Ralph Rivers

Second Vice President, Alaska Constitutional Convention

Territorial Attorney General

Territorial Legislator

Alaska-Tennessee Plan Congressman

US Congressman

• Used the office of the Attorney General to conduct research on the feasibility of Alaska Statehood
• Served two years as the Alaska-Tennessee Plan Congressman prior to being elected Alaska's first Congressman

Name Ralph Julian Rivers
City Fairbanks
Occupation Lawyer
Born May 23, 1904 - Seattle, Washington
Died August 1976 - Chehalis, Washington
Alaska Resident 1906 - 1967

Honors

• Honorary Doctorate, University of Alaska - 1974

• Congressional Biography
• Eisenhower Signs the Alaska Statehood Proclamation
• US Senate Passes Alaska Statehood Act

Selected Newspaper Articles  

• Rivers, Greuel Are Entered in Delegate Race - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 1955-04-20
• Egan Heads Convention - Anchorage Daily Times, 1955-11-10
• Fairbanks Records Heavy Vote - Rivers Leads All Candidates - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 1955-09-14
• Know Your Constitutional Convention Candidate - Ralph Rivers - Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, 1955-08-15

For more newspaper articles, visit the Statehood Newspaper Archive