lieutenant predecessor successor death_date birth_place death_place religion party birth_date order term_start birthname spouse article_title term_end name alma_mater
waino hendrickson waino hendrickson -lrb- acting -rrb- waino hendrickson -lrb- acting -rrb- 14 february 2014 fairbanks , alaska , u.s. san diego , california , u.s. roman catholic republican 12 march 1919 governor of alaska territory april 12 , 1957 michael anthony stepovich matilda baricevic mike stepovich
 august 1 , 1958 mike stepovich university of portland gonzaga university university of notre dame
mike stepovich

michael anthony `` mike '' stepovich -lrb- march 12 , 1919 -- february 14 , 2014 -rrb- was an american lawyer who , from 1957 to 1958 , served as the last governor of alaska territory .
following his education and military service during world war ii , stepovich established a law practice in his home town of fairbanks , alaska and began his political career by winning three terms in the alaska territorial legislature .
during his term as governor , he was a leading advocate in the effort to gain statehood for alaska .
following alaska 's admission to the union , he made an unsuccessful run for a u.s. senate seat and two unsuccessful attempts to be elected governor of alaska .
