5th Alaska State Legislature

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The Fifth Alaska State Legislature served from January 23, 1967, to January 26, 1969.

The Alaska Legislature had largely been controlled by the Democratic Party since statehood took effect in 1959, as was the case with most territorial legislatures stretching as far back as the early 1930s. In the 1966 elections, Alaska followed the rest of the nation and voted Republican: incumbent governor William A. Egan and incumbent U.S. Representative Ralph J. Rivers both lost reelection to Republican challengers (Walter J. Hickel and Howard W. Pollock, respectively). Republicans also wound up with control of both houses of the legislature, though many of the Republicans newly elected in 1966 only served in this legislature.

This Senate saw major changes in its composition. In response to the "one man, one vote" decision of the United States Supreme Court in Reynolds v. Sims, the area-based apportionment scheme established for the Senate in the state constitution was abandoned, and the Senate was apportioned strictly on a population basis like the House. Jay Hammond, who served in the House in the first three legislatures before returning home to Naknek to serve as manager of the Bristol Bay Borough, was newly elected as a senator from a district which stretched as far north as Bettles and as far south as the Alaska Peninsula. In the 1966 election, Hammond defeated Democratic incumbent Grant Pearson, who lived in Nenana, 480 miles (770 km) from Naknek. Under population-based apportionment, many future legislative districts in rural Alaska would also cover vast amounts of the state.

Senate[]

Senate members[]

District Name Party Location
A Robert H. Ziegler, Sr. Dem Ketchikan
B Dem Sitka
C Elton E. Engstrom, Jr. Rep Juneau
D Rep Palmer
E Nicholas J. Begich Dem Anchorage
Carl F. Brady Rep Anchorage
Rep Anchorage
Rep Anchorage
Rep Anchorage
Rep Anchorage
Lowell Thomas, Jr. Rep Spenard[1]
F Rep Ninilchik
G Dem Kodiak
H Jay S. Hammond Rep Naknek
I John Butrovich, Jr. Rep Fairbanks
Rep Fairbanks
Rep Fairbanks
Rep Fairbanks
J Dem Teller
K Dem Bethel

Senate leadership[]

  • President of the Senate – John Butrovich (R-Fairbanks)

Senate committee assignments[]

  • Commerce
    • Brady (chair), Harris (vice-chair), Koslosky, Waugaman, Christiansen
  • Finance
    • V. Phillips (chair), Haggland (vice-chair), Lewis, Brady, Smith, Engstrom, Blodgett
  • Health, Welfare and Education
    • Smith (chair), Thomas (vice-chair), Koslosky, Begich
  • Judiciary
    • Harris (chair), Ziegler (vice-chair), Waugaman, Hammond, Begich
  • Labor and Management
    • Thomas (chair), Palmer (vice-chair), Lewis, Bradshaw, Christiansen
  • Local government
    • Koslosky (chair), Lewis (vice-chair), Harris, Poland, Bradshaw
  • Resources
    • Hammond (chair), Waugaman (vice-chair), Palmer, Lewis, Blodgett
  • Rules
    • B. Phillips (chair), Ziegler (vice-chair), Haggland, Hammond, Smith
  • State Affairs
    • Engstrom (chair), Thomas (vice-chair), Haggland, Poland

House[]

House members[]

District Name Party Location
1 William K. Boardman Republican Ketchikan
Republican Ketchikan
2 Republican Petersburg
3 Democratic Sitka
4 Mildred H. Banfield Republican Juneau
Bill Ray Democratic Juneau
5 Democratic Hoonah
6 Republican Cordova
7 Jalmar M. Kerttula Democratic Palmer
8 Republican Anchorage
Republican Anchorage
Tom Fink Republican Anchorage
Republican Anchorage
Gene Guess Democratic Anchorage
Republican Anchorage
Republican Anchorage
Democratic Anchorage
Democratic Anchorage
Republican Anchorage
Republican Anchorage
Ted Stevens[2] Republican Anchorage
Republican Anchorage
Republican Anchorage
9 Democratic Seward
10 Clem V. Tillion Republican Halibut Cove
11 Republican Kodiak
12 Carl E. Moses Republican Unalaska
13 Democratic Dillingham
14 George H. Hohman, Jr. Democratic Bethel
15 John C. Sackett Republican Fairbanks
16 Republican Fairbanks
Mike Bradner Democratic Fairbanks
Republican Fairbanks
Terry Miller Republican North Pole
Democratic Fairbanks
Jules Wright Republican Fairbanks
Donald E. Young Republican Fort Yukon
17 Willie Hensley Democratic Kotzebue
18 Democratic Nome
19 John L. Westdahl
(1-23-67 – 2-18-68)[3]		 Democratic St. Mary's
Vacant
(2-18-68 – 2-26-68)
Moses Paukan
(2-26-68 – 1-26-69)[4]		 Democratic St. Mary's

House leadership[]

House committee assignments[]

  • Commerce
    • Young (chair), Powell (vice-chair), Beirne, Cessnun, Balone, Getman, Brady, Fink, Bradner
  • Committee on Committees
    • Boardman (chair), Stevens (vice-chair), Strandberg, Holm, Kerttula
  • Finance
    • Strandberg (chair), Haugen (vice-chair), Miller, Sackett, Sassara, Borer, Ray
  • Health, Welfare and Education
    • Banfield (chair), Fritz (vice-chair for health and welfare), Beirne (vice-chair for education), Wiggins, Metcalf, Moran, Wright, Young, Hohman
  • Judiciary
    • Fink (chair), Simpson (vice-chair), Tillion, Brady, Metcalf, Hensley, Moses, Fritz, Moran
  • Labor and Management
    • Wiggins (chair), Harris (vice-chair), Anderson, Simpson, See, McGill, Moore, Smith, Orbeck
  • Local Government
    • Smith (chair), Anderson (vice-chair), Beirne, Powell, Getman, Hohman, Harris, Simpson, Westdahl
  • Resources
    • Moses (chair), Anderson (vice-chair for mines and minerals), Moore (vice-chair for fish and game), Tillion, Cessnun, Wright, McGill, Holm, Powell, Hensley, See
  • Rules
    • Tillion (chair), Cessnun (vice-chair), Holm, Harris, Balone, Stevens, Kerttula
  • State Affairs
    • Holm (chair), Brady (vice-chair), Fritz, Moore, Guess, Bradner, Banfield, Wright, Orbeck

References[]

General
  • Alaska Legislature Roster of Members 1913-2012 (pdf). Juneau: Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency. 2012. pp. 43–44.
  • "Alaska Legislation 1967 Affecting Local Government Units". Alaska Local Government. Juneau: Office of the Governor of Alaska, Local Affairs Agency. VI (8): 159–163. August 1967.
Specific and Notes
  1. ^ Roster of Members simply lists Spenard, currently a neighborhood of Anchorage but often regarded at the time as a separate community. Alaska Local Government, on the other hand, lists a residence address which at the time was mostly rural outskirts of Anchorage, on the opposite side of Anchorage International Airport from the southwestern end of Spenard.
  2. ^ Resigned near the expiration of his term, to accept appointment to the United States Senate following the death of Bob Bartlett.
  3. ^ Died in office.
  4. ^ Appointed to replace Westdahl, his brother-in-law.
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