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John Sackett
John Sackett (June 3, 1944 – March 3, 2021) was an American politician who served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1967 to 1971 and in the Alaska Senate The Alaska State Senate is the upper house in the Alaska State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It convenes in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska and is responsible for making laws and confirming or reje ... from 1973 to 1987. He died on March 3, 2021, at age 76. References 1944 births 2021 deaths 20th-century Alaska Native people Koyukon people Republican Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives Republican Party Alaska state senators People from Yukon–Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska 20th-century members of the Alaska Legislature {{Alaska-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska Senate
The Alaska State Senate is the upper house in the Alaska State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It convenes in the Alaska State Capitol in Juneau, Alaska and is responsible for making laws and confirming or rejecting gubernatorial appointments to the state cabinet, commissions and boards. With just twenty members, the Alaska Senate is the smallest state legislative chamber in the United States. Its members serve four-year terms and each represent an equal number of districts with populations of approximately 35,512 people, per 2010 census figures. They are not subject to term limits. Powers and legislative process The Alaska Senate shares the responsibility for making laws in the state of Alaska with the Alaska House of Representatives. Bills are developed by staff from bill requests and information from the bill's sponsor. Bills undergo three or four readings during the legislative process. After the first reading, they are assigned to commit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nels Anderson Jr
Nels is a given name. Notable people with the given name include: *Nels Ackerson (born 1944), American lawyer *Nels N. Alling (1861–1955), Danish-American sculptor * Nels Andersen (1891–1961), American politician * Nels Anderson (1889–1986), American sociologist * Nels Anderson (politician) (1828–1887), American politician * Nels Andrews, American folk singer * Nels Bruseth (1886–1957), American mountaineer, naturalist, author, and painter * Nels Christianson, American politician *Nels Cline (born 1956), American guitarist and composer *Nels Crutchfield (1911–1985), Canadian ice hockey player * Nels F. S. Ferré (1908–1971), Swedish-born American theologian * Nels Hagerup (1864–1922), Norwegian-born American painter * Nels Holman (1861–1946), American newspaper editor, businessman, and politician * Nels Jacobson (born 1949), American artist and poster art historian * Nels Johnson (1838–1915), Danish-born American clockmaker * Nels Johnson (judge) (1896–1958), Am ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Binkley
John Emerson "Johne" Binkley (born February 4, 1953, in Fairbanks, Alaska) is a riverboat pilot, businessman and Republican politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Binkley served for one term apiece in the Alaska House of Representatives and the Alaska Senate during the mid and late 1980s, but is perhaps better known for his candidacy for governor of Alaska in the 2006 primary election. In that election, he finished far behind Sarah Palin (who would go on to win the governorship), but also far ahead of one-term incumbent governor Frank Murkowski, by then deeply unpopular amongst Alaskans. In 2017, the ''Anchorage Daily News'' was acquired by Binkley Co., a group run by John's son, Ryan Binkley. Binkley was elected chair of the non-partisan Alaska Redistricting Board in 2020, following his appointment to the five-member board by Senate President Cathy Giessel. Biography John Emerson Binkley was born on February 4, 1953, in Fairbanks, Alaska, the youngest of three sons and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Don Young
Donald Edwin Young (June 9, 1933 – March 18, 2022) was an American politician from Alaska. He is the List of members of the United States Congress by longevity of service, longest-serving Republican Party (United States), Republican in House history, having been the United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative for the state's at-large congressional district for 49 years, from 1973 until his death in 2022. Born and raised in California, Young moved to Alaska in 1959 after a stint in the U.S. Army. He worked various careers, including sailing and teaching, in the small city of Fort Yukon, Alaska, Fort Yukon, where he was elected mayor in 1964. He entered state politics two years later, when he won a seat in the Alaska House of Representatives, and advanced to the Alaska Senate in 1970. In 1972 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska, 1972, he ran for a seat in the House of Representatives against incumbent Democrat Nick Begich Sr., Nick Begich. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Butrovich
John Butrovich Jr. (March 22, 1910 – June 3, 1997) was an American businessman and politician from Alaska. He was a member of the Republican Party, and was that party's nominee in the 1958 gubernatorial election. Life and career Butrovich was born on March 22, 1910, in a mining camp near Fairbanks, Alaska, to a Croatian American family, Butrovich graduated from Fairbanks High School in 1929. He then went to Washington State University. He returned to Fairbanks and was in the insurance business. He married Grace Meggitt in 1936, and they had one daughter together. From 1944 to 1958, Butrovich served in the Alaska Territorial Senate and was a Republican. He was the speaker of the delegation sent to President Eisenhower to convince him to sign the statehood bill. In 1958, Butrovich ran in the election for Governor of Alaska and lost the election to Bill Egan, 59.6% to 39.4%. From 1963 to 1979, Butrovich served in the Alaska State Senate. He was named Alaskan of the Year in 19 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Colletta
