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Methodist Politicians in Alaska

  Iola Kelley Banks (1933-2002) — also known as Iola Banks — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Kenai, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska. Born in Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La., August 10, 1933. Democrat. School teacher; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1976, 1980, 2000. Female. Baptist or Methodist. Member, Delta Kappa Gamma; Phi Beta Kappa. Died in the ambulance en route to a hospital, near Soldotna, Kenai Peninsula Borough, Alaska, June 26, 2002 (age 68 years, 320 days). Interment somewhere in Lexington, Ky.
  Relatives: Married to Lovell Banks.
  William Knight Boardman (b. 1915) — also known as William K. Boardman — of Ketchikan, Ketchikan Gateway Borough, Alaska. Born in Iowa, 1915. Republican. Insurance business; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1953-54; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956; member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1961-70; Speaker of the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1967-68. Methodist. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Earnest Bilbe Collins (1873-1967) — also known as Earnest B. Collins — of Fox, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Indiana, 1873. Republican. Lawyer; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1913-16, 1919-22; Speaker of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1913-16; mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1934-38; member of Alaska territorial senate 4th District, 1947-50; delegate to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56. Methodist. Died in 1967 (age about 94 years). Burial location unknown.
  Wilford Bacon Hoggatt (1865-1938) — also known as Wilford B. Hoggatt — of Alaska. Born in Paoli, Orange County, Ind., September 11, 1865. Governor of Alaska District, 1906-09. Methodist. Died in New York City (unknown county), N.Y., February 26, 1938 (age 72 years, 168 days). Interment somewhere in Utica, N.Y.
  See also NNDB dossier
  Wendell Palmer Kay (b. 1913) — also known as Wendell P. Kay — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Illinois, 1913. Democrat. Lawyer; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 3rd District, 1951-56; Speaker of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1955-56; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956; member, Credentials Committee, 1952; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960, 1968; candidate for U.S. Senator from Alaska, 1970. Methodist. Burial location unknown.
  Bruce Biers Kendall (b. 1919) — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Nebraska, 1919. Republican. Member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1959-66; Speaker of the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1963-64. Methodist. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Beverly Masek (b. 1963) — of Willow, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. Born in Anvik, Yukon-Koyukuk census area, Alaska, September 30, 1963. Republican. Four time Iditarod Race finisher, 1990-93; member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1995-2005 (28th District 1995-2003, 15th District 2003-05); pleaded guilty in March 2009 to soliciting and accepting at least $4,000 in bribes from VECO Corporation; sentenced to six months in jail and three years probation. Female. Methodist. Alaska Native ancestry. Member, National Rifle Association. Still living as of 2009.
  Drue Pearce (b. 1951) — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Fairfield, Wayne County, Ill., April 2, 1951. Republican. Member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1985-88; member of Alaska state senate District F, 1989-. Female. Methodist. Still living as of 2001.
  Warren Truitt (1849-1935) — of Moscow, Latah County, Idaho. Born in Fayette, Greene County, Ill., 1849. Republican. Lawyer; member of Oregon state house of representatives, 1882; district judge in Alaska, 1892-96; member of Idaho state senate, 1906-08; delegate to Republican National Convention from Idaho, 1908; justice of Idaho state supreme court, 1914-15; appointed 1914. Methodist. Member, Freemasons. Died in 1935 (age about 86 years). Interment at Moscow Cemetery, Moscow, Idaho.
  Relatives: Son of Samuel Truitt and Cynthia (Carr) Truitt; married, February 28, 1888, to Kathryn Mayer.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Gary R. Wilken (b. 1946) — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Tacoma, Pierce County, Wash., January 24, 1946. Republican. Member of Alaska state senate District O, 1997-. Methodist. Member, Rotary. Still living as of 2004.
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