2nd Alaska State Legislature
# 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
