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US Congressional Delegations from Alaska - Definition and Overview

These are tables of congressional delegations from Alaska to the United States Senate and United States House of Representatives.

Contents

United States Senate

Class 2 Senators Congress Class 3 Senators
Bob Bartlett1 (D) 86th (1959-1961) Ernest Gruening2 (D)
87th (1961-1963)
88th (1963-1965)
89th (1965-1967)
90th (1967-1969)
Ted Stevens (R)
91st (1969-1971) Mike Gravel (D)
92nd (1971-1973)
93rd (1973-1975)
94th (1975-1977)
95th (1977-1979)
96th (1979-1981)
97th (1981-1983) Frank Murkowski3 (R)
98th (1983-1985)
99th (1985-1987)
100th (1987-1989)
101st (1989-1991)
102nd (1991-1993)
103rd (1993-1995)
104th (1995-1997)
105th (1997-1999)
106th (1999-2001)
107th (2001-2003)
Lisa Murkowski7 (R)
108th (2003-2005)
109th (2005-2007)

House of Representatives

Congress District
At Large
86th
(1959-1961)
Ralph Julian Rivers
87th
(1961-1963)
88th
(1963-1965)
89th
(1965-1967)
90th
(1967-1969)
Howard Wallace Pollock
91st
(1969-1971)
92nd
(1971-1973)
Nick Begich1
Don Young4
93rd
(1973-1975)
94th
(1975-1977)
95th
(1977-1979)
96th
(1979-1981)
97th
(1981-1983)
98th
(1983-1985)
99th
(1985-1987)
100th
(1987-1989)
101st
(1989-1991)
102nd
(1991-1993)
103rd
(1993-1995)
104th
(1995-1997)
105th
(1997-1999)
106th
(1999-2001)
107th
(2001-2003)
108th
(2003-2005)
109th
(2005-2007)

Delegates from Alaska Territory

From May 17 1884 to August 24 1912, Alaska was designated as the District of Alaska. From then to January 3 1959, it was the Alaska Territory.

Congress Delegate
59th (1905-1907) Frank Hinman Waskey
60th (1907-1909) Thomas Cale
(Independent)
61st (1909-1911) James Wickersham
62nd (1911-1913)
63rd (1913-1915)
64th (1915-1917)
65th (1917-1919) Charles August Sulzer
James Wickersham5
66th (1919-1921) Charles August Sulzer1
George Barnes Grigsby
James Wickersham6
67th (1921-1923) Daniel Alexander Sutherland
68th (1923-1925)
69th (1925-1927)
70th (1927-1929)
71st (1929-1931)
72nd (1931-1933) James Wickersham
73rd (1933-1935) Anthony Joseph Dimond
74th (1935-1937)
75th (1937-1939)
76th (1939-1941)
77th (1941-1943)
78th (1943-1945)
79th (1945-1947) Bob Bartlett
80th (1947-1949)
81st (1949-1951)
82nd (1951-1953)
83rd (1953-1955)
84th (1955-1957)
85th (1957-1959)

Notes

  1. Died in office.
  2. Ernest Gruening was elected to the Senate on October 6, 1955 for the Eighty-forth United States Congress but did not take the oath of office and was not accorded senatorial privileges, Alaska not yet being admitted as a state.
  3. Resigned to become Governor of Alaska.
  4. Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the previous representative being elected to the next term, but dying before the term began.
  5. Successfully contested the election of the representative that was replaced.
  6. Contested the election of Charles A. Sulzer, and when Sulzer died, continued the contest against his successor and won.
  7. Appointed by her father, Frank Murkowski, to serve the remainder of his senate term when he was elected governor.


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