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Edward Lewis Bartlett (1904-1968) —
also known as E. L. 'Bob' Bartlett —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Seattle, King
County, Wash., April 20,
1904.
Son of Edgar C. Bartlett and Ida F. (Doverspike) Bartlett.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; gold miner;
secretary
of Alaska Territory, 1939-44; resigned 1944; Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1945-59; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1948,
1956;
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1959-68; died in office 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960.
Member, Elks.
Died, following heart
surgery, in the Cleveland Clinic hospital,
Cleveland, Cuyahoga
County, Ohio, December
11, 1968 (age 64 years, 235
days).
Interment at Northern
Lights Memorial Park, Fairbanks, Alaska.
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Scott Cordelle Bone (1860-1936) —
of Alaska.
Born in Shelby
County, Ind., February
15, 1860.
Newspaper editor; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1921-25.
Disciples
of Christ.
Died of a heart
attack, in Santa Barbara, Santa
Barbara County, Calif., January
27, 1936 (age 75 years, 346
days).
Interment at Santa
Barbara Cemetery, Santa Barbara, Calif.
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Walter Eli Clark (1869-1950) —
also known as Walter E. Clark —
of Washington,
D.C.; Alaska; Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va.
Born in Ashford, Windham
County, Conn., January
7, 1869.
Son of Oren Andrus Clark and Emily Jeannette (Jones) Clark.
Republican. Newspaper reporter; Governor of
Alaska District, 1909-12; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1912-13; newspaper editor.
Presbyterian
or Congregationalist.
Member, Chi Psi.
Died of a heart
attack, in a hospital
at Charleston, Kanawha
County, W.Va., February
4, 1950 (age 81 years, 28
days).
Interment at Spring
Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
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Kim S. Elton (b. 1948) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Havre, Hill
County, Mont., April 9,
1948.
Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Vietnam war;
newspaper editor; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1995-98; member of Alaska
state senate District B, 1999-.
Still living as of 2001.
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Ernest Henry Gruening (1887-1974) —
also known as Ernest Gruening; "Mr.
Alaska" —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., February
6, 1887.
Son of Emil Gruening and Phebe (Fridenberg) Gruening.
Democrat. Newspaper reporter; newspaper editor; writer; Governor of
Alaska Territory, 1939-53; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956;
U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1959-69; defeated, 1968; delegate to
Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960,
1972;
candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska, 1972.
Jewish.
Member, Council on
Foreign Relations; American
Academy of Political and Social Science.
Leader in drive to gain statehood for Alaska. One of only two
Senators to vote against the Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, which gave
President Johnson authority to escalate the Vietnam War.
Died of cancer in
Washington,
D.C., June 26,
1974 (age 87 years, 140
days).
Cremated;
ashes scattered.
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Emil Hurja (1892-1953) —
of Breckenridge, Stephens
County, Tex.; Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich.
Born in Crystal Falls, Iron
County, Mich., January
22, 1892.
Served in the U.S. Army during World War I; newspaper
publisher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Michigan, 1936;
candidate in Republican primary for U.S.
Representative from Michigan 12th District, 1946, 1948.
Finnish
ancestry. Member, American
Political Science Association; American
Economic Association; Sigma
Delta Chi.
Suffered a heart
attack, collapsed and died at the National Press Club, Washington,
D.C., May 30,
1953 (age 61 years, 128
days).
Interment at Arlington
National Cemetery, Arlington, Va.
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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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Austin Eugene Lathrop (1865-1950) —
also known as Austin E. Lathrop; Cap
Lathrop —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska; Cordova, Valdez-Cordova
census area, Alaska.
Born in Lapeer, Lapeer
County, Mich., October
5, 1865.
Son of Eugene Vernon Lathrop and Sarah (Parsons) Lathrop.
Owner of the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner newspaper, a chain of
movie
theaters, two radio
stations, two banks, and
the Healy River Coal
Company; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of
Mines, 1933-35, continuing as regent, University of Alaska, 1935-50.
Killed in a railroad
accident, at Healy, Denali
Borough, Alaska, July 26,
1950 (age 84 years, 294
days).
Burial
location unknown.
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John Lindauer (b. 1937) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Montclair, Essex
County, N.J., November
20, 1937.
Republican. Newspaper publisher; candidate for Governor of
Alaska, 1998.
Member, Rotary; American
Legion.
Still living as of 1998.
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Alfred Peter Swineford (1836-1909) —
also known as Alfred P. Swineford —
of Marquette, Marquette
County, Mich.; Alaska.
Born in Ashland, Ashland
County, Ohio, September
14, 1836.
Democrat. Newspaper publisher; member of Michigan
state house of representatives from Marquette District, 1871-72;
mayor
of Marquette, Mich., 1874-75; candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Michigan, 1878; Governor of
Alaska District, 1885-89; delegate to Democratic National
Convention from Alaska Territory, 1904;
candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1906.
Died in Juneau,
Alaska, October
26, 1909 (age 73 years, 42
days).
Interment at Evergreen
Cemetery, Juneau, Alaska.
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