Michael Anthony Stepovich

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Michael Anthony Stepovich (born March 12, 1919 in Fairbanks, Alaska) is an American Republican politician who was Governor of Alaska Territory from 1957 to 1958. A Notre Dame Law School graduate, he was the first non-acting native-born Governor of Alaska. He was also a member of the territorial House of Representatives from 1950 to 1952, and of the territorial Senate in 1952. He and his wife are both Croatian-Americans.

He is the father-in-law of the former NBA player John Stockton.

Preceded by
Waino Edward Hendrickson
Territorial Governor of Alaska
1957–1958
Succeeded by
Waino Edward Hendrickson