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Ernest Henry GRUENING, Congress, AK (1887-1974)

Senate Years of Service: 1959-1969 Party: Democrat GRUENING Ernest Henry , a Senator from Alaska; born in New York City, February 6, 1887; attended Drisler School and Sachs School; graduated from…

GRUENING, Ernest, Congress, AK (1887-1974)

Senate Years of Service: 1959-1969 Party: Democrat GRUENING, Ernest, a Senator from Alaska; born in New York City, February 6, 1887; attended Drisler School and Sachs School; graduated from…

James WICKERSHAM, Congress, AK (1857-1939)

WICKERSHAM James , a Delegate from the Territory of Alaska; born in Patoka, Marion County, Ill., August 24, 1857; attended the common schools; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1880 and…

National Preserves

Name and location Total acreageAniakchak (Alaska) 465,603.00Bering Land Bridge (Alaska) 2,697,393.11Big Cypress (Fla.) 720,565.67Big Thicket (Tex.) 97,168.03Craters of the Moon (Idaho)410,000…

Nicholas Joseph BEGICH, Congress, AK (1932-1972)

BEGICH Nicholas Joseph , a Representative from Alaska; born in Eveleth, Saint Louis County, Minn., April 6, 1932; attended the Eveleth public schools and Eveleth Junior College; St. Cloud State…

Frank Hughes MURKOWSKI, Congress, AK (1933)

Senate Years of Service: 1981-2002 Party: Republican MURKOWSKI Frank Hughes , a Senator from Alaska; born in Seattle, King County, Wash., March 28, 1933; attended the public schools of Ketchikan,…

Howard Wallace POLLOCK, Congress, AK (1920-2011)

POLLOCK Howard Wallace , a Representative from Alaska; born in Chicago, Ill., April 11, 1920; attended Perkinston High School, Perkinston, Miss., 1935-1939; Junior College, Perkinston, Miss., 1939…

The Iditarod

The Iditarod Alaska's marathon sled-dog race by Erin Teare The first Saturday in March marks the beginning of the Iditarod, a one thousand mile sled dog race across Alaska's harsh…

Mark BEGICH, Congress, AK (1962)

Senate Years of Service: 2009-2015 Party: Democrat BEGICH Mark , a Senator from Alaska; born in Anchorage, Alaska, March 30, 1962; graduated Stellar High School 1981; small business owner; real…

Donald Edwin YOUNG, Congress, AK (1933)

YOUNG Donald Edwin , A Representative from Alaska; born in Meridian, Sutter County, Calif., June 9, 1933; A.A., Yuba Junior College, Marysville, Calif., 1952; B.A., California State University,…