title: 2nd Alaska State Legislature
text: # 2nd Alaska State Legislature
  
  The 2nd Alaska State Legislature was elected November 8, 1960.
  
  ## Sessions
  
  * 1st session: January 23, 1961 – April 7, 1961
  * 2nd session: January 23, 1962 – April 12, 1962
  
  ## Alaska Senate
  
  ### Make-up
  
  | Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Democratic Party | 13 |
  | | Republican Party | 7 |
  | Total | Total | 20 |
  | Government Majority | Government Majority | 6 |
  
  ### Members
  
  | District | Name | Party | Location |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | A | James Nolan | Dem | Wrangell |
  | A | Frank Peratrovich | Dem | Klawock |
  | B | W. O. Smith | Dem | Ketchikan |
  | C | Howard C. Bradshaw | Dem | Sitka |
  | D | Elton E. Engstrom | Rep | Juneau |
  | E | Vance Phillips | Rep | Anchorage |
  | E | Howard W. Pollock | Rep | Anchorage |
  | F | B. J. Logan | Dem | Cordova |
  | G | Brad Phillips | Rep | Anchorage |
  | H | Irwin L. Metcalf | Dem | Seward |
  | I | Alfred A. Owen | Dem | Uganik Bay |
  | J | George B. McNabb, Jr. | Dem | Fairbanks |
  | J | Robert J. McNealy | Dem | Fairbanks |
  | K | Jack E. Weise | Rep | Bethel |
  | L | John B. Coghill | Rep | Nenana |
  | M | Paul Greimann, Sr. | Rep | Fairbanks |
  | N | Lester Bronson | Dem | Nome |
  | N | Pearse E. "Pete" Walsh | Dem | Nome |
  | O | Eben Hopson | Dem | Barrow |
  | P | John A. McNees | Dem | Nome |
  
  ### Leadership
  
  * Senate President: Frank Peratrovich (D-Klawock)
  * Majority Leader: Robert J. McNealy (D-Fairbanks)
  * Minority Leader: John B. Coghill (R-Nenana)
  
  ## Alaska House of Representatives
  
  ### Make-up
  
  | Affiliation | Affiliation | Members |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Republican Party | 20 |
  | | Democratic Party | 19 |
  | | Independent | 1 |
  | Total | Total | 40 |
  | Government Majority | Government Majority | 0 |
  
  ### Members
  
  | District | Name | Party | Location |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Alfred E. Widmark | Rep | Klawock |
  | 2 | William K. Boardman | Rep | Ketchikan |
  | 2 | Walter L. Kubley | Rep | Ketchikan |
  | 3 | John E. Longworth | Rep | Petersburg |
  | 4 | Frank E. Cashel | Dem | Sitka |
  | 4 | Andrew Hope | Dem | Sitka |
  | 5 | Marcus F. Jensen | Dem | Douglas |
  | 5 | Dora M. Sweeney | Dem | Juneau |
  | 6 | Morgan W. Reed | Dem | Skagway |
  | 7 | Harold Z. Hansen | Dem | Cordova |
  | 8 | Robert I. Ditman | Ind | Valdez |
  | 9 | Jalmar M. Kerttula | Dem | Palmer |
  | 10 | John S. Hellenthal | Rep | Anchorage |
  | 10 | Bruce Kendall | Rep | Anchorage |
  | 10 | Bennie Leonard | Rep | Anchorage |
  | 10 | James C. Parsons | Rep | Anchorage |
  | 10 | Henry S. Pratt | Rep | Anchorage |
  | 10 | William H. Sanders | Rep | Anchorage |
  | 10 | Harold D. Strandberg | Rep | Anchorage |
  | 10 | R. W. Stratton, Jr. | Rep | Spenard |
  | 11 | William M. Erwin | Dem | Seward |
  | 12 | Leo F. Rhode | Rep | Homer |
  | 13 | Peter M. Deveau | Dem | Kodiak |
  | 13 | Gilbert A. Jarvela | Dem | Kodiak |
  | 14 | Arthur J. Harris | Dem | Nikolski |
  | 15 | Jay S. Hammond | Rep | Naknek |
  | 16 | Raymond C. Christiansen | Dem | Bethel |
  | 17 | Donald Harris | Rep | McGrath |
  | 18 | Grant H. Pearson | Dem | Nenana |
  | 19 | Edgar I. Baggen | Rep | Fairbanks |
  | 19 | Forbes L. Baker | Rep | Fairbanks |
  | 19 | Charles M. "Jim" Binkley | Rep | College |
  | 19 | Frank X. Chapados | Dem | Fairbanks |
  | 19 | Warren A. Taylor | Dem | Fairbanks |
  | 20 | Kenneth A. Garrison | Rep | Fort Yukon |
  | 21 | John Nusunginya | Dem | Point Barrow |
  | 22 | Jacob A. Stalker | Dem | Kotzebue |
  | 23 | Robert R. Blodgett | Dem | Teller |
  | 23 | Arthur D. Johnson | Rep | Nome |
  | 24 | Segundo Llorente | Dem | Alakanuk |
  
  ### Leadership
  
  * Speaker of the House: Warren A. Taylor (D-Fairbanks)
  * Majority Leader: Peter M. Deveau (D-Kodiak)
  * Minority Leader: Bruce Kendall (R-Anchorage)
  
  ## Key Legislative Staff
  
  * Secretary of the Senate: Evelyn K. Stevenson
  * Chief Clerk of the House: Esther Reed
  * Executive Director of Legislative Council: John C. Doyle
  * Legislative Auditor: Robert Dyer
  