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1st Alaska State Legislature

Term of state legislature in Alaska, US

The 1st Alaska State Legislature served during 1959 and 1960. All of its members were elected on November 26, 1958, when Alaska was in its last days as a territory.

Terms

The Alaska Constitution 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

Alaska Senate

Make-up

Affiliation	Members
Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic Party
Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican Party
Total	20
Government Majority	16

Members

District	Name	Life	Party	Location
A	James Nolan	1901–1991		Dem	Wrangell
Frank Peratrovich	1895–1984		Dem	Klawock
B	Walter O. "Bo" Smith	1907–1987		Dem	Ketchikan
C	Howard C. Bradshaw	1908–1994		Dem	Sitka
D	Thomas B. Stewart	1919–2007		Dem	Juneau
E	Ralph E. Moody	1915–1997		Dem	Anchorage
Irene E. Ryan	1909–1997		Dem	Anchorage
F	Balfour J. "Bob" Logan	1906–1974		Dem	Cordova
G	Joseph Earl Cooper	1907–1964		Dem	Anchorage
H	Irwin L. Metcalf	1908–1973		Dem	Seward
I	Alfred A. Owen	1910–1985		Dem	Uganik Bay
J	George B. McNabb, Jr.	1919–1992		Dem	Fairbanks
Robert J. McNealy	1907–1978		Dem	Fairbanks
K	Jack E. Weise	1915–2000		Rep	Bethel
L	John B. Coghill	1925–2019		Rep	Nenana
M	Hubert A. Gilbert	1914–1984		Dem	Fairbanks
N	William E. Beltz	1912–1960		Dem	Unalakleet
Lester Bronson	1905–1972		Dem	Nome
O	Eben Hopson	1922–1980		Dem	Barrow
P	John A. McNees	1917–1995		Dem	Nome

Leadership

Senate President: William E. Beltz (D-Unalakleet)

Alaska House of Representatives

Make-up

Affiliation	Members
Democratic Party (United States)}}"		Democratic Party
Republican Party (United States)}}"		Republican Party
Independent Party (United States)}}"		Independent
Total	40
Government Majority	28

Members

District	Name	Life	Party	Location
1	Charles M. Jones	1921–2002		Dem	Craig
2	Oral E. Freeman	1915–2001		Dem	Ketchikan
James R. "J. Ray" Roady	1907–1997		Dem	Ketchikan
3	John E. Longworth	1910–1985		Rep	Petersburg
4	Frank E. Cashel	1918–1991		Dem	Sitka
Andrew Hope	1896–1968		Dem	Sitka
5	Douglas Gray	1908–1980		Dem	Douglas
Dora M. Sweeney	1907–2001		Dem	Juneau
6	Morgan W. Reed	1904–		Dem	Skagway
7	Harold Z. Hansen	1910–1993		Ind-D	Cordova
8	Bruce Kendall	1919–2012		Rep	Valdez
9	James J. Hurley	1915–2002		Dem	Palmer
10	Helen M. Fischer	1912–1986		Dem	Anchorage
James E. Fisher	1927–2020		Dem	Anchorage
John S. Hellenthal	1915–1989		Dem	Anchorage
Earl D. Hillstrand	1913–1974		Dem	Anchorage
Peter J. Kalamarides	1916–1979		Dem	Anchorage
Edward R. "Russ" Meekins	1915–1995		Dem	Anchorage
James E. Norene	1905–1996		Dem	Anchorage
John L. Rader	1927–		Dem	Anchorage
11	William M. Erwin	1933–2022		Dem	Seward
12	Allan L. Petersen	1890–1969		Dem	Kenai
13	Peter M. Deveau	1917–2002		Dem	Kodiak
Henry L. Haag	1895–1969		Dem	Kodiak
14	Charles J. Franz	1910–1996		Dem	Port Moller
15	Jay S. Hammond	1922–2005		Ind	Naknek
16	James Hoffman	1925–1982		Rep	Bethel
17	Donald Harris	1928–2011		Rep	McGrath
18	Grant H. Pearson	1900–1978		Dem	McKinley Park
19	Frank X. Chapados	1914–2007		Dem	Fairbanks
Joseph R. "Bob" Giersdorf	1935–2003		Dem	Fairbanks
Richard J. Greuel	1928–2013		Dem	Fairbanks
Robert E. Sheldon	1883–1983		Dem	Fairbanks
Warren A. Taylor	1891–1980		Dem	Fairbanks
20	R.S. McCombe	1902–1985		Dem	Chicken
21	John Nusunginya	1927–1981		Dem	Point Barrow
22	John E. Curtis	1915–1999		Rep	Kotzebue
23	Robert R. Blodgett	1920–1990		Dem	Nome
Charles E. Fagerstrom	1905–1962		Dem	Nome
24	Axel C. Johnson	1911–1985		Dem	Kwiguk

Leadership

Speaker of the House: Warren A. Taylor (D-Fairbanks)

Notes

References

Resigned in 1960, following the end of sessions, to accept appointment as attorney general
Appointed to the [[Alaska Superior Court]] between sessions. [[Seaborn Buckalew, Jr.. Seaborn J. Buckalew, Jr.]] (D) was appointed to his seat for the second session.
Appointed to the Alaska Superior Court between sessions. Rep. Bob Giersdorf (D) was appointed to his seat January 29, 1960. Giersdorf, who was born on February 24, 1935, was short of the constitutionally-established minimum age, and resigned the seat. [[Edmund N. Orbeck]] (D), who was appointed to Giersdorf's House seat, replaced him.
Died on November 21, 1960, after the end of sessions but before the expiration of his term.
Appointed state [[attorney general]] between sessions. [[Blanche L. McSmith]] (D) was appointed to his seat for the second session.
Petersen, Jettie. ''Once Upon The Kenai'', page 269-70 Kenai Historical Society, Alaska, 1984
Appointed January 29, 1960, to replace outgoing Sen. Hubert Gilbert for the second session, but re-assumed his old seat February 2, 1960. [[Edmund N. Orbeck]] (D) filled his House seat in the interim.

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