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Presbyterian Politicians in Alaska

  Robert Rolland Armstrong (1910-1995) — also known as R. Rolland Armstrong — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Anchorage, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Sitka, Alaska; Roswell, Chaves County, N.M. Born in Grapeville, Westmoreland County, Pa., October 21, 1910. Ordained minister; delegate to Alaska state constitutional convention, 1955-56. Presbyterian. Member, Rotary. Died December 16, 1995 (age 85 years, 56 days). Interment at South Park Cemetery, Roswell, N.M.
  Relatives: Son of Robert Armstrong and Charlotte (Kinnear) Armstrong; married, December 3, 1938, to Anne Catherine Ratcliff.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Doris Marian Barnes (1891-1977) — also known as Doris M. Barnes; Doris Marian Plummer; Mrs. Frank Scott Barnes — of Wrangell, Alaska; Everett, Snohomish County, Wash. Born in Portland, Multnomah County, Ore., August 27, 1891. Republican. Insurance agent; mayor of Wrangell, Alaska, 1946-48, 1960-62; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1949-52; member of Alaska territorial senate 1st District, 1953-56; member of Republican National Committee from Alaska Territory, 1955-57; alternate delegate to Republican National Convention from Alaska, 1960; vice-chair of Alaska Republican Party, 1960-62; candidate for Presidential Elector for Alaska. Female. Presbyterian. Member, Beta Sigma Phi. Died in April, 1977 (age 85 years, 0 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Oakes M. Plummer and Jessie B. (Kribs) Plummer; married, March 20, 1912, to Frank Scott Barnes.
  John Green Brady (1848-1918) — also known as John G. Brady — of Alaska. Born in New York, New York County, N.Y., May 25, 1848. Republican. Missionary; co-founder of the school that later became Sheldon Jackson College, in Sitka, Alaska; merchant; Governor of Alaska District, 1897-1906; forced to resign as governor in 1906, after an inquiry about his involvement with the Reynolds-Alaska Development Company. Presbyterian. Ill with diabetes, he suffered a stroke and died in Sitka, Alaska, December 17, 1918 (age 70 years, 206 days). Interment at Sitka National Cemetery, Sitka, Alaska.
  Relatives: Adoptive son of John Green; married 1887 to Elizabeth Patton.
  The World War II Liberty ship SS John G. Brady (built 1943 at Portland, Oregon; scrapped 1960) was named for him.
  Epitaph: "A Life Ruled By Faith In God And Man."
  See also Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Walter Eli Clark (1869-1950) — also known as Walter E. Clark — of Washington, D.C.; Alaska; Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va. Born in Ashford, Windham County, Conn., January 7, 1869. Republican. Newspaper reporter; Governor of Alaska District, 1909-12; Governor of Alaska Territory, 1912-13; newspaper editor. Presbyterian or Congregationalist. Member, Chi Psi. Died of a heart attack, in a hospital at Charleston, Kanawha County, W.Va., February 4, 1950 (age 81 years, 28 days). Interment at Spring Hill Cemetery, Charleston, W.Va.
  Relatives: Son of Oren Andrus Clark and Emily Jeannette (Jones) Clark; married, June 15, 1898, to Lucy Harrison Norvell; married 1929 to Juliet Staunton.
  See also NNDB dossier — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Clarence Cash Cole (1891-1959) — also known as Cash Cole — of Juneau, Alaska. Born in Washington, 1891. Republican. Member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1923-24; Speaker of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1923-24; candidate for Delegate to U.S. Congress from Alaska Territory, 1940. Presbyterian. Died in 1959 (age about 68 years). Burial location unknown.
  Richard J. Greuel (b. 1928) — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Wisconsin, 1928. Democrat. Real estate business; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1953-58; Speaker of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1957-58; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1956; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1960. Presbyterian. Still living as of 1960.
  Benjamin F. Grussendorf (b. 1942) — of Sitka, Alaska. Born in Minnesota, 1942. Democrat. School teacher; member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1981-; Speaker of the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1985-88, 1991-92. Presbyterian. Still living as of 1992.
  Joseph L. Hayes (b. 1930) — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Missouri, 1930. Republican. Engineer; member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1977-84; Speaker of the Alaska State House of Representatives, 1981-84. Presbyterian. Still living as of 1984.
  James Simpson MacKinnon (b. 1897) — of Juneau, Alaska. Born in Juneau, Alaska, 1897. Republican. Laundry and dry cleaning business; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1951-52. Presbyterian. Member, American Legion; Freemasons; Elks. Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Son of Lockie MacKinnon and Martha (Lokke) MacKinnon; married, December 5, 1923, to Hazel Jaeger.
  Andrew Nerland (1870-1956) — of Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Molda, Norway, April 18, 1870. Republican. Furniture merchant; mayor of Fairbanks, Alaska, 1915-16; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 4th District, 1917-18, 1931-38; Speaker of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1921-22; trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, 1929-35, continuing as regent, University of Alaska, 1935-56; member of Alaska territorial senate 4th District, 1945-50. Presbyterian. Member, Freemasons. Died, of a heart attack, in Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska, February 6, 1956 (age 85 years, 294 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Father of Arthur Leslie Nerland.
  James Sheakley (1829-1917) — of Greenville, Mercer County, Pa. Born in Sheakleyville, Mercer County, Pa., April 24, 1829. Democrat. U.S. Representative from Pennsylvania 26th District, 1875-77; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory, 1892; Governor of Alaska District, 1893-97. Presbyterian. Died in Greenville, Mercer County, Pa., December 10, 1917 (age 88 years, 230 days). Interment at Shenango Valley Cemetery, Greenville, Pa.
  See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — NNDB dossier
  William Jennings Sheffield (b. 1928) — also known as Bill Sheffield — of Anchorage, Alaska. Born in Spokane, Spokane County, Wash., June 26, 1928. Democrat. Governor of Alaska, 1982-86; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, 1984, 1996. Presbyterian. Still living as of 2014.
  See also National Governors Association biography — NNDB dossier
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