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The 1st Alaska State Legislature served during 1959 and 1960. All of its members were elected on November 26, 1958, when Alaska was in its last days as a territory.
The Alaska Constitution established that legislative terms begin on the fourth Monday in January following an election year, and that the date may be changed by statute. This legislature passed Senate Bill 70 in the first session, which placed the date into statute but did not actually change it.
| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 18 | |
| Republican Party | 2 | |
| Total | 20 | |
| Government Majority | 16 | |
| District | Name | Life | Party | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | James Nolan | 1901–1991 | Dem | Wrangell |
| Frank Peratrovich | 1895–1984 | Dem | Klawock | |
| B | Walter O. "Bo" Smith | 1907–1987 | Dem | Ketchikan |
| C | Howard C. Bradshaw | 1908–1994 | Dem | Sitka |
| D | Thomas B. Stewart | 1919–2007 | Dem | Juneau |
| E | Ralph E. Moody [1] | 1915–1997 | Dem | Anchorage |
| Irene E. Ryan | 1909–1997 | Dem | Anchorage | |
| F | Balfour J. "Bob" Logan | 1906–1974 | Dem | Cordova |
| G | Joseph Earl Cooper [2] | 1907–1964 | Dem | Anchorage |
| H | Irwin L. Metcalf | 1908–1973 | Dem | Seward |
| I | Alfred A. Owen | 1910–1985 | Dem | Uganik Bay |
| J | George B. McNabb, Jr. | 1919–1992 | Dem | Fairbanks |
| Robert J. McNealy | 1907–1978 | Dem | Fairbanks | |
| K | Jack E. Weise | 1915–2000 | Rep | Bethel |
| L | John B. Coghill | 1925–2019 | Rep | Nenana |
| M | Hubert A. Gilbert [3] | 1914–1984 | Dem | Fairbanks |
| N | William E. Beltz | 1912–1960 | Dem | Unalakleet [4] |
| Lester Bronson | 1905–1972 | Dem | Nome | |
| O | Eben Hopson | 1922–1980 | Dem | Barrow |
| P | John A. McNees | 1917–1995 | Dem | Nome |
| Affiliation | Members | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 34 | |
| Republican Party | 5 | |
| Independent | 1 | |
| Total | 40 | |
| Government Majority | 28 | |
| District | Name | Life | Party | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charles M. Jones | 1921–2002 | Dem | Craig |
| 2 | Oral E. Freeman | 1915–2001 | Dem | Ketchikan |
| James R. "J. Ray" Roady | 1907–1997 | Dem | Ketchikan | |
| 3 | John E. Longworth | 1910–1985 | Rep | Petersburg |
| 4 | Frank E. Cashel | 1918–1991 | Dem | Sitka |
| Andrew Hope | 1896–1968 | Dem | Sitka | |
| 5 | Douglas Gray | 1908–1980 | Dem | Douglas |
| Dora M. Sweeney | 1907–2001 | Dem | Juneau | |
| 6 | Morgan W. Reed | 1904–[ ? ] | Dem | Skagway |
| 7 | Harold Z. Hansen | 1910–1993 | Ind-D | Cordova |
| 8 | Bruce Kendall | 1919–2012 | Rep | Valdez |
| 9 | James J. Hurley | 1915–2002 | Dem | Palmer |
| 10 | Helen M. Fischer | 1912–1986 | Dem | Anchorage |
| James E. Fisher | 1927–2020 | Dem | Anchorage | |
| John S. Hellenthal | 1915–1989 | Dem | Anchorage | |
| Earl D. Hillstrand | 1913–1974 | Dem | Anchorage | |
| Peter J. Kalamarides | 1916–1979 | Dem | Anchorage | |
| Edward R. "Russ" Meekins | 1915–1995 | Dem | Anchorage | |
| James E. Norene | 1905–1996 | Dem | Anchorage | |
| John L. Rader [5] | 1927– | Dem | Anchorage | |
| 11 | William M. Erwin | 1933–2022 | Dem | Seward |
| 12 | Allan L. Petersen | 1890–1969 | Dem | Kenai [6] |
| 13 | Peter M. Deveau | 1917–2002 | Dem | Kodiak |
| Henry L. Haag | 1895–1969 | Dem | Kodiak | |
| 14 | Charles J. Franz | 1910–1996 | Dem | Port Moller |
| 15 | Jay S. Hammond | 1922–2005 | Ind | Naknek |
| 16 | James Hoffman | 1925–1982 | Rep | Bethel |
| 17 | Donald Harris | 1928–2011 | Rep | McGrath |
| 18 | Grant H. Pearson | 1900–1978 | Dem | McKinley Park |
| 19 | Frank X. Chapados | 1914–2007 | Dem | Fairbanks |
| Joseph R. "Bob" Giersdorf [7] | 1935–2003 | Dem | Fairbanks | |
| Richard J. Greuel | 1928–2013 | Dem | Fairbanks | |
| Robert E. Sheldon | 1883–1983 | Dem | Fairbanks | |
| Warren A. Taylor | 1891–1980 | Dem | Fairbanks | |
| 20 | R.S. McCombe | 1902–1985 | Dem | Chicken |
| 21 | John Nusunginya | 1927–1981 | Dem | Point Barrow |
| 22 | John E. Curtis | 1915–1999 | Rep | Kotzebue |
| 23 | Robert R. Blodgett | 1920–1990 | Dem | Nome |
| Charles E. Fagerstrom | 1905–1962 | Dem | Nome | |
| 24 | Axel C. Johnson | 1911–1985 | Dem | Kwiguk |
Photos of individual and assembled members of the 1st Alaska State Legislature, as hosted at Alaska's Digital Archives
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