Ernest Gruening
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Ernest Henry Gruening was an American journalist and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Gruening was the governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953, and a United States senator from Alaska from 1959 until 1969.
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Ernest Gruening in Haiti, c. 1910s or 1920s
Official portrait of Gruening as Governor in 1943
Gruening with Monrad Wallgren, Warren Magnuson & Harry S. Truman in June 1945
Gruening, (bottom, third from left), celebrating Alaska Statehood next to a 49 star U.S. Flag, held by Robert Atwood.
Gruening & Bob Bartlett hold the 49 star U.S. Flag after the admission of Alaska as the 49th state.
Gruening Street in Homer, one of several communities throughout Alaska which has a street named for Gruening.Politicians from United States 6
About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Politicians
Type
Politician
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1887 to 1974 · aged 87
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