Elections for the 1st Alaska Legislature
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election
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All 40 seats in the Alaska House of Representatives 21 seats needed for a majority |
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| Majority party | Minority party | Third party | | | | | Leader | Warren A. Taylor | — | — | Party | Democratic | Republican | Independent | Leader's seat | 19–Fairbanks | — | — | Seats won | 34[a] | 5 | 1 | Popular vote | 114,248 | 70,178 | 7,270 | Percentage | 59.60% | 36.61% | 3.79% | |
Results: Democratic gain Independent Democrat gain Independent gain Republican gain Multi-member districts: Majority Democratic |
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The 1958 Alaska House of Representatives election was held on November 26, 1958, in Alaska's last days as a territory to elect members of the 1st Alaska State Legislature. All 40 seats of the House were up for election, with 33 seats being won by Democrats, one by Independent Democrat Harold Z. Hansen, five by Republicans, and one by political independent and future Republican Governor Jay S. Hammond.[1]
Warren A. Taylor from Fairbanks was elected House speaker on January 26, 1959, three weeks after Alaska became the 49th state.[2]
Results by district
Only candidate's last names are listed on the official general election returns.
District 1
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 1[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Charles M. Jones | 263 | 64.6 |
| Independent | Widmark | 144 | 35.4 |
Total votes | 407 | 100.0 |
District 2
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 2[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Oral E. Freeman | 2,048 | 31.3 |
| Democratic | James R. "J. Ray" Roady | 1,954 | 29.9 |
| Republican | Placentia | 1,483 | 22.7 |
| Republican | Tobin | 1,054 | 16.1 |
Total votes | 6,539 | 100.0 |
District 3
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 3[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | John E. Longworth | 1,054 | 60.5 |
| Democratic | Lee | 687 | 39.5 |
Total votes | 1,741 | 100.0 |
District 4
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 4[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Frank E. Cashel | 1,297 | 32.3 |
| Democratic | Andrew Hope | 1,208 | 30.1 |
| Republican | Van Horn | 896 | 22.3 |
| Republican | Sarvela | 614 | 15.3 |
Total votes | 4,015 | 100.0 |
District 5
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 5[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Dora M. Sweeney | 2,252 | 31.7 |
| Democratic | Douglas Gray | 2,101 | 29.6 |
| Republican | McLean | 2,010 | 28.3 |
| Republican | Krause | 740 | 10.4 |
Total votes | 7,103 | 100.0 |
District 6
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 6[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Morgan W. Reed | 603 | 53.9 |
| Independent | McLean | 446 | 39.9 |
| Republican | Krause | 70 | 6.3 |
Total votes | 1,119 | 100.0 |
District 7
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 7[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent Democrat | Harold Z. Hansen | 267 | 40.4 |
| Democratic | Buck | 245 | 37.1 |
| Republican | Rosswog | 149 | 22.5 |
Total votes | 661 | 100.0 |
District 8
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 8[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Bruce Kendall | 333 | 45.3 |
| Democratic | Welch | 320 | 43.5 |
| Independent[b] | Ewan | 82 | 11.1 |
Total votes | 735 | 100.0 |
District 9
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 9[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | James J. Hurley | 891 | 57.5 |
| Independent | Ewan | 370 | 23.9 |
| Republican | McKinley | 288 | 18.6 |
Total votes | 1,549 | 100.0 |
District 10
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 10[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | John L. Rader | 9,846 | 8.5 |
| Democratic | Earl D. Hillstrand | 9,411 | 8.1 |
| Democratic | John S. Hellenthal | 9,075 | 7.9 |
| Democratic | Helen Fischer | 8,487 | 7.3 |
| Democratic | Edward R. "Russ" Meekins | 8,373 | 7.2 |
| Democratic | Peter J. Kalamarides | 8,336 | 7.2 |
| Democratic | James E. Fisher | 8,088 | 7.0 |
| Democratic | James E. Norene | 8,036 | 7.0 |
| Republican | Waldron | 7,006 | 6.1 |
| Republican | Sheffard | 6,559 | 5.7 |
| Republican | Dianes | 5,221 | 4.5 |
| Republican | White | 5,062 | 4.4 |
