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John Green Brady (1848-1918) —
also known as John G. Brady —
of Alaska.
Born in New York, New York
County, N.Y., May 25,
1848.
Governor
of Alaska Territory, 1897-1906.
Presbyterian.
Forced to
resign as governor in 1906, after an inquiry
about his involvement with the Reynolds-Alaska Development Company.
Ill with diabetes,
he suffered a stroke and
died in Sitka,
Alaska, December
17, 1918 (age 70 years, 206
days).
Interment at National
Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.
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Timothy J. Brill (born c.1960) —
also known as Tim Brill —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born about 1960.
Independent candidate for U.S.
Representative from Washington 9th District, 1992.
Pleaded
guilty in August 2000 to mail fraud in connection with the
failure of his mountaineering business; sentenced
to a year and a day in federal prison.
Still living as of 2001.
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Vic Kohring (b. 1958) —
of Wasilla, Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Alaska.
Born in Waukegan, Lake
County, Ill., August 2,
1958.
Republican. Member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1995-2007 (26th District
1995-2003, 14th District 2003-07); resigned 2007; arrested
in May 2007, along with Bruce
Weyhrauch and Pete
Kott, and charged
with bribery
and extortion
over soliciting and receiving money and favors from VECO Corporation
in return for votes on an oil tax; tried and
convicted
in November 2007; sentenced
to three and a half years in prison;
released in 2009.
Still living as of 2009.
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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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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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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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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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John Cowdery (b. 1930) —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Adrian, Bates
County, Mo., February
11, 1930.
Republican. Contractor;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1983-84, 1997-2000; member of Alaska
state senate, 2000-09 (District I 2000-03, District O 2003-09);
indicted
in July 2008 and charged
with accepting
bribes from VECO Corporation; convicted
in March 2009; sentenced
to six months house
arrest and fined
$25,000.
Still living as of 2009.
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Beverly Masek (b. 1963) —
of Willow, Matanuska-Susitna
Borough, Alaska.
Born in Anvik, Yukon-Koyukuk
census area, Alaska, September
30, 1963.
Republican. Four time Iditarod Race finisher, 1990-93; member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1995-2005 (28th District
1995-2003, 15th District 2003-05); pleaded
guilty in March 2009 to soliciting
and accepting at least $4,000 in bribes
from VECO Corporation; sentenced
to six months in jail and
three years probation.
Female.
Methodist.
Alaska
Native ancestry. Member, National Rifle
Association.
Still living as of 2009.
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