Elton Egedeous Engstrom Sr. (June 6, 1905 — January 30, 1963) was an American businessman and politician. Born in

Wrangell, Alaska The City and Borough of Wrangell ( tli, Ḵaachx̱ana.áakʼw, russian: Врангель) is a borough in Alaska, United States. As of the 2020 census the population was 2,127, down from 2,369 in 2010. Incorporated as a Unified Home Rule Bor ...

, Engstrom went to the Wrangell High School and to the University of Washington. He was in the family fishing business in Wrangell, Alaska and

Juneau, Alaska The City and Borough of Juneau, more commonly known simply as Juneau ( ; tli, Dzánti K'ihéeni ), is the capital city of the state of Alaska. Located in the Gastineau Channel and the Alaskan panhandle, it is a unified municipality and the se ...

. He served on the Douglas, Alaska City Council and as mayor of Douglas in 1943 and 1944. He was the Alaska Territory Republican Party chair in 1945 and was a delegate to the Republican National Convention from Alaska Territory in 1956. From 1951 to 1954 and 1957–1958, Engstrom represented the 1st District in the Alaska Territorial Senate. After Alaska became a state, he served in the Alaska State Senate from 1961 until his death in 1963. Engstrom died in a hospital in Juneau, Alaska after suffering a heart attack. In 1947, his wife,

Thelma Engstrom Thelma Catherine Engstrom (née Wait) (September 9, 1905 – February 7, 1957) was a teacher, columnist and legislator in Alaska. Born in Seattle, Washington, Engstrom graduated from the University of Washington in 1926. She taught school in Nep ...

, served in the 18th Session of the Alaska Territorial House. Elton and Thelma's son, attorney

Elton Engstrom Jr. Elton Egedeous Engstrom Jr. (February 26, 1935 – November 6, 2013) was an American lawyer, businessman, writer, and politician. Engstrom served one term apiece in the Alaska House of Representatives and the Alaska Senate as a Republican during t ...

, served in both the Alaska House and Senate, and their granddaughter, Cathy Muñoz, served four terms in the Alaska House.

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American legislative leaders in the West, 1911-1994

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