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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—AlaskaFrank Hughes MURKOWSKI
(1933-Â )
Senate Years of Service:
1981-2002Party: RepublicanMURKOWSKI, Frank Hughes,
(father of Lisa Murkowski), a Senator from Alaska; born in Seattle,
King County, Wash., March 28, 1933; attended the public schools of
Ketchikan, Alaska; attended University of Santa Clara, Calif.,
1951-1953; graduated, Seattle University, Seattle, Wash., 1955;
served in the United States Coast Guard 1955-1956; banker; Alaska
Commissioner of Economic Development 1966-1970; president, Alaska
Chamber of Commerce 1977; elected as a Republican to the United
States Senate in 1980 and reelected in 1986, 1992 and 1998 for the
term ending January 3, 2005, and served from January 3, 1981, to
December 2, 2002, when he resigned, having been elected Governor of
Alaska; chairman, Committee on Veterans’ Affairs
(Ninety-ninth Congress), Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
(One Hundred Fourth through One Hundred Sixth Congresses; One
Hundred Seventh Congress [January 20, 2001-June 6, 2001]); became
governor of Alaska in 2002.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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