Waino Edward Hendrickson

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name = Waino Edward Hendrickson


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office = Acting Territorial Governor of Alaska
term_start = 1958
term_end = 1959
predecessor = Michael Anthony Stepovich
successor = William A. Egan
(as Governor of Alaska)
office2 = Acting Territorial Governor of Alaska
term_start2 = 1957
term_end2 = 1957
predecessor2 = Benjamin Franklin Heintzleman
successor2 = Michael Anthony Stepovich
office3 = Mayor of Juneau, Alaska
term_start3 = 1946
term_end3 = 1953
predecessor3 = Ernest Parsons
successor3 = Bert F. McDowell
birth_date = birth date|1896|6|18|mf=y
birth_place = Juneau, Alaska
death_date = June 1983
death_place = Juneau, Alaska
party = Republican
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spouse = Marion Kingsnorth Jones
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Waino Edward Hendrickson (June 18, 1896–1983) was an American Republican politician, the final Governor of the Territory of Alaska.

Hendrickson was born June 18, 1896 in Juneau, Alaska, where he grew up, to Finnish immigrants. He entered politics in 1946, when he was elected mayor of Juneau, in which office he served until 1953. At the same time, he was a member of the territorial House of Representatives from 1948 to 1953.

In 1953, Hendrickson was appointed Secretary of Alaska under Governor Frank Heintzleman. He held this office until statehood, serving as acting governor twice, once in 1957 and again from 1958 to 1959. Hendrickson was the first governor born in Alaska.

He died in 1983 and is buried at Evergreen Cemetery in Juneau.

External links

* [http://www.alaska.edu/opa/eInfo/index.xml?StoryID=191 University of Alaska, Stories - Waino Hendrickson, A Man of the People]

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DATE OF BIRTH= June 18, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH= Juneau, Alaska
DATE OF DEATH= June 1983
PLACE OF DEATH= Alaska