The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-01-05

holdover Senators, elected in Oc. tober, 1948.
 They will travel, most of then by airplane, from Wales and Nome Ketchikan and Wrangell, Fairbanks Sitka, Anchorage, Petersburg, Cor dova, Palmer, Valdez and a scat tering of other towns, and it vii be their aim to arrive at Juneau not later than the forenoon ot Monday, January 22. That is the day set by law for converting the goth Legislature in regular session
 More than a few Alaskans be- lieve that this will be the last Territorial Legislature and that our next law-making session will be the First State Legislature.
 Whether or not these believers are correct--and the answer lies with the United States Congress the present 1851 session will round out an even score of Territorial Legislatures.
 Since the Alaska Organic Act was on August 24, 1912, total of 262 Alaskans-253 men and nine women-have been elected to fin the 352 House and 192 Senate seats.
 Of these 262 legislators, l43 served one term only The other 119 were reelected for second or third terms and in a few instances for six or seven terms. Out of the 119, only 39 including one of the women, served in both houses of the Legislature.
 Majority Were Democrats
 By political affiliations, .he 262 130 Democrats and 100 Re- publicans, while 19 were labeled h. dependents, II called themselves Non-P -Partisans and two were Pro- gressives.
 Approximately 25 percent of the members elected to the 20 Legisla. tures-including the one coming ur have been mining men, who mum Der more than 60 The next largest occupational groups are merchants with 32 and attorneys with 25
 The remainder have represented a wide variety of callings-fisher- men, insurance brokers, farmers, 8 couple of cannerymen, carpenters, a blacksmith, engineers, accountants a barber, printer, an undertaken a couple of editors, several drug gists, tailor, a florist and a num- Der each of aviators and housewives
 The Democrats, who have had the greatest representation among the individual legislators, have also in the 20 Legislatures, captured the majority of the seats in botf houses.
 Of the 352 seats in the House oi Representatives, 1913 to 1851 inclu- sive 139 have been filled by Demo- crats, 12l by Republicans, 26 by h. dependents, IA by Non-Partisans one by Progressive and one was vacant.
 In the Senate, with 192 seats. the Democrats held or now hold 112 the Republicans 65, Independents ' on-Partisans 6 and Progressives 2
 Showing by Divisions
 In the first 16 Alaska Legisla- lures, 1913 through 1943, each of the four Judicial Divisions Lad equal representation-two Senators and four Representatives.
 Commencing in 1945, however, the total membership of the Legisla- ture was increased to 40. Each ot the four Divisions sent four Sena- tors to Juneau the First Division sent eight Representatives, the Sec ond Division sent four, the Third Division sent seven and the Fourth Division sent five.
 The First Division, with IA seats to fill, has sent 73 persons to the Legislature, 68 men and five women Thirty-six of them were Democrats 31 were Republicans and six were Non-P -PartisanS.
 With but 128 seats to fill, the Second Division has sent 63 men and one woman to Juneau, includ- ing 29 Democrats. 25 Republicans and 10 Independents.
 The Third Division, which has held 14O of the 544 legislative seats, elected 66 individuals to fill them, e5 men and one woman. And al thought the Third is generally con- sidered the stronghold of the Dem ocratic Party in Alaska, it has sent to the Legislature 31 Republicans as against 27 Democrats, filling out the list with four Independents, two on-Partisans and two Pro- gressives.
 And the Fourth Division, where the banner of Republicanism today floats high, has through the years sent to Juneau 32 Democrats, 23 five Independents and three Non-Partisans to fill it's l32 seats. Of these, 61 were men and two were women.