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George Forrest Alexander (1882-1948) —
also known as George F. Alexander —
of Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo.; Portland, Multnomah
County, Ore.; Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Gallatin, Daviess
County, Mo., April
20, 1882.
Democrat. Lawyer; chair of
Multnomah County Democratic Party, 1914-18; candidate for circuit
judge in Oregon, 1922; U.S.
District Judge for Alaska, 1934-46.
Christian.
Member, American Bar Association; Sigma
Chi; Theta
Nu Epsilon; Freemasons;
Scottish
Rite Masons; Shriners;
Elks; Woodmen.
Died May 16,
1948 (age 66 years, 26
days).
Entombed in mausoleum at River
View Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
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Thomas Hale Boggs, Sr. (1914-1972) —
also known as Hale Boggs —
of New Orleans, Orleans
Parish, La.
Born in Long Beach, Harrison
County, Miss., February
15, 1914.
Democrat. Lawyer; U.S.
Representative from Louisiana 2nd District, 1941-43, 1947-72;
died in office 1972; delegate to Democratic National Convention from
Louisiana, 1948,
1956,
1960,
1968;
Parliamentarian, 1964;
chair, Resolutions and Platform Committee, chair, 1968;
candidate for Governor of
Louisiana, 1952; Vice-Chair
of Democratic National Committee, 1957; member, President's
Commission on the Assassination of President KNDY, 1963-64.
Catholic.
Member, American
Legion; Amvets;
Catholic
War Veterans; Sons of
the American Revolution; Knights
of Columbus; American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society; Phi
Beta Kappa; Beta
Theta Pi; Omicron
Delta Kappa.
Disappeared
while on a campaign
flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a plane
crash, somewhere in Alaska, October
16, 1972 (age 58 years, 244
days). The wreckage was never
found.
Cenotaph at Congressional
Cemetery, Washington, D.C.
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Relatives: Son
of William Robertson Boggs and Claire Josephine (Hale) Boggs;
married, January
22, 1938, to Corinne
Claiborne; father of Barbara
Boggs Sigmund, Thomas
Hale Boggs Jr. and Cokie Roberts. |
| | | Boggs Peak
in the Chugach Mountains, Anchorage,
Alaska, is named for
him. |
| | | See also congressional
biography — Govtrack.us
page — Wikipedia article — NNDB
dossier |
| | | Books about Thomas Hale Boggs: Gary
Boulard, The
Big Lie: Hale Boggs, Lucille May Grace, and Leander
Perez |
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Warren C. Colver (b. 1925) —
of Alaska.
Born in Fenton, Genesee
County, Mich., January
19, 1925.
U.S.
Attorney for Alaska, 1961-64; Alaska
state attorney general, 1964-66.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Legion; Elks; Lions.
Presumed deceased.
Burial location unknown.
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Patrick J. Gilmore Jr. (b. 1911) —
of Juneau,
Alaska.
Born in Ketchikan, Ketchikan
Gateway Borough, Alaska, January
10, 1911.
Democrat. Lawyer;
served in the U.S. Navy during World War II; U.S.
Attorney for the 1st District of Alaska Territory, 1946-54.
Catholic.
Member, American Bar Association.
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Patrick Joseph Gilmore and Elizabeth Anne (Guinan) Gilmore;
married, February
1, 1938, to Lena M. Waldecker. |
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John E. Havelock (b. 1932) —
of Alaska.
Born in Toronto, Ontario,
July
30, 1932.
Democrat. Lawyer; Alaska
state attorney general, 1970-73; candidate for U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1984.
Member, American Bar Association; American
Judicature Society.
Still living as of 1984.
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Barry W. Jackson (b. 1930) —
of Fairbanks, Fairbanks
North Star Borough, Alaska.
Born in Long Branch, Monmouth
County, N.J., January
27, 1930.
Democrat. Lawyer;
member of Alaska
state house of representatives, 1965-66.
Episcopalian.
Member, Delta
Theta Phi; American Bar Association; Association
of Trial Lawyers of America; Kiwanis;
Elks; NAACP; American Civil
Liberties Union.
Still living as of 1967.
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Relatives: Son
of Rodney H. Jackson and Marion (Englebright) Jackson; married, June 4,
1955, to Susan Braddy Shields. |
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John Edgar Manders (1895-1973) —
also known as John E. Manders —
of Anchorage,
Alaska.
Born in Denver,
Colo., February
3, 1895.
Republican. Lawyer;
candidate for Delegate
to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1944; mayor
of Anchorage, Alaska, 1945-46; alternate delegate to Republican
National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1952;
candidate for nomination for U.S.
Senator from Alaska, 1958.
Episcopalian.
Member, American Bar Association; Freemasons;
Knights
Templar; Shriners;
Elks.
Died in a hospital
at Anchorage,
Alaska, February
18, 1973 (age 78 years, 15
days).
Burial location unknown.
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Relatives: Son
of Robert Francis Manders and Letha Clementine (Barnes) Manders;
married, June 6,
1914, to Henrietta Bertolas. |
| | | See also Wikipedia
article |
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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.
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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