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Teacher Politicians in Alaska
school teachers, principals, superintendents

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.   Frank Cadwallader Bingham (1906-1954) — also known as Frank C. Bingham — of Craig, Lewis and Clark County, Mont.; Nome, Nome census area, Alaska; Missoula, Missoula County, Mont. Born in Coffeyville, Montgomery County, Kan., September 5, 1906. School teacher; lawyer; U.S. Attorney for the 2nd District of Alaska Territory, 1944-51. Died in Missoula, Missoula County, Mont., March 28, 1954 (age 47 years, 204 days). Interment at Missoula Cemetery, Missoula, Mont.   Relatives: Son of Burt Jacob Bingham and Elva Mae (Cadwallader) Bingham; married, September 1, 1928, to Florence Viola Verheek.   See also Find-A-Grave memorial   James Judson Crossley (b. 1869) — also known as James J. Crossley — of Winterset, Madison County, Iowa; Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska; Portland, Multnomah County, Ore. Born in Crawford Township, Madison County, Iowa, August 31, 1869. Republican. Superintendent of schools; member of Iowa state senate, 1900-07; U.S. Attorney for the 3rd District of Alaska Territory, 1908-09; U.S. Attorney for the 4th District of Alaska Territory, 1909-14. Member, Odd Fellows; Knights of Pythias; Freemasons. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Son of John Wesley Crossley and Cynthia Jane (Hardy) Crossley; married, August 10, 1910, to Cherry L. Hyde.   Lyda Green (b. 1938) — of Anchorage, Alaska; Matanuska-Susitna Borough, Alaska. Born in Livingston, Polk County, Tex., October 16, 1938. Republican. School teacher; business owner; member of Alaska state senate District N, 1995-. Female. Baptist. Member, National Rifle Association; Soroptimists. Still living as of 2001.   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.   Harriet Belle Hess (d. 1951) — also known as Harriet Belle; Mrs. Luther C. Hess — of Juneau, Alaska; Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska. Born in Winfield, Henry County, Iowa. Democrat. School principal; Trustee, Alaska Agricultural College and School of Mines, 1917-35, continuing as Regent, University of Alaska, 1935-51; member of Democratic National Committee from Alaska Territory, 1944-48. Female. Member, American Association of University Women. Died in 1951. Burial location unknown.   Relatives: Married 1911 to Luther Constantine Hess.   Elmer John White (1859-1930) — also known as E. J. White — of Juneau, Alaska. Born in Cambridge, Guernsey County, Ohio, November 28, 1859. Democrat. School teacher; newspaper editor and publisher; U.S. Consular Agent in Whitehorse, 1911; member of Alaska territorial House of Representatives 1st District, 1919-22; Speaker of Alaska Territory House of Representatives, 1919-20. Died in 1930 (age about 70 years). Burial location unknown.   Donald Edwin Young (b. 1933) — also known as Don Young — of Fort Yukon, Yukon-Koyukuk census area, Alaska. Born in Meridian, Sutter County, Calif., June 9, 1933. Republican. School teacher; member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1967-70; member of Alaska state senate, 1971-73; U.S. Representative from Alaska at-large, 1973-. Episcopalian. Member, Freemasons; National Education Association; Elks; Lions; Jaycees. Still living as of 2019.   See also congressional biography — Govtrack.us page — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier   Fred Zharoff (1944-2001) — of Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska. Born October 9, 1944. School teacher; member of Alaska state house of representatives, 1979; member of Alaska state senate, 1985-92. Member, American Legion; Elks. Died in Kodiak, Kodiak Island Borough, Alaska, February 6, 2001 (age 56 years, 120 days). Burial location unknown.

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