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Peter Kott (b. 1949) —
also known as Pete Kott —
of Eagle River, Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Flint, Genesee
County, Mich., August
29, 1949.
Republican. Part-owner and operator of Kott's Hardwood
Flooring; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1993-2007 (24th District
1993-2003, 17th District 2003-07); Speaker of
the Alaska State House of Representatives, 2003-04; arrested
in May 2007, along with Bruce
Weyhrauch and Vic
Kohring, and charged
with bribery
and extortion
over soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporation
(including the promise of a job as a lobbyist),
in return for votes on an oil tax; tried and
convicted
in September 2007; sentenced
to six years in prison
and fined
$10,000.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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