Bill Beltz

William E. Beltz (April 27, 1912 November 21, 1960) was an American carpenter and politician.

Born in Haycock, Alaska, Beltz, an Eskimo, was a carpenter and lived in Unalakleet, Alaska. A Democrat Beltz served as a member of the House in the Alaska Territorial Legislature in 1949. He then served in the Territorial Senate from 1951 until 1959, when Alaska became a state. Beltz served in the Alaska State Senate from 1959 until his death in 1960. He died at Alaska Native Hospital in Anchorage, Alaska from a cancerous brain tumor.[1][2]

Notes

  1. The Alaska Sportsman-William E. Beltz-obituary
  2. 'Last Rites For Beltz Held Today,' Fairbanks Daily News Miner, November 23, 1960, pg. 1


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