Ernest Gruening
Ernest Henry Gruening (/ˈɡriːnɪŋ/GREEN-ing; February 6, 1887 – June 26, 1974) was an American journalist and Democrat who was the Governor of the Alaska Territory from 1939 until 1953, and a United States Senator from Alaska from 1959 until 1969.
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