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The 1st Alaska State Legislature
Alaska Legislature
The Alaska Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution, consisting of the lower Alaska House of Representatives, with 40 members, and the upper house Alaska Senate, with 20 members...

served during 1959 and 1960. All of its members were elected on November 25, 1958, when Alaska was in its last days as a territory.

Terms

The Alaska Constitution

Alaska Constitution

The Constitution of the State of Alaska is the constitution of the U.S. state of Alaska. It was ratified in 1956 and took effect with Alaska's admission as a state on January 3, 1959.-The statehood movement:...

established that legislative terms begin on the fourth Monday in January following an election year, and that the date may be changed by statute. This legislature passed Senate Bill 70 in the first session, which placed the date into statute but did not actually change it.

All terms began on January 26, 1959
All terms of representatives, and of those senators serving short terms, expired on January 22, 1961
All terms of senators serving long terms expired on January 27, 1963

Sessions

1st session: January 26, 1959–April 16, 1959
2nd session: January 25, 1960–March 29, 1960

Make-up

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	18
	Republican Party Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	2
Total		20
Government Majority		16

Members

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James Nolan	Dem	Wrangell Wrangell, Alaska Wrangell is a city and borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. At the 2000 census the population was 2,308.Its Tlingit name is Ḵaachx̱aana.áakʼw . The Tlingit people residing in the Wrangell area, who were there centuries before Europeans, call themselves the Shtaxʼhéen Ḵwáan after the nearby Stikine... >- \| Frank Peratrovich	Dem	Klawock Klawock, Alaska Klawock is a city in Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area, in the U.S. state of Alaska, on the west coast of Prince of Wales Island, on Klawock Inlet, across from Klawock Island... >- \| B	Walter O. "Bo" Smith	Dem	Ketchikan Ketchikan, Alaska Ketchikan is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the southeasternmost sizable city in that state. With an estimated population of 7,368 in 2010 within the city limits, it is the fifth most populous city in the state.... >- \| C	Howard C. Bradshaw	Dem	>- \| D	Thomas B. Stewart	Dem	Juneau Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900... >- \| rowspan="2" \| E	Ralph E. Moody	Dem	Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States... >- \| Irene E. Ryan	Dem	>- \| F	Balfour J. "Bob" Logan	Dem	Cordova Cordova, Alaska As of the census of 2000, there were 2,454 people, 958 households, and 597 families residing in the city. The population density was 40.0 per square mile . There are 1,099 housing units at an average density of 17.9 per square mile... >- \| G	Joseph Earl Cooper	Dem	>- \| H	Irwin L. Metcalf	Dem	Seward Seward, Alaska Seward is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,016.... >- \| I	Alfred A. Owen	Dem	Uganik Bay Kodiak Island Kodiak Island is a large island on the south coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, separated from the Alaska mainland by the Shelikof Strait. The largest island in the Kodiak Archipelago, Kodiak Island is the second largest island in the United States and the 80th largest island in the world, with an... >- \| rowspan="2" \| J	George B. McNabb, Jr.	Dem	Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage... >- \| Robert J. McNeally	Dem	>- \| K	Jack E. Weise	Rep	Bethel Bethel, Alaska Bethel is a city located near the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, west of Anchorage. Accessible only by air and river, Bethel is the main port on the Kuskokwim River and is an administrative and transportation hub for the 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.Bethel is the largest... >- \| L	John B. Coghill Jack Coghill John Bruce "Jack" Coghill was the eighth lieutenant governor of Alaska, serving from 1990 to 1994 under Governor Walter Hickel. Both were members of the Alaskan Independence Party...	Rep	Nenana Nenana, Alaska Nenana is a Home Rule City in the Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area of the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska. Nenana lies at the juncture of the Nenana River and the Tanana River. The population was 402 at the 2000 census. "Nenana" means 'a good place to camp between two rivers.'-History... >- \| M	Hubert A. Gilbert	Dem	>- \| rowspan="2" \| N	William E. Beltz	Dem	Unalakleet Unalakleet, Alaska Unalakleet is a city in Nome Census Area, Alaska, United States, in the western part of the state. At the 2000 census the population was 747. Unalakleet is known in the region and around Alaska for its salmon and king crab harvests; the residents rely heavily on caribou, ptarmigan, oogruk , and... >- \| Lester Bronson	Dem	Nome Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the... >- \| O	Eben Hopson	Dem	Barrow Barrow, Alaska Barrow is the largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is one of the northernmost cities in the world and is the northernmost city in the United States of America, with nearby Point Barrow being the nation's northernmost point. Barrow's population was 4,212 at the... >- \| P	John A. McNees	Dem

