The 1st
Alaska State Legislature
The Alaska Legislature is the state legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is a bicameral institution consisting of the 40-member Alaska House of Representatives (lower house) and the 20-member Alaska Senate (upper house). There are 40 Hous ...
served during 1959 and 1960. All of its members were elected on November 25, 1958, when Alaska was in its last days as a
territory
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.
Terms
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.
*All terms began on January 26, 1959
*All terms of representatives, and of those senators serving short terms, expired on January 22, 1961
*All terms of senators serving long terms expired on January 27, 1963
Sessions
*1st session: January 26, 1959 – April 16, 1959
*2nd session: January 25, 1960 – March 29, 1960
Alaska Senate
Make-up
Members
Leadership
*Senate President: William E. Beltz (D-Unalakleet)
Alaska House of Representatives
Make-up
Members
Leadership
*Speaker of the House: Warren A. Taylor (D-Fairbanks)
See also
*
List of Alaska State Legislatures
The legislature of the U.S. state of Alaska has convened 32 times since History of Alaska#Statehood, statehood became effective on 1959 in the United States#January–March, January 3, 1959.
Legislatures
See also
* List of governors of Alaska ...
*
2nd Alaska State Legislature, the legislature following this one
*
List of governors of Alaska
The governor of Alaska ( Iñupiaq: ''Alaaskam kavanaa'') is the head of government of Alaska. The governor is the chief executive of the state and is the holder of the highest office in the executive branch of the government as well as being the ...
*
List of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives
Notes
External links
Photos of individual and assembled members of the 1st Alaska State Legislature, as hosted at
Elmer E. Rasmuson Library, Alaska's Digital Archives
Senate, in chambersSenate, on capitol stepsSenate, collage of official photosHouse, in chambersHouse, on capitol stepsHouse, collage of official photosMembers of the 1st State Legislature who were also members of the 23rd Territorial LegislatureLegislative staffWilliam E. Beltz, Irene E. Ryan and Warren A. Taylor conferringWilliam E. Beltz at Senate President's deskHoward C. BradshawFrank E. CashelFrank X. ChapadosJohn B. "Jack" CoghillBlanche L. (Preston) McSmithRalph E. Moody accepting formal acknowledgement of Alaskan statehood in Boston, Massachusetts, September 1958Thomas B. Stewart
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1959 establishments in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...
1960 in Alaska
Alaska
Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S. ...
1961 disestablishments in Alaska
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