B. Frank Heintzleman

Territorial Governor of Alaska

Member, Alaska Statehood Committee

• Widely considered a lukewarm supporter of statehood, Heintzleman successfully swayed national Republican leaders to support Alaska's admission to the Union
• Proposed the widely derided "partition plan," which would have created the State of Alaska from Southeast, Southcentral and Interior Alaska, while leaving Western and Arctic Alaska as a territory.
• Signed the bill establishing the Alaska Constitutional Convention

Name Benjamin Franklin Heintzleman
City Juneau
Occupation Forester
Born December 3, 1888 - Fayetteville, Pennsylvania
Died June 24, 1963 - Juneau, Alaska
Alaska Resident 1918-63

Honors

• Superior Service Award - US Dept. of Agriculture
• Sir William Schlich Award - American Society of Foresters
• Juneau's "Man of the Year" - 1959
• "Outstanding Alaskan" - State Chamber of Commerce

• Speech to the Convention
• Heintzleman's Partition Plan

Selected Newspaper Articles  

• Governor Heintzleman Urged Secretary McKay to Push Bill to Floor of Senate - Daily Alaskan Empire, 1954-01-19
• Governor Backs Statehood Fight - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 1954-05-11
• Preparations Made for Historic Meet - Anchorage Daily Times, 1955-10-31

For more newspaper articles, visit the Statehood Newspaper Archive