1st Alaska State Legislature

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The 1st Alaska State Legislature was elected November 25, 1958, upon the passage of the Alaska Statehood Act, and convened immediately after official statehood in 1959.

Contents

[edit] Sessions

[edit] Alaska Senate

[edit] Make-up

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 18
  Republican Party 2
 Total
 20
 Government Majority
 16

[edit] Members

District Name Party Location
A James Nolan Dem Wrangell
Frank Peratrovich Dem Klawock
B W.O. Smith Dem Ketchikan
C Howard C. Bradshaw Dem Sitka
D Thomas B. Stewart Dem Juneau
E Ralph E. Moody Dem Anchorage
Irene E. Ryan Dem Anchorage
F B.J. Logan Dem Cordova
G J. Earl Cooper[1] Dem Anchorage
H Irwin L. Metcalf Dem Seward
I Alfred A. Owen Dem Uganik Bay
J George B. McNabb, Jr. Dem Fairbanks
Robert J. McNealy Dem Fairbanks
K Jack E. Weise Rep Bethel
L John B. Coghill Rep Nenana
M Hubert A. Gilbert[2] Dem Fairbanks
N William E. Beltz Dem Unalakleet
Lester Bronson Dem Nome
O Eben Hopson Dem Barrow
P John A. McNees Dem Nome

[edit] Leadership

  • Senate President: William E. Beltz (D-Unalakleet)

[edit] Alaska House of Representatives

[edit] Make-up

Affiliation Members
  Democratic Party 34
  Republican Party 5
  Independent 1
 Total
 40
 Government Majority
 28

[edit] Members

District Name Party Location
1 Charles M. Jones Dem Craig
2 Oral E. Freeman Dem Ketchikan
J. Ray Roady Dem Ketchikan
3 John E. Longworth Rep Petersburg
4 Frank E. Cashel Dem Sitka
Andrew Hope Dem Sitka
5 Douglas Gray Dem Douglas
Dora M. Sweeney Dem Juneau
6 Morgan W. Reed Dem Skagway
7 Harold Z. Hansen Dem Cordova
8 Bruce Kendall Rep Valdez
9 James J. Hurley Dem Palmer
10 Helen M. Fischer Dem Anchorage
James E. Fisher Dem Anchorage
John S. Hellenthal Dem Anchorage
Earl D. Hillstrand Dem Anchorage
Peter J. Kalamarides Dem Anchorage
Russ E. Meekins Dem Anchorage
James E. Norene Dem Anchorage
John L. Rader[3] Dem Anchorage
11 William M. Erwin Dem Seward
12 Allen L. Peterson Dem Kenai
13 Peter M. Deveau Dem Kodiak
Henry L. Haag Dem Kodiak
14 Charles J. Franz Dem Port Moller
15 Jay S. Hammond Ind Naknek
16 James Hoffman Rep Bethel
17 Donald Harris Rep McGrath
18 Grant H. Pearson Dem McKinley Park
19 Frank X. Chapados Dem Fairbanks
Bob Giersdorf[4] Dem Fairbanks
Richard J. Greuel Dem Fairbanks
Robert E. Sheldon Dem Fairbanks
Warren A. Taylor Dem Fairbanks
20 R.S. McCombe Dem Chicken
21 John Nusunginya Dem Point Barrow
22 John E. Curtis Rep Kotzebue
23 Robert R. Blodgett Dem Nome
Charles E. Fagerstrom Dem Nome
24 Axel C. Johnson Dem Kwiguk

[edit] Leadership

  • Speaker of the House: Warren A. Taylor (D-Fairbanks)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ Appointed to the Alaska Superior Court between sessions. Seaborn J. Buckalew (D) was appointed to his seat for the second session.
  2. ^ Appointed to the Alaska Superior Court between sessions. Rep. Bob Giersdorf (D) was appointed to his seat January 29, 1960, but resigned three days later as he was not old enough to become a senator. Edmund Olbeck (D), in turn, replaced him.
  3. ^ Appointed state attorney general between sessions. Blanche L. McSmith (D) was appointed to his seat for the second session.
  4. ^ Appointed January 29, 1960 to replace outgoing Sen. Hubert Gilbert for the second session, but re-assumed his old seat February 2, 1960. Edmund Olbeck (D) filled his House seat in the interim.

[edit] See also

[edit] External links

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