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Alaska's governor, Mike Stepovich, and congressional advocates for statehood.

Collection Name

Alaska State Library Subject File. Photographs. ASL.

Identifier

ASL-AlaskaStatehood-08 ASL-P01-3918

Title

Alaska's governor, Mike Stepovich, and congressional advocates for statehood.

Description

Accompanying new item: Alaska's governor, Mike Stepovich, and congressional advocates for statehood for the northern territory were jubilant Monday after Senate passage of the Alaskan statehood bill by vote of 64-20. Celebrating over a 49-star flag outside the Senate chamber after the bill's passage were (left to right): Ernest Gruening, former Alaska governor; Sen. Frank Church (D-Idaho); Sen. Thomas Kuchel (R-Calif); Gov. Stepovich; Sen. Henry Jackson (D-Wash.), floor manager of the bill; Wally Hickel, GOP chairman for Alaska; Sen. Arthur Watkins (R-Utah); and Sen. Richard Neuberger (D-Oregon). Senator Neuberger presided over the Senate during historic roll call.

Subject.TGM

Governors Legislators Statehood

Subject.LCSH

Flags--United States

Personal Name

Church, Frank Gruening, Ernest, 1887-1974 Hickel, Walter J., 1919- Jackson, Henry M. (Henry Martin), 1912-1983 Kuchel, Thomas H. Neuberger, Richard L. (Richard Lewis), 1912-1960 Stepovich, Mike Watkins, Arthur V. (Arthur Vivian), 1886-1973

Region

Alaska

Time Period

1939 to 1959

Date.original

1959

Type	Image (Photographs) Image (Group portraits)

Ordering & Use

http://library.state.ak.us/vilda_rights.html

Holding Institution

Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, PO Box 110571, Juneau AK 99811-0571; mailto:asl.historical@alaska.gov

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