The Fifth Alaska State Legislature served from January 23, 1967, to January 26, 1969.

The Alaska Legislature had largely been controlled by the Democratic Party since statehood took effect in 1959, as was the case with most territorial legislatures stretching as far back as the early 1930s. In the 1966 elections, Alaska followed the rest of the nation and voted Republican: incumbent governor William A. Egan and incumbent U.S. Representative Ralph J. Rivers both lost reelection to Republican challengers (Walter J. Hickel and Howard W. Pollock, respectively). Republicans also wound up with control of both houses of the legislature, though many of the Republicans newly elected in 1966 only served in this legislature.

This Senate saw major changes in its composition. In response to the "one man, one vote" decision of the United States Supreme Court in Reynolds v. Sims, the area-based apportionment scheme established for the Senate in the state constitution was abandoned, and the Senate was apportioned strictly on a population basis like the House. Jay Hammond, who served in the House in the first three legislatures before returning home to Naknek to serve as manager of the Bristol Bay Borough, was newly elected as a senator from a district which stretched as far north as Bettles and as far south as the Alaska Peninsula. In the 1966 election, Hammond defeated Democratic incumbent Grant Pearson, who lived in Nenana, from Naknek. Under population-based apportionment, many future legislative districts in rural Alaska would also cover vast amounts of the state.

Senate Senate members District Name Party Location A Robert H. Ziegler, Sr. Dem Ketchikan B Howard C. Bradshaw Dem Sitka C Elton E. Engstrom, Jr. Rep Juneau D Jan M. Koslosky Rep Palmer E Nicholas J. Begich Dem Anchorage Carl F. Brady Rep Anchorage Frank W. Harris Rep Anchorage Clyde R. Lewis Rep Anchorage Brad Phillips Rep Anchorage Vance Phillips Rep Anchorage Lowell Thomas, Jr. Rep SpenardRoster of Members simply lists Spenard, currently a neighborhood of Anchorage but often regarded at the time as a separate community. Alaska Local Government, on the other hand, lists a residence address which at the time was mostly rural outskirts of Anchorage, on the opposite side of Anchorage International Airport from the southwestern end of Spenard. F Walter I. "Bob" Palmer Rep Ninilchik G Bill M. Poland Dem Kodiak H Jay S. Hammond Rep Naknek I John Butrovich, Jr. Rep Fairbanks Paul B. Haggland Rep Fairbanks V. Maurice Smith Rep Fairbanks William I. Waugaman Rep Fairbanks J Robert R. Blodgett Dem Teller K Raymond C. Christiansen Dem Bethel

Senate leadership President of the Senate – John Butrovich (R-Fairbanks)

Senate committee assignments Commerce Brady (chair), Harris (vice-chair), Koslosky, Waugaman, Christiansen Finance V. Phillips (chair), Haggland (vice-chair), Lewis, Brady, Smith, Engstrom, Blodgett Health, Welfare and Education Smith (chair), Thomas (vice-chair), Koslosky, Begich Judiciary Harris (chair), Ziegler (vice-chair), Waugaman, Hammond, Begich Labor and Management Thomas (chair), Palmer (vice-chair), Lewis, Bradshaw, Christiansen Local government Koslosky (chair), Lewis (vice-chair), Harris, Poland, Bradshaw Resources Hammond (chair), Waugaman (vice-chair), Palmer, Lewis, Blodgett Rules B. Phillips (chair), Ziegler (vice-chair), Haggland, Hammond, Smith State Affairs Engstrom (chair), Thomas (vice-chair), Haggland, Poland

House

House members District Name Party Location 1 William K. Boardman Republican Ketchikan Edwin J. "Pete" Cessnun Republican Ketchikan 2 Ernest J. Haugen Republican Petersburg 3 Frank Getman Democratic Sitka 4 Mildred H. Banfield Republican Juneau Bill Ray Democratic Juneau 5 Frank See Democratic Hoonah 6 R. R. Borer Republican Cordova 7 Jalmar M. Kerttula Democratic Palmer 8 Michael F. Beirne Republican Anchorage Ken Brady Republican Anchorage Tom Fink Republican Anchorage Milo H. Fritz Republican Anchorage Gene Guess Democratic Anchorage Jess Harris Republican Anchorage Mortimer M. Moore Republican Anchorage William J. Moran Democratic Anchorage Charles J. Sassara, Jr. Democratic Anchorage Jack R. Simpson Republican Anchorage Don Smith Republican Anchorage Ted StevensResigned near the expiration of his term, to accept appointment to the United States Senate following the death of Bob Bartlett. Republican Anchorage Harold D. Strandberg Republican Anchorage William C. Wiggins Republican Anchorage 9 Irwin L. Metcalf Democratic Seward 10 Clem V. Tillion Republican Halibut Cove 11 Charles A. Powell Republican Kodiak 12 Carl E. Moses Republican Unalaska 13 Joseph E. McGill Democratic Dillingham 14 George H. Hohman, Jr. Democratic Bethel 15 John C. Sackett Republican Fairbanks 16 Tury F. Anderson Republican Fairbanks Mike Bradner Democratic Fairbanks John Holm Republican Fairbanks Terry Miller Republican North Pole Edmund N. Orbeck Democratic Fairbanks Jules Wright Republican Fairbanks Donald E. Young Republican Fort Yukon 17 Willie Hensley Democratic Kotzebue 18 Thomas J. Balone Democratic Nome 19 John L. Westdahl(1-23-67 – 2-18-68)Died in office. Democratic St. Mary's Vacant(2-18-68 – 2-26-68) Moses Paukan(2-26-68 – 1-26-69)Appointed to replace Westdahl, his brother-in-law. Democratic St. Mary's

House leadership Speaker of the House – William K. Boardman (R-Ketchikan) House Majority Leader - Ted Stevens (R-Anchorage)

House committee assignments Commerce Young (chair), Powell (vice-chair), Beirne, Cessnun, Balone, Getman, Brady, Fink, Bradner Committee on Committees Boardman (chair), Stevens (vice-chair), Strandberg, Holm, Kerttula Finance Strandberg (chair), Haugen (vice-chair), Miller, Sackett, Sassara, Borer, Ray Health, Welfare and Education Banfield (chair), Fritz (vice-chair for health and welfare), Beirne (vice-chair for education), Wiggins, Metcalf, Moran, Wright, Young, Hohman Judiciary Fink (chair), Simpson (vice-chair), Tillion, Brady, Metcalf, Hensley, Moses, Fritz, Moran Labor and Management Wiggins (chair), Harris (vice-chair), Anderson, Simpson, See, McGill, Moore, Smith, Orbeck Local Government Smith (chair), Anderson (vice-chair), Beirne, Powell, Getman, Hohman, Harris, Simpson, Westdahl Resources Moses (chair), Anderson (vice-chair for mines and minerals), Moore (vice-chair for fish and game), Tillion, Cessnun, Wright, McGill, Holm, Powell, Hensley, See Rules Tillion (chair), Cessnun (vice-chair), Holm, Harris, Balone, Stevens, Kerttula State Affairs Holm (chair), Brady (vice-chair), Fritz, Moore, Guess, Bradner, Banfield, Wright, Orbeck

See also List of Alaska State Legislatures 4th Alaska State Legislature, the legislature preceding this one 6th Alaska State Legislature, the legislature following this one List of governors of Alaska List of speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives Alaska Legislature Alaska Senate {AKLeg.gov}

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