1st Alaska State Legislature

The 1st Alaska State Legislature was elected November 25, 1958, upon the passage of the Alaska Statehood Act, and convened immediately after official statehood in 1959.

[edit] Sessions

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	Thomas B. Stewart	Dem	Juneau
E	Ralph E. Moody	Dem	Anchorage
E	Irene E. Ryan	Dem	Anchorage
F	B.J. Logan	Dem	Cordova
G	J. Earl Cooper^[1]	Dem	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	Hubert A. Gilbert^[2]	Dem	Fairbanks
N	William E. Beltz	Dem	Unalakleet
N	Lester Bronson	Dem	Nome
O	Eben Hopson	Dem	Barrow
P	John A. McNees	Dem	Nome

District	Name	Party	Location
1	Charles M. Jones	Dem	Craig
2	Oral E. Freeman	Dem	Ketchikan
2	J. Ray Roady	Dem	Ketchikan
3	John E. Longworth	Rep	Petersburg
4	Frank E. Cashel	Dem	Sitka
4	Andrew Hope	Dem	Sitka
5	Douglas Gray	Dem	Douglas
5	Dora M. Sweeney	Dem	Juneau
6	Morgan W. Reed	Dem	Skagway
7	Harold Z. Hansen	Dem	Cordova
8	Bruce Kendall	Rep	Valdez
9	James J. Hurley	Dem	Palmer
10	Helen M. Fischer	Dem	Anchorage
	James E. Fisher	Dem	Anchorage
	John S. Hellenthal	Dem	Anchorage
	Earl D. Hillstrand	Dem	Anchorage
	Peter J. Kalamarides	Dem	Anchorage
	Russ E. Meekins	Dem	Anchorage
	James E. Norene	Dem	Anchorage
	John L. Rader^[3]	Dem	Anchorage
11	William M. Erwin	Dem	Seward
12	Allen L. Peterson	Dem	Kenai
13	Peter M. Deveau	Dem	Kodiak
13	Henry L. Haag	Dem	Kodiak
14	Charles J. Franz	Dem	Port Moller
15	Jay S. Hammond	Ind	Naknek
16	James Hoffman	Rep	Bethel
17	Donald Harris	Rep	McGrath
18	Grant H. Pearson	Dem	McKinley Park
19	Frank X. Chapados	Dem	Fairbanks
	Bob Giersdorf^[4]	Dem	Fairbanks
	Richard J. Greuel	Dem	Fairbanks
	Robert E. Sheldon	Dem	Fairbanks
	Warren A. Taylor	Dem	Fairbanks
20	R.S. McCombe	Dem	Chicken
21	John Nusunginya	Dem	Point Barrow
22	John E. Curtis	Rep	Kotzebue
23	Robert R. Blodgett	Dem	Nome
23	Charles E. Fagerstrom	Dem	Nome
24	Axel C. Johnson	Dem	Kwiguk

^ Appointed to the Alaska Superior Court between sessions. Seaborn J. Buckalew (D) was appointed to his seat for the second session.
^ Appointed to the Alaska Superior Court between sessions. Rep. Bob Giersdorf (D) was appointed to his seat January 29, 1960, but resigned three days later as he was not old enough to become a senator. Edmund Olbeck (D), in turn, replaced him.
^ Appointed state attorney general between sessions. Blanche L. McSmith (D) was appointed to his seat for the second session.
^ Appointed January 29, 1960 to replace outgoing Sen. Hubert Gilbert for the second session, but re-assumed his old seat February 2, 1960. Edmund Olbeck (D) filled his House seat in the interim.