• Source: 1st Alaska State Legislature

      • 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.


      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

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      = Members

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      = Leadership

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      Senate President: William E. Beltz (D-Unalakleet)


      Alaska House of Representatives




      = Make-up

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      = Members

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      = Leadership

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      Speaker of the House: Warren A. Taylor (D-Fairbanks)


      See also


      List of Alaska State Legislatures
      2nd Alaska State Legislature, the legislature following this one
      List of governors of Alaska
      List of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives
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      Notes




      External links


      Photos of individual and assembled members of the 1st Alaska State Legislature, as hosted at Alaska's Digital Archives

      Senate, in chambers
      Senate, on capitol steps
      Senate, collage of official photos
      House, in chambers
      House, on capitol steps
      House, collage of official photos
      Members of the 1st State Legislature who were also members of the 23rd Territorial Legislature
      Legislative staff
      William E. Beltz, Irene E. Ryan and Warren A. Taylor conferring
      William E. Beltz at Senate President's desk
      Howard C. Bradshaw
      Frank E. Cashel
      Frank X. Chapados
      John B. "Jack" Coghill
      Blanche L. (Preston) McSmith
      Ralph E. Moody accepting formal acknowledgement of Alaskan statehood in Boston, Massachusetts, September 1958
      Thomas B. Stewart

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