Henry Aristide Boucher
Henry Aristide "Red" Boucher (born January 27, 1921 in Nashua , New Hampshire , † June 19, 2009 in Anchorage ) was an American politician.
Boucher was born in New Hampshire in 1921. After being in Massachusetts for high school went, he served from 1937 to 1957 in the United States Navy . In 1958 Boucher moved to Alaska and settled in Fairbanks . His move to Alaska was at the request of Senator John F. Kennedy . He wanted Boucher to be politically active for the Democratic Party in the young state . Boucher had previously supported Kennedy in his re-election campaign in the 1956 Senate elections. Boucher ran a sporting goods store in Fairbanks and managed the Alaska Goldpanners , an Alaska-based baseball team he founded in 1960, for eleven years. Because of his dedication to the team and to baseball as a whole, Boucher is considered one of the most important figures in professional baseball in Alaska.
Boucher's political career began in 1961 when he was a member of Fairbanks City Council until 1964 . 1966 to 1970 he was mayor of the city. In 1970 he ran for the office of lieutenant governor of Alaska and was able to prevail against the Republican incumbent Robert W. Ward . Since the office was only named Lieutenant Governor through a constitutional amendment in 1970, Boucher was, in a sense, the first to be referred to as Lieutenant Governor. However, nothing changed in the duties of the office. In the 1974 elections, Boucher was defeated by the Republican challenger Lowell Thomas junior . He then retired into business life and ran unsuccessfully for the office of mayor of Anchorage . In 1984 Boucher was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives, to which he was a member from 1985 to 1990.
Web links
- Entry about Boucher with a focus on his baseball career ( Memento from June 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
- Entry with pictures on the Goldpanners page
- "Red" Boucher Passes Away. ( Memento of June 27, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Obituary at www.ktva.com (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boucher, Henry Aristide |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boucher, Red |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 27, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nashua , New Hampshire |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 19, 2009 |
| Place of death | Anchorage , Alaska |