Senator Der Vereinigten Staaten Aus Alaska - Ted Stevens, Mike Gravel, Ernest Gruening, Frank Murkowski, Mark Begich (English, German, Paperback)

Kapitel: Ted Stevens, Mike Gravel, Ernest Gruening, Frank Murkowski, Mark Begich, Liste Der Senatoren Der Vereinigten Staaten Aus Alaska, Lisa Murkowski, Edward Lewis Bartlett. Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Francis Hughes Murkowski (pronounced; born March 28, 1933) is an American politician and a member of the Republican Party. He was a United States Senator from Alaska from 1981 until 2002 and the tenth Governor of Alaska from 2002 until 2006. Murkowski was born in Seattle, Washington to Frank Michael Murkowski and Helen Hughes. His father was of Polish descent. He was raised in Ketchikan, Alaska and initially attended Santa Clara University but graduated from Seattle University, both Catholic universities run by the Society of Jesus. Prior to his election to the Senate in 1980, he worked in the banking industry in Anchorage and Wrangell. In 1970, he was the Republican nominee for the at-large U.S. House seat, but lost to Nick Begich, 55%-45%. He married Nancy Gore and they have six children. During his time in the Senate, he was most notable as Chairman of the Energy and Natural Resources Committee from 1995 to 2001. As chair, he argued and attempted unsuccessfully to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. Murkowski was elected governor on November 5, 2002, receiving nearly 56% of the vote, the highest percentage for any gubernatorial candidate in Alaska history. He succeeded retiring Democrat Tony Knowles and took office on December 2, 2002. Upon his inauguration, he resigned his Senate seat and appointed his daughter, Lisa Murkowski, the Majority Leader-designate of the Alaska House of Representatives, in his place. His opponents accused the appointment as an act of nepotism. Toward the end of his administration he brokered a deal for a gas pipeline that was never considered, in final form, by the legislature. Murkowski threatened to sign the deal without legislative approval, but the legis...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de