Lisa Murkowski
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Lisa Ann Murkowski is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from the state of Alaska, having held the seat since 2002. She is the first woman to represent Ala
Official portrait, 2017
Murkowski in 2005
Murkowski with President Donald Trump, Susie Wiles, and fellow female Republican senators, January 2025
Murkowski speaking during a press conference with Danish, Greenlandic and U.S. politicians at Christiansborg in Copenhagen, January 2026
Alaska
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Alaska is a U.S. state located in the northwestern regions of North America. Part of the Western United States region, it is one of the two non-contiguous U.S. states, alongside Hawaii. Alaska is cons
Lisa Murkowski
…Ann Murkowski ( mər-KOW-ski; born May 22, 1957) is an American attorney and politician serving as the senior United States senator from the state of Alaska, having held the seat since 2002. She is the first woman to represent Alaska in the U.S. Congress and is the Senate's second-most senior Republican…
The Russian settlement of St. Paul's Harbor, present-day Kodiak town, Kodiak Island, 1814
Miners and prospectors climb the Chilkoot Trail during the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush.
Signing of the Alaska Treaty (1867)
U.S. troops navigate snow and ice during the Battle of Attu in May 1943.