Make-up

Affiliation		Members
	Democratic Party Democratic Party (United States) The Democratic Party is one of two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Republican Party. The party's socially liberal and progressive platform is largely considered center-left in the U.S. political spectrum. The party has the lengthiest record of continuous...	34
	Republican Party Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	5
	Independent Independent (politician) In politics, an independent or non-party politician is an individual not affiliated to any political party. Independents may hold a centrist viewpoint between those of major political parties, a viewpoint more extreme than any major party, or they may have a viewpoint based on issues that they do...	1
Total		40
Government Majority		28

Members

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Charles M. Jones	Dem	Craig Craig, Alaska Craig is a first-class city in the Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area in the Unorganized Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. The population was 1,397 at the 2000 census.-Geography:... >- \| rowspan="2" \| 2	Oral E. Freeman	Dem	Ketchikan Ketchikan, Alaska Ketchikan is a city in Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska, United States, the southeasternmost sizable city in that state. With an estimated population of 7,368 in 2010 within the city limits, it is the fifth most populous city in the state.... >- \| James R. "J. Ray" Roady	Dem	>- \| 3	John E. Longworth	Rep	Petersburg Petersburg, Alaska Petersburg is a city in Petersburg Census Area, Alaska, in the United States. According to 2009 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 2,824 full time residents.- History :... >- \| rowspan="2" \| 4	Frank E. Cashel	Dem	>- \| Andrew Hope	Dem	>- \| rowspan="2" \| 5	Douglas Gray	Dem	Douglas Douglas, Alaska Douglas, Alaska is an area on Douglas Island in southeastern Alaska. Itoriginated in 1881 as a place providing services to miners of the nearby Treadwell gold mine, and was incorporated as a city in 1902. Douglas was once a larger town than neighboring Juneau, but dwindled in the early 1900s as... >- \| Dora M. Sweeney	Dem	Juneau Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau is a unified municipality located on the Gastineau Channel in the panhandle of the U.S. state of Alaska. It has been the capital of Alaska since 1906, when the government of the then-District of Alaska was moved from Sitka as dictated by the U.S. Congress in 1900... >- \| 6	Morgan W. Reed	Dem	Skagway Skagway, Alaska Skagway is a first-class borough in Alaska, on the Alaska Panhandle. It was formerly a city first incorporated in 1900 that was re-incorporated as a borough on June 25, 2007. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city was 862... >- \| 7	Harold Z. Hansen	Dem	Cordova Cordova, Alaska As of the census of 2000, there were 2,454 people, 958 households, and 597 families residing in the city. The population density was 40.0 per square mile . There are 1,099 housing units at an average density of 17.9 per square mile... >- \| 8	Bruce Kendall Bruce Biers Kendall Bruce Biers Kendall is a retired American hotelier and Republican politician from Alaska.A Methodist, Kendall was born in Martinsburg, Nebraska and grew up in Sioux City, Iowa. He later moved to Alaska, living in Cordova, Valdez and Anchorage...	Rep	Valdez Valdez, Alaska Valdez is a city in Valdez-Cordova Census Area in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 4,020. The city is one of the most important ports in Alaska. The port of Valdez was named in 1790 after the Spanish naval officer Antonio Valdés y... >- \| 9	James J. Hurley	Dem	Palmer Palmer, Alaska Palmer is the borough seat of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough in the state of Alaska, USA. It is part of the Anchorage Metropolitan Statistical Area. As of the 2010 census, the population of the city is 5,937.... >- \| rowspan="8" \| 10	Helen M. Fischer	Dem	Anchorage Anchorage, Alaska Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States... >- \| James E. Fisher	Dem	>- \| John S. Hellenthal	Dem	>- \| Earl D. Hillstrand	Dem	>- \| Peter J. Kalamarides	Dem	>- \| Edward R. "Russ" Meekins	Dem	>- \| James E. Norene	Dem	>- \| John L. Rader	Dem	