Stanley McCutcheon

Stanley J. McCutcheon (September 1917 – May 22, 1975) was an American politician and lawyer from Anchorage, Alaska who served several nonconsecutive terms in the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 3rd legislative district of Alaska as a Democrat in the 16th, 17th, 19th, 20th, and 22nd territorial legislatures.[1] He served as the 18th Speaker of the House from 1949 to 1951.

Stanley McCutcheon
18th Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives
In office
January 24, 1949 – January 22, 1951
Preceded byOscar S. Gill
Succeeded byWilliam A. Egan
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives
from the 3rd district
In office
January 24, 1955 – January 28, 1957
In office
January 24, 1949 – January 26, 1953
In office
January 25, 1943 – January 27, 1947
Personal details
Born
Stanley J. McCutcheon

September 1917
Anchorage, Territory of Alaska
Died (aged 57)
Anchorage, Alaska, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseEvelyn
Children2
Parent(s)H. H. McCutcheon
Clara Johanna Krueger
ProfessionPolitician, lawyer

Early life and education

McCutcheon was born in Anchorage, Alaska in September 1917 to Herbert Hazard McCutcheon and Clara Johanna Krueger.[2] His father, H. H. McCutcheon, served in the Alaska House of Representatives from 1931 to 1943 and the Alaska Senate from 1943 to 1945, serving as the 14th speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1941 to 1943.[3]

Stanley McCutcheon attended both high school and law school in Anchorage.[4]

Career

McCutcheon served a total of five terms in the Alaska House of Representatives, representing the 3rd legislative district of Alaska as a Democrat.[1] He served from 1943 to 1947 in the 16th and 17th territorial legislatures, from 1949 to 1953 in the 19th and 20th territorial legislatures, and from 1955 to 1957 in the 22nd territorial legislature.[1]

McCutcheon served as the 18th Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1949 to 1951 in the 19th territorial legislature.[1]

McCutcheon was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Alaska Territory in 1952 and 1956. Additionally, he was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention from Alaska in 1960 and 1968.[5]

Outside of the Alaska Legislature, McCutcheon was a lawyer with his own private law practice in Anchorage. He also served as president of Alaska Airlines.[4]

On November 20, 1952, following the closure of the Union Bank of Anchorage by the Territorial Banking Board, McCutcheon was arrested along with the institution's president on seven misdemeanor charges of failing to abide by banking laws, which included making loans in excess of legal limits, failure to hold meetings of stockholders, and failure to obey bank board orders. They both posted $3,000 bond and were immediately released. McCutcheon and the other officer denied any wrongdoing and claimed that the charges were politically motivated.[6]

Personal life and death

McCutcheon was married and had two children.[4]

McCutcheon died at the age of 57 in Anchorage on May 22, 1975.[7]

See also
  • H. H. McCutcheon, Stanley McCutcheon's father, who also served as Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives

References
  1. "Alaska Constitutional Convention" (PDF). Alaska State Legislature. pp. 20, 21, 25, 27, 31.
  2. "Stanley McCutcheon in the 1940 Census". Ancestry.com. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
  3. "McCutcheon, Herbert H. "H.H."". Cook Inlet Historical Society. Retrieved April 2, 2023.
  4. "Stanley McCutcheon". 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature. Juneau, Alaska: Alaska Legislature. Retrieved March 14, 2023.
  5. "Mccullogh to Mcdade". The Political Graveyard. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
  6. "Close Alaska Banks, Charge Two Officers". Ellensburg Daily Record. Anchorage, Alaska. November 21, 1952. p. 6. Retrieved May 23, 2023.
  7. "STANLEY McCUTCHEON". The New York Times. May 24, 1975. p. 6. Retrieved April 2, 2023. closed access
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