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In Alaska In 1903, Ralph Rivers, Alaska's first voting representative, was born. He served in the U.S. House from 1959 until 1966. In 1933, the Juneau...
...Alaska's first congressional delegation consisted of Sens. Ernest Gruening and E. L. Bartlett, and Congressman Ralph Rivers, all statehood advocates and all Democrats. The First state Legislature consisted of 52 Democrats, compared with...
...Stevens, just as Alaskans elected Bill Egan (governor), Ernest Gruening and Bob Bartlett (U.S. Senators), and Ralph Rivers (congressman) to pull Alaska out of the 1950s depression in the last decade as a territory. The more things change...
...politics, which was led by Gov. Bill Egan and U.S. Sens. Ernest Gruening and E. L. Bartlett. U.S. Rep. Ralph Rivers was a Democrat, too, and so were 52 of the 60 state legislators. There were a few prominent Republicans boosting...
...an Act of Congress. In 1959, Ernest Gruening and E. L. (Bob) Bartlett were sworn in as U. S. senators, and Ralph Rivers was sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives. Winds as high as 90 mph froze two Antarctic penguins in Anchorage's...
...by an Act of Congress. In 1959, Ernest Gruening and E. L. (Bob) Bartlett were sworn in as U. S. senators and Ralph Rivers sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives. In 1959, 90 mph winds froze two Antarctic penguins in Anchorage's...
...by an Act of Congress. In 1959, Ernest Gruening and E. L. (Bob) Bartlett were sworn in as U. S. senators and Ralph Rivers was sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives. Ninety mph winds froze two Antarctic penguins in Anchorage's...
...by an act of Congress. In 1959, Ernest Gruening and E. L. (Bob) Bartlett were sworn in as U.S. senators and Ralph Rivers sworn in to the U.S. House of Representatives. Ninety mph winds froze two Antarctic penguins in Anchorage's Arctic...
In Alaska In 1911, Mount Wrangell erupted and Central Alaska was shaken by an earthquake. In 1959, Rep. Ralph Rivers, an Alaska Democrat, proposed a bill to ban nearly all imports of Japanese salmon. In the nation In 1861, Jefferson...
...important issues at In 1911, Mount Wrangell erupted and Central Alaska was shaken by an earthquake. In 1959, Rep. Ralph Rivers, D-Alaska, proposed a bill to ban nearly all imports of Japanese salmon. In the nation In 1908, New York City's...