I Start the State ^ £
"GOVERNOR" MIKE STEPO
VICH was our last appointive
governor and Alaska's only na
tive-born chief executive. He
I was born in Fairbanks, where
his father was a mining operator.
He and his wife have eight chil
dren, all born in Alaska. Follow
ing service in the United States
Navy, he practiced law in Fair
i| banks and served one term in
the Territorial House of Repre
sentatives and three years in the
j Senate.
/ For U. S. Senate
HENRY BENSON, the senior Ter
| rilorial official, has served 12
years as the Territorial Commis
| sioner of Labor. By his years of
public service he has proven his
ability and integrity.
I For Governor
BRAD PHILLIPS, owner of Arc
tic Travel Bureau of Anchorage,
is a member of the Anchorage
City Council.
For U. S. Senate
R. E. ROBERTSON, eminent Ju
neau attorney, has been a resi
dent oi Alaska for 52 years. He
served several terms as Mayor of
Juneau and his family includes
two sons and a daughter and
eight grandchildren.
For U. S. House
of Representatives
JOHN BUTROVICH — Born and
raised in Alaska, he has served
continuously in the Alaska Sen- -
ate since 1944, many limes as
Chairman of the Finance Com
mittee. He operates a successful
insurance agency at Fairbanks.
4 Steps T<
Under Republic;
1 1867 . .. Purchase of Alaska during th
founder of the Republican Party.
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1912 ... 1st Territorial Legislature cr
31924 . . . Alaska Native people given fi
President Warren G. Harding.
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41959 . . . Alaska becomes the 49th Stat«
and Republican Secretary of Interii
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For State House
of Representatives
For District 22
JOHN CURTIS was bom
in Kolzebnue and he and
his wife have seven chil
dren. He is a former mayor
of Kotzebue and is a vet
eran of WWII. Mr. Curtis
is a member of an out
standing Eskimo family.
He is primarily interested
in the development ana
growth of local government
within the native villages
of the northern area.
For State House
of Representatives
FOR DISTRICT 23
THOMAS MARTIN, pio
neer resident of Nome, is a
graduate of Nome High
School and a veteran of
WWII. He and his wife,
Barbara, own the Polaris
Hotel, and Tommy is a
board member of the AVA.
His children, Larry and
Sheryl, represent the 41h r
generation of his family
who have lived in Nome.