Ernest Gruening
Former member of the United States Senate
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. Wikipedia
Born: February 6, 1887, New York, NY
Died: June 26, 1974 (age 87 years), Washington, D.C.
Party: Democratic Party
Books: Many Battles: The Autobiography of Ernest Gruening, Mexico and its heritage, Study Mission to Eastern (American) Samoa; Report of Senators Oren E. Long, of Hawaii, and Ernest Gruening, of Alaska, to the Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs, United States Senate, Pursuant to S. Res. 330, 86th Congress, and more
Spouse: Dorothy Smith Gruening (m. 1914)
Previous offices: Senator, AK (1959–1969), United States Shadow Senator (1956–1959), and Governor of Alaska Territory (1939–1953)