| Republican | McLean | 4,787 | 4.1 |
| Republican | Nelson | 4,761 | 4.1 |
| Republican | Arnett | 4,661 | 4.0 |
| Independent | Frior | 4,415 | 3.8 |
| Republican | Fink | 3,485 | 3.0 |
Total votes | 115,609 | 100.0 |
District 11
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 11[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | William M. Erwin | 599 | 57.8 |
| Republican | Williams | 438 | 42.2 |
Total votes | 1,037 | 100.0 |
District 12
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 12[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Allan L. Petersen | 824 | 54.5 |
| Republican | Rhode | 688 | 45.5 |
Total votes | 1,512 | 100.0 |
District 13
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 13[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Peter M. Deveau | 751 | 36.1 |
| Democratic | Henry L. Haag | 554 | 26.6 |
| Republican | Nelson | 425 | 20.4 |
| Republican | Clark | 352 | 16.9 |
Total votes | 2,082 | 100.0 |
District 14
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 14[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Charles J. Franz | 357 | 75.3 |
| Independent | Berikoff | 117 | 24.7 |
Total votes | 474 | 100.0 |
District 15
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 15[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Independent | Jay S. Hammond | 350 | 49.5 |
| Independent | Noden | 190 | 26.9 |
| Republican | Moore | 167 | 23.6 |
Total votes | 707 | 100.0 |
District 16
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 16[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | James Hoffman | 563 | 100.0 |
Total votes | 563 | 100.0 |
District 17
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 17[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Donald Harris | 295 | 50.6 |
| Democratic | Begin | 288 | 49.4 |
Total votes | 583 | 100.0 |
District 18
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 18[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Grant H. Pearson | 472 | 54.5 |
| Republican | Huntington | 394 | 45.5 |
Total votes | 866 | 100.0 |
District 19
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 19[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Frank X. Chapados | 5,294 | 13.3 |
| Democratic | Richard J. Greuel | 4,835 | 12.1 |
| Democratic | Joseph R. "Bob" Giersdorf | 4,698 | 11.8 |
| Democratic | Warren A. Taylor | 4,616 | 11.6 |
| Democratic | Robert E. Sheldon | 4,591 | 11.5 |
| Republican | Joy | 3,315 | 8.3 |
| Republican | Polet | 3,084 | 7.7 |
| Republican | Boswell | 3,037 | 7.6 |
| Republican | Ringstad | 3,010 | 7.6 |
| Republican | Collins | 2,497 | 6.3 |
| Independent[c] | Purvis | 299 | 0.8 |
| Independent | Warbelow | 258 | 0.7 |
| Independent | Moring | 211 | 0.5 |
| Independent | Ryczkowski | 121 | 0.3 |
Total votes | 39,866 | 100.0 |
District 20
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 20[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | R.S. McCombe | 318 | 65.3 |
| Republican | Hannum | 169 | 34.7 |
Total votes | 487 | 100.0 |
District 21
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 21[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | John Nusunginya | 290 | 100.0 |
Total votes | 290 | 100.0 |
District 22
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 22[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | John E. Curtis | 395 | 50.8 |
| Democratic | Lincoln | 383 | 49.2 |
Total votes | 778 | 100.0 |
District 23
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 23[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Robert R. Blodgett | 831 | 30.7 |
| Democratic | Charles E. Fagerstrom | 761 | 28.1 |
| Republican | Gray | 586 | 21.6 |
| Republican | Martin | 530 | 19.6 |
Total votes | 2,708 | 100.0 |
District 24
1958 Alaska House of Representatives election, District 24[1] Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Axel C. Johnson | 265 | 100.0 |
Total votes | 265 | 100.0 |
See also
Notes
- ^ Includes Harold Z. Hansen, who was elected on an independent ticket
- ^ labelled as "AP"
- ^ labelled as "AP"
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y "OFFICIAL RETURNS OF GENERAL ELECTION HELD NOVEMBER 26, 1958" (PDF). Alaska Elections. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
- ^ "The Beginning of Statehood". Alaska Legislature. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
External links
- Alaska 1st State Legislature – Member information
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