Difference between revisions of "Alaska"
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==Elected Officials== | ==Elected Officials== | ||
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| − | *Senator [[Ted Stevens]] (R) | + | *Senator [[Ted Stevens]] (R) (will be [[Mark Begich]] (D) following the institution of the new [[Senate]] in January) |
*Senator [[Lisa Murkowski]] (R) | *Senator [[Lisa Murkowski]] (R) | ||
*Rep. [[Don Young]] (R) | *Rep. [[Don Young]] (R) | ||
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===Statewide=== | ===Statewide=== | ||
*Governor [[Sarah Palin]] (R) | *Governor [[Sarah Palin]] (R) | ||
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| Capital | Juneau |
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| Nickname | The Last Frontier |
| Official Language | English |
| Governor | Sarah Palin, R |
| Senator | Ted Stevens, R {{{s1phone}}} [{{{s1email}}}] |
| Senator | Lisa Murkowski, R {{{s2phone}}} [{{{s2email }}}] |
| Ratification of Constitution/or statehood | January 3, 1959 |
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Motto: North to the Future |
Alaska became the forty-ninth state to enter into the United States of America in 1959. Alaska is not contiguous to the rest of the United States, bordering Canada's Yukon Territory and province of British Columbia to the east. Its capital is Juneau.
Alaska's territory was purchased from Russia in 1867 by the Johnson administration for 7.2 million USD; its vast oil and gold reserves have more than repaid the investment that was once ridiculed as "Seward's Folly.", after William H. Seward who was the Secretary of State that negotiated the purchase.
Although it is the largest state by area, it is the third smallest state by population (larger than only Wyoming and Vermont).
Elected Officials
Federal
- Senator Ted Stevens (R) (will be Mark Begich (D) following the institution of the new Senate in January)
- Senator Lisa Murkowski (R)
- Rep. Don Young (R)
Statewide
- Governor Sarah Palin (R)
- Lt. Governor Sean Parnell (R)
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