GEORGE B. GRIGSBY "WAS THE BEST LAWYER THAT EVER HIT ALASKA"
Alaska has lost one of its
most celebrated and colorful
citizens in the death of George
B. Grigsby, age 88, at his home
in Santa Rosa, Calif., last
Wednesday.
Grigsby was Delegate to Congress
from 1919 to 1921. being selected
to till the vacancy created by the
death of Delegate Charles A. Sul
zer. At the time of his passing,
Grigsby was president of the An
chorage Bar Association.
For many years he was acknow
ledged leader of the Alaska Bar
and outstanding lawyer in Alaska.
Grigsby was born in Sioux Falls.
S.D.. on Dec. 2, 1874. He practiced
law in South Dakota and Illinois
before receiving a commission as
first lieutenant in a regiment of
Rough Riders organized by Teddy
Roosevelt to fight in the Spanish
American War in 1898.
Arrived in 1902
Grigsby came to Alaska in 1902
to serve as an assistant to his
father, who was then U. S. District
Attorney at Nome. This was during
the gold rush days. Later the young
attorney became acting District At
torney in his father’s absence.
Cause of the illness, which even
tually led to his death, was a fall
taken by Grigsby last January at
his Santa Rosa home.
In !954, in Anchorage, where
Grigsby has practiced for the last
20 years, the Bar Association pre
sented him with a testimonial bear
ing the following inscription under
a photograph of the oldtime lawyer
“For more years than most of us
can remember he has been the ac
knowledged leader of the Alaska
Bar. For those years we do remem
ber he has been a landmark of au
thority, our wise counselor and
friend.
::His power of analysis, his ex
George Cooper
Named Chairman
By Republicans
The State Central Committee for
the Republican Party in Alaska last
wetfjf elected George Cboper '-of
Fai^nks as chairman.
Tw Central Committee met at
Nome over the weekend to discuss
party matters and to prepare for
the party convention in September.
Attending the meeting were: Dor
is Earnes of Wrangell, vice-chair
man; John Daley, Ketchikan; Doris
McKmley. Palmer; Tillie Reeve, An
chorage: Sylvia Ringstad, Fairbanks
Lucille Harkabus, Fairbanks; Edith
Bullock, Kotzebue; Jack Simson.
Anchorage; and John Coghill, of
Nenana.
Also attending were: R. D. Jones
of Fairbanks; Bruce Kendall, An
chorage; and Bob Oliver, Grace
Johnson and Wallace Mclver, all
of Ncme.
Republican Slate
Sweeps College
‘Mock’ Balloting
Republican candidates swept to
victory yesterday at College.
In a “mock” general election fea
turing candidates nominated at last
week's “primary,” the GOP won
all three Statewide races.
For Governor and Secretary of
State, it was the team of Mike Stepo
vich and Robert A. Ross with 192
votes, to 176 for William A. Egan
and Hugh J. Wade.
In the U.S. Senate contest, Ted
Stevens outpointed Ernest Gruening,
190 to 181. For U.S. Representative,
Lowell Thomas Jr., came out on top
of Ralph J. Rivers by a vote of
203 to 165.
traordinary grasp of the principles !
of law shows in living fact that in !
the legal profession, as in other
things—Alaska has the best.”
The testimonial bore the signa
tures of the members of the Ancho;
age Bar Association.
“Best Lawyer”
“George Barnes Grigsby was the
best lawyer that ever hit Alaska,"
said Wendell Kay, acting president
of the Anchorage Bar.
“The extremely unusli'al thing
about him was that he was terrific
in court—in cross examination ar
gument, and argument to an appel
late court—and also a very able man
at drafting papers or arranging a
business deal. He was just the best
all around.”
Surviving Grigsby are his wife.
Patricia, and two daughters, Mrs.
Elizabeth Hastings, who was mar
ried to James Hastings while at
tending the Alaska Agricultural
College and School of Mines, and
Mrs. Jane Dudley. Two brothers
and a sister also survive.
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