Alaska Constitutional Convention

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constitutional convention political event

The Alaska Constitutional Convention was the 1955–1956 gathering of elected delegates in Fairbanks that drafted the foundational governing document enabling Alaska’s transition from U.S. territory to statehood.

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Surface form	Occurrences
Alaska Constitutional Convention proceedings	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional convention ⓘ political event ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	Alaska ⓘ
chairperson	William A. Egan NERFINISHED ⓘ
convenedIn	Constitution Hall, University of Alaska Fairbanks ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
describedBySource	Alaska Constitutional Convention self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Alaska Constitutional Convention proceedings Alaska State Archives ⓘ
dissolved	1956 ⓘ
endTime	1956-02-05 ⓘ
fieldOfWork	constitutional law ⓘ public administration ⓘ
followedBy	Alaska Statehood Act ⓘ surface form: Alaska Statehood Act implementation Alaska statehood ⓘ ratification of the Constitution of Alaska ⓘ
hasEffect	Alaska Constitution ⓘ surface form: Constitution of the State of Alaska
hasPart	Alaska Constitution ⓘ surface form: Bill of Rights of the Alaska Constitution article on local government in the Alaska Constitution ⓘ article on natural resources in the Alaska Constitution ⓘ article on the executive in the Alaska Constitution ⓘ article on the judiciary in the Alaska Constitution ⓘ article on the legislature in the Alaska Constitution ⓘ
inception	1955 ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
legislativeBody	Alaska Constitutional Convention delegates ⓘ
location	Fairbanks ⓘ surface form: Fairbanks, Alaska
numberOfParticipants	55 ⓘ
organizedBy	Alaska ⓘ surface form: Territory of Alaska
participant	elected delegates from the Territory of Alaska ⓘ
partOf	Alaska statehood movement ⓘ surface form: Alaska statehood process
pointInTime	1955 ⓘ 1956 ⓘ
precededBy	Alaska statehood advocacy campaigns ⓘ
president	William A. Egan NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	draft a state constitution for Alaska ⓘ prepare Alaska for statehood ⓘ
significantEvent	adoption of the Alaska Constitution ⓘ drafting of the Alaska State Constitution ⓘ
significantFigure	Bob Bartlett ⓘ Ernest Gruening ⓘ John H. Dimond NERFINISHED ⓘ Ralph Julian Rivers ⓘ surface form: Ralph J. Rivers Vic Fischer ⓘ
significantPlace	University of Alaska Fairbanks ⓘ
startTime	1955-11-08 ⓘ
topic	Alaska statehood movement ⓘ U.S. territorial governance ⓘ self-government in Alaska ⓘ

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this entity surface form: Alaska Constitutional Convention proceedings