Michael J. Colletta, Sr. (September 1, 1924 - January 24, 2007) was a businessman and Republican politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. Colletta served one term in the Alaska House of Representatives, during the 7th State Legislature (1971-1972), representing the 8th district from Anchorage. He served two terms in the Alaska Senate, from 1975 to 1982, culminating with being the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ..., running alongside Tom Fink in the 1982 election.''Daily Sitka Sentinel'', August 30, 1982, 'State Starts Final Count of Absentee Questioned Votes', 1. References 2007 deaths 1920s births Year of birth uncertain Republican Party Alaska state senators Businesspeople from Anchorage, Alaska Republi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska House Of Representatives
The Alaska House of Representatives is the lower house in the Alaska State Legislature, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. The House is composed of 40 members, each of whom represents a district of approximately 17,756 people per 2010 census figures. Members serve two-year terms without term limits. With 40 representatives, the Alaska House is the smallest state legislative lower chamber in the United States. The House convenes at the State Capitol in Juneau. Powers and process Members of the Alaska House of Representatives are responsible for a portion of the process of making and amending state law. The first step of the legislative process is filing a bill by giving it to the chief clerk of the Alaska House of Representatives.Legislative Process , Alaska Legislature (accessed April 27, 2013) The chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Huslia, Alaska
Huslia (; ) is a city in Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area, Alaska, United States. Rarely known as Hussliakatna, it is inhabited by Koyukuk-hotana Athabascans. The population was 293 at the 2000 census and 275 as of the 2010 census. In January 2025, Huslia became notable for being unusually warm at a time when much of the US was experiencing atypically cold weather due to a polar vortex. Huslia was 20 degrees Fahrenheit warmer in January 2025 than it typically is that month, which was the largest heat increase in the country. Geography Huslia is located at (65.701858, -156.387134). It is in the interior of Alaska, on the Koyukuk River, near its confluence with the Huslia River. It does not have road or rail access, but is served by Huslia Airport. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , of which, is land and (4.25%) is water. Demographics Huslia first appeared on the 1950 U.S. Census as the unincorporated village of "Cutoff." The nam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party, also known as the Grand Old Party (GOP), is a Right-wing politics, right-wing political parties in the United States, political party in the United States. One of the Two-party system, two major parties, it emerged as the main rival of the then-dominant Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party in the 1850s, and the two parties have dominated American politics since then. The Republican Party was founded in 1854 by anti-slavery activists opposing the Kansas–Nebraska Act and the expansion of slavery in the United States, slavery into U.S. territories. It rapidly gained support in the Northern United States, North, drawing in former Whig Party (United States), Whigs and Free Soil Party, Free Soilers. Abraham Lincoln's 1860 United States presidential election, election in 1860 led to the secession of Southern states and the outbreak of the American Civil War. Under Lincoln and a Republican-controlled Congress, the party led efforts to preserve th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1944 Births
Events Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix. January * January 2 – WWII: ** Free France, Free French General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny is appointed to command First Army (France), French Army B, part of the Sixth United States Army Group in North Africa. ** Landing at Saidor: 13,000 US and Australian troops land on Papua New Guinea in an attempt to cut off a Japanese retreat. * January 8 – WWII: Philippine Commonwealth troops enter the province of Ilocos Sur in northern Luzon and attack Japanese forces. * January 11 ** United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt proposes a Second Bill of Rights for social and economic security, in his State of the Union address. ** The Nazi German administration expands Kraków-Płaszów concentration camp into the larger standalone ''Konzentrationslager Plaszow bei Krakau'' in occupied Poland. * January 12 – WWII: Winston Churchill and Charles de Gaulle begin a 2-day conference in Marrakech. * Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2021 Deaths
This is a list of lists of deaths of notable people, organized by year. New deaths articles are added to their respective month (e.g., Deaths in ) and then linked below. 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019 2018 2017 2016 2015 2014 2013 2012 2011 2010 2009 2008 2007 2006 2005 2004 2003 2002 2001 2000 1999 1998 1997 1996 1995 1994 1993 1992 1991 1990 1989 1988 1987 1986 Earlier years ''Deaths in years earlier than this can usually be found in the main articles of the years.'' See also * Lists of deaths by day * Deaths by year (category) {{DEFAULTSORT:deaths by year ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
