Since becoming a U.S. state in 1959, Alaska has been entitled to one member in the United States House of Representatives. The representative is elected at-large, because the state has only one congre
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Don Young, official 115th Congress photo portrait
Mary Peltola Congressional Member Portrait
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Donald Edwin Young was an American politician from Alaska. He is the longest-serving Republican in House history, having been the U.S. representative for the state's at-large congressional district fo
Alaska's at-large congressional district
…and Nunavut in Canada. On August 31, 2022, Democrat Mary Peltola defeated Republican former governor Sarah Palin in the special election to replace Don Young, who died on March 18 of the same year, and was the longest serving Republican in the history of the House. Peltola became the first Democrat elected…
Official portrait, 2020
Young speaking at the Juneau-Douglas High School library during the 1972–1973 school year
Young with President Richard Nixon and Jack Coghill in 1973
Young with President Gerald Ford and U.S. Senator Ted Stevens in 1975