William K. Boardman
William Knight "Bill" Boardman (born February 3, 1915 in Nevada , Iowa , † March 18, 1993 in Palm Springs , California ) was an American politician ( Republican Party ). From 1967 to 1968 he was President ( Speaker ) of the House of Representatives of Alaska .
Career
In his native Iowa, William Boardman attended Grinnell College and then Drake University in Des Moines , where he received his bachelor's degree in 1935 . He then worked as an investment banker for seven years before joining the US Coast Guard after the United States entered World War II . He was stationed in Ketchikan in the Alaska Territory and the Aleutian Islands . After the war ended, he settled in Ketchikan and worked for the Pan Am airline until 1950 , then as an underwriter for an insurance company. From 1948 to 1966 he was executive director of the Ketchikan Chamber of Commerce.
Boardman was politically active from 1952, when he was first elected to the House of Representatives of the Alaska Territory. In the run-up to the accession of Alaska as the 49th state to the Union in 1959 , he ran for a seat in the First Senate of Alaska , but lost the election. Two years later he succeeded in moving into the House of Representatives from Alaska, where he remained until 1971 after being re-elected four times. After his party won a majority of the seats in the 1966 elections, he took over the office of Speaker from Democrat Mike Gravel . When the majority situation reversed in 1968, he had to give up the post to the Democrat Jay Kerttula . In 1970 he missed re-election as a member of parliament; the attempt to return to the state parliament failed in 1972.
William Boardman died of a heart attack on March 18, 1993 while walking in Palm Springs. He was buried in Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau . His wife Genie Chance (1927-1998) was also politically active and belonged to both chambers of the Alaska Legislature between 1969 and 1977 . Unlike her husband, however, she was a democrat.
Web links
- William K. Boardman in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- William K. Boardman at The Political Graveyard
- Biographical Dates at the Alaska Legislature
Individual evidence
- ^ Nancy Weatherly Sharp, James Roger Sharp, Charles F. Ritter, Jon L. Wakelyn: American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911-1994 . Greenwood Publishing Group, 1997 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ Our Campaigns: Boardman, William
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boardman, William K. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boardman, William Knight (full name); Boardman, Bikll |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 3, 1915 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nevada , Iowa |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 18, 1993 |
| Place of death | Palm Springs , California |