodey.
Lawyer; member of New Mexico
territorial senate, 1889; delegate to
New Mexico state constitutional convention, 1890; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from New Mexico Territory, 1901-05; defeated
(Independent Republican), 1904; U.S.
District Judge for Puerto Rico, 1906-10; U.S.
Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory, 1910-13.
Died March 10,
1927 (age 71 years, 9
days).
Interment at Fairview
Memorial Park, Albuquerque, N.M.
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Charles E. Ryberg (b. 1870) —
of Nome, Nome census
area, Alaska; Minneapolis, Hennepin
County, Minn.
Born in Chicago, Cook
County, Ill., April 9,
1870.
Real
estate business; lawyer; member of Minnesota
state house of representatives 32nd District, 1917-18.
Burial
location unknown.
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Grace Berg Schaible —
also known as Grace Berg —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Lawyer; regent, University of Alaska, 1985-87; Alaska
state attorney general, 1987-89.
Female.
Norwegian
ancestry.
Still living as of 1996.
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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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Robin L. Taylor (b. 1943) —
of Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska; Wrangell,
Alaska.
Born in Sedro Woolley, Skagit
County, Wash., February
5, 1943.
Republican. Lawyer; district judge in Alaska, 1977-82; member
of Alaska
state house of representatives; elected 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990;
member of Alaska
state senate District A, 1992-; appointed 1992; Republican
candidate for Governor of
Alaska, 1998 (primary), 1998.
Member, American
Judicature Society; Elks; Moose; National Rifle
Association; Freemasons.
Still living as of 2001.
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Warren Arthur Taylor (b. 1891) —
also known as Warren A. Taylor —
of Cordova, Valdez-Cordova
census area, Alaska; Kodiak, Kodiak
Island Borough, Alaska; Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Washington, 1891.
Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives, 1933-34, 1945-46, 1949-50,
1955-58 (3rd District 1933-34, 1945-46, 4th District 1949-50,
1955-58); delegate
to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1959-66; Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1959-62.
Baptist.
Burial
location unknown.
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Warren Truitt (1849-1935) —
of Moscow, Latah
County, Idaho.
Born in Fayette, Greene
County, Ill., 1849.
Son of Samuel Truitt and Cynthia (Carr) Truitt.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Oregon
state house of representatives, 1882; district judge in Alaska,
1892-96; member of Idaho
state senate, 1906-08; delegate to Republican National Convention
from Idaho, 1908;
justice
of Idaho state supreme court, 1914-15; appointed 1914.
Methodist.
Member, Freemasons.
Died in 1935
(age about
86 years).
Interment at Moscow
Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
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Joseph E. Vogler (1913-1993) —
also known as Joe Vogler —
of Alaska.
Born in Barnes, Washington
County, Kan., April 24,
1913.
Lawyer; gold miner;
real
estate developer; candidate for Governor of
Alaska, 1974 (Alaskan Independence), 1982, 1986 (Alaskan
Independence).
Died in 1993
(age about
80 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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Bruce Weyhrauch —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Alaska
state house of representatives 4th District, 2003-07; arrested
in May 2007, along with Pete
Kott and Vic
Kohring, and charged
with bribery
and extortion
over soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporation
in return for votes on an oil tax; trial pending.
Still living as of 2009.
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Grover Cleveland Winn (1886-1943) —
also known as Grover C. Winn —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Wisconsin, 1886.
Republican. Lawyer; member of Alaska
territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1929-32; Speaker
of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1931-32.
Died in 1943
(age about
57 years).
Burial
location unknown.
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