Oscar S. Gill

Oscar S. Gill (April 3, 1880 – November 18, 1947) was an Alaskan

Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska

, from 1932 to 1933 and 1934 to 1936.

Biography

Oscar Stephen Gill was born April 3, 1880, in

Ship Creek to work on the Alaska Railroad. As the encampment at Ship Creek grew into the city of Anchorage, Gill put down roots, floating his two-story house down the Knik River

to 918 W. 10th Avenue, where it remained until 1982.

From 1916-1923, Gill ran a lighterage service under contract with the Alaskan Engineering Commission. In 1923, he opened Anchorage's first garage at the corner of Fourth Avenue and I Street.

In 1929, Gill was elected to the city council, serving until 1932, when he was elected Mayor of Anchorage for one term. He did not stand for election in 1933,^[1] but ran for a second, non-consecutive term in 1934. He was elected without opposition on the ballot^[2] and served two more terms as mayor. His son, Victor Gill, made an unsuccessful bid to succeed him as Mayor of Anchorage in 1936.^[3]

In 1944, Oscar Gill was elected to the

Speaker of the House in 1947. He died while still in office, November 18, 1947, and was buried in the Anchorage Memorial Park

.

The Oscar Gill House, threatened with demolition in 1982, was purchased by the Municipality of Anchorage and moved into storage. In 1994 it was restored to a new location at 1344 W. 10th Avenue. It now houses a bed and breakfast.

References

General

Specific

^ "New Officials Chosen In Anchorage City Electoral Contest", Anchorage Daily Times, p. 8, April 5, 1933
^ "New Mayor And City Council Chosen By The People of Anchorage", Anchorage Daily Times, p. 7, April 4, 1934
^ "Asks Father's Post as Mayor", New York Times, p. 12, March 26, 1936

External links

Oscar Gill at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

Preceded by James Delaney	Mayor of Anchorage 1932–1933	Succeeded by Thomas J. McCroskey
Preceded by Thomas J. McCroskey	Mayor of Anchorage 1934–1936	Succeeded by Herbert E. Brown
Preceded by Jesse D. Lander	Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives 1947	Succeeded by Stanley McCutcheon

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v t e Speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives
Territorial (1912–59)	Collins Hess White Nerland Cole Wilcox Smith Rothenburg Winn McDonald Hofman Green Lyng H. McCutcheon Davis Lander Gill S. McCutcheon Egan Miscovich Kay Greuel
State (since 1959)	Taylor Kendall Gravel Boardman Kerttula Guess Fink Bradner Malone Gardiner Duncan Hayes Grussendorf Cotten Grussendorf Barnes Phillips Porter Kott Harris Chenault Edgmon Patkotak (Acting) Stutes Tilton

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