succeeded death_place death_date religion birth_place party profession office preceded birth_date term_start article_title term_end name
bob bartlett anchorage , alaska territory , u.s. 28 may 1953 catholicism palatine bridge , new york , u.s. democratic judge , schoolteacher territorial delegate to u.s. house of representatives from alaska james wickersham 30 november 1881 march 4 , 1933 anthony dimond
 january 3 , 1945 anthony dimond
anthony dimond

anthony joseph dimond -lrb- november 30 , 1881 -- may 28 , 1953 -rrb- was an american democratic party politician who was the alaska territory delegate in the united states house of representatives for many years -lrb- 1933 -- 1945 -rrb- .
dimond was also an early champion of alaska statehood .
dimond was born in palatine bridge , montgomery county , new york and attended catholic schools , taught school in montgomery county -lrb- 1900 -- 1903 -rrb- , and was a prospector/miner in alaska -lrb- 1904 -- 1912 -rrb- before studying law and beginning practice in valdez -lrb- 1913 -rrb- .
dimond 's political experience includes : us commissioner in chisana , alaska -lrb- 1913 -- 1914 -rrb- ; special assistant us attorney for the 3rd judicial division of alaska in valdez -lrb- 1917 -rrb- ; mayor of valdez -lrb- 1920 -- 1922 , 1925 -- 1932 -rrb- ; alaska territorial senate -lrb- 1923 -- 1926 , 1929 -- 1932 -rrb- ; and district judge for the 3rd division of alaska -lrb- 1945 -- 1953 -rrb- .
he also served as a delegate to the democratic national convention in 1936 and 1940 .
he died on may 28 , 1953 in anchorage .
a roman catholic , dimond was a member of organizations such as the elks , moose and eagles .
his secretary , bob bartlett , eventually became a united states senator from alaska .
today , november 30 is celebrated by the state of alaska as `` anthony dimond day . ''
in anchorage , a. j. dimond high school and dimond boulevard , a major thoroughfare , are named after him .
in 1940 , when president franklin d. roosevelt was considering making alaska an international jewish homeland , dimond was the main force behind defeating the effort .
