United States congressional delegations from Alaska

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

Contents

[edit] United States Senate

Class 2 Senators Congress Class 3 Senators
Bob Bartlett (D)[1] 86th (1959–1961) Ernest Gruening (D)[2]
87th (1961–1963)
88th (1963–1965)
89th (1965–1967)
90th (1967–1969)
Theodore F. Stevens (R)
91st (1969–1971) Maurice "Mike" Gravel (D)
92nd (1971–1973)
93rd (1973–1975)
94th (1975–1977)
95th (1977–1979)
96th (1979–1981)
97th (1981–1983) Frank Murkowski (R)[3]
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 Murkowski (R)[4]
108th (2003–2005)
109th (2005–2007)
110th (2007–2009)
Mark Begich (D) 111th (2009–2011)

[edit] House of Representatives

[edit] 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 (D)
60th (1907–1909) Thomas Cale (I)
61st (1909–1911) James Wickersham (R)
62nd (1911–1913)
63rd (1913–1915)
64th (1915–1917)
65th (1917–1919) Charles August Sulzer (D)
James Wickersham[5] (R)
66th (1919–1921) Charles August Sulzer[1] (D)
George Barnes Grigsby (D)
James Wickersham[6] (R)
67th (1921–1923) Daniel Alexander Sutherland (R)
68th (1923–1925)
69th (1925–1927)
70th (1927–1929)
71st (1929–1931)
72nd (1931–1933) James Wickersham (R)
73rd (1933–1935) Anthony Joseph Dimond (D)
74th (1935–1937)
75th (1937–1939)
76th (1939–1941)
77th (1941–1943)
78th (1943–1945)
79th (1945–1947) Bob Bartlett (D)
80th (1947–1949)
81st (1949–1951)
82nd (1951–1953)
83rd (1953–1955)
84th (1955–1957)
85th (1957–1959)

[edit] Members from The State of Alaska

Congress District
Alaska's At-large congressional district
86th
(1959–1961)
Ralph Julian Rivers (D)
87th
(1961–1963)
88th
(1963–1965)
89th
(1965–1967)
90th
(1967–1969)
Howard Wallace Pollock (R)
91st
(1969–1971)
92nd
(1971–1973)
Nick Begich[1] (D)
Don Young[7] (R)
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)
110th
(2007–2009)
111th
(2009–2011)

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ a b c Died in office.
  2. ^ Ernest Gruening was elected to the Senate on October 6, 1955 for the 84th 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. ^ Appointed by her father, Governor of Alaska Frank Murkowski, to serve the remainder of his senate term when he was elected governor.
  5. ^ Successfully contested the election of George Barnes Grigsby, the representative who replaced Charles August Sulzer.
  6. ^ Contested the election of Charles August Sulzer, and when Sulzer died, continued the contest against his successor George Barnes Grigsby and won.
  7. ^ Elected to fill the vacancy caused by the previous representative, Nick Begich being elected to the next term, but dying before the term began.

[edit] Key

Key to party COLORS and ABBREVIATIONS for Members of the U.S. Congress
American (Know-Nothing) (K-N)
Adams (A) /
Anti-Jacksonian (Anti-J) /
National Republican (NR)
Anti-Administration (Anti-Admin)
Anti-Masonic (Anti-M)
Democratic (D)
Dixiecrat (Dix)
States' rights (SR)
Democratic-Republican (D-R)
Farmer-Labor (FL)
Federalist (F)
Free Soil (FS)
Free Silver (FSv)
Greenback (GB)
Jacksonian (J)
Non-Partisan League (NPL)
Nullifier (N)
Opposition (O)
Populist (Pop)
Pro-Administration (Pro-Admin)
Progressive (Prog)
Prohibition (Proh)
Readjuster (Rea)
Republican (R)
Socialist (Soc)
Unionist (U)
Whig (W)
Independent /
None
Unaffiliated or
changed during term
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