>- \| 11	William M. Erwin	Dem	Seward Seward, Alaska Seward is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 3,016.... >- \| 12	Allan L. Petersen	Dem	Kenai Kenai, Alaska Kenai is a city in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the city is 7,464... >- \| rowspan="2" \| 13	Peter M. Deveau	Dem	Kodiak Kodiak, Alaska Kodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline... >- \| Henry L. Haag	Dem	>- \| 14	Charles J. Franz	Dem	>- \| 15	Jay S. Hammond	Ind	Naknek Naknek, Alaska Naknek is a census-designated place located in Bristol Bay Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP was 678.... >- \| 16	James Hoffman	Rep	Bethel Bethel, Alaska Bethel is a city located near the west coast of the U.S. state of Alaska, west of Anchorage. Accessible only by air and river, Bethel is the main port on the Kuskokwim River and is an administrative and transportation hub for the 56 villages in the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta.Bethel is the largest... >- \| 17	Donald Harris	Rep	McGrath McGrath, Alaska As of the census of 2000, there were 401 people, 145 households, and 99 families residing in the city. The population density was 8.2 people per square mile . There were 213 housing units at an average density of 4.4 per square mile... >- \| 18	Grant H. Pearson	Dem	McKinley Park McKinley Park, Alaska McKinley Park is a census-designated place in Denali Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. As of the 2007 census, the population of the CDP was 137.- Geography :McKinley Park is located at .... >- \| rowspan="5" \| 19	Frank X. Chapados	Dem	Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska Fairbanks is a home rule city in and the borough seat of the Fairbanks North Star Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska.Fairbanks is the largest city in the Interior region of Alaska, and second largest in the state behind Anchorage... >- \| Joseph R. "Bob" Giersdorf	Dem	>- \| Richard J. Greuel Richard J. Greuel Richard J. Greuel was Speaker of the Alaska Territory House of Representatives.-Biography:Greuel was born in Wisconsin in 1928. He would go on to work in real estate. Greuel was Presbyterian.-Political career:...	Dem	>- \| Robert E. Sheldon	Dem	>- \| Warren A. Taylor Warren A. Taylor Warren Arthur Taylor was an American Democratic politician from Alaska active during its territorial period and first years of statehood. He became the first Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives....	Dem	>- \| 20	R.S. McCombe	Dem	Chicken Chicken, Alaska Chicken is a census-designated place in Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska, United States. Chicken is a community founded on gold mining and is one of the few surviving gold rush towns in Alaska... >- \| 21	John Nusunginya	Dem	Point Barrow Barrow, Alaska Barrow is the largest city of the North Slope Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. It is one of the northernmost cities in the world and is the northernmost city in the United States of America, with nearby Point Barrow being the nation's northernmost point. Barrow's population was 4,212 at the... >- \| 22	John E. Curtis	Rep	Kotzebue Kotzebue, Alaska As of the census of 2000, there were 3,082 people, 889 households, and 656 families residing in the city. The population density was 114.1 people per square mile . There were 1,007 housing units at an average density of 37.3 per square mile... >- \| rowspan="2" \| 23	Robert R. Blodgett	Dem	Nome Nome, Alaska Nome is a city in the Nome Census Area in the Unorganized Borough of the U.S. state of Alaska, located on the southern Seward Peninsula coast on Norton Sound of the Bering Sea. According to the 2010 Census, the city population was 3,598. Nome was incorporated on April 9, 1901, and was once the... >- \| Charles E. Fagerstrom	Dem	>- \| 24	Axel C. Johnson	Dem

External links

Photos of individual and assembled members of the 1st Alaska State Legislature, as hosted at Alaska's Digital Archives

Elmer E. Rasmuson Library

The Elmer E. Rasmuson Library is the largest library in the U.S. state of Alaska, housing just under a million volumes. It is located on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus. It is named in honor of Elmer E...

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