Bruce B. Kendall

Bruce Biers (or Byers) Kendall (February 28, 1919 – July 6, 2012) was an American hotelier and Republican and Democratic politician from the territory and state of Alaska.

A Methodist, Kendall was born in Martinsburg, Nebraska and grew up in Sioux City, Iowa. He later moved to Alaska, living in Cordova, Valdez and Anchorage. He became one of the first members of the Alaska House of Representatives in 1959 after statehood.

In 1963, he became the first Republican Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives. After Democrats regained control of the House, he was replaced as a speaker by Mike Gravel, future U.S. Senator.

Kendall remained a member of the State House until 1966. He later switched to the Democratic Party, and was the party's nominee for an open seat on the Alaska Senate in 1978, losing to Arliss Sturgulewski.

External links

The Political Graveyard
Google Books
Anchorage Daily News Obituary
Bruce Kendall at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

Political offices
Preceded by Warren A. Taylor	Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives 1963 – 1964	Succeeded by Mike Gravel

Speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives

Territorial (1912–59)	Collins Hess White Nerland Cole Wilcox Smith Rothenburg Winn McDonald Hofman Green Lyng H. McCutcheon Davis Lander Gill S. McCutcheon Egan Kay Greuel

State (since 1959)	Taylor Kendall Gravel Boardman Kerttula Guess Fink Bradner Malone Gardiner Duncan Hayes Grussendorf Cotten Grussendorf Barnes Phillips Porter Kott Harris Chenault

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