1. John Bruce "Jack" Coghill was an American politician and businessman who was the sixth lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1990 to 1994, serving under Governor Walter Hickel.
12 Facts About Jack Coghill
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Originally elected as the Republican Party's lieutenant governor nominee in 1990, Coghill had faced serious compatibility issues with running mate Arliss Sturgulewski.
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Jack Coghill served in the territorial and state legislatures of Alaska for a number of years.
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Jack Coghill was elected to the territorial House in 1952 and again in 1956, representing the 4th District, which encompassed the interior and portions of southwestern Alaska.
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Jack Coghill ran unopposed in 1960 and did not run for re-election in 1964.
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Jack Coghill would be elected to the state Senate in 1984, and served until he resigned on December 3,1990 to assume the post of lieutenant governor.
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Jack Coghill was elected to Alaska's constitutional convention, serving as one of the 55 Club and his copy of the constitution hangs in Constitution Hall on the University of Alaska Fairbanks campus.
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Jack Coghill received an honorary doctorate from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2004.
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Jack Coghill married Frances Gilbert, from Fairbanks, and had six children: Patty, John Jr.
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Jack Coghill was a pioneer who hiked to the Interior from Valdez, worked as a printer for what is the Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, and then opened a trading post in Nenana.
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Jack Coghill published his autobiography, "Growing up in Alaska" in 2009 describing his personal and political life in the 49th state, as one of its last surviving state constitution signatories.
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Jack Coghill died on February 13,2019, at the age of 93.