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Jacob Laktonen

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Jacob Laktonen
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 13th District
In office
January 8, 1973 – January 20, 1975
Personal details
Born
Jacob John Laktonen Jr.

January 18, 1917
Karluk, Alaska
DiedApril 6, 1996(1996-04-06) (aged 79)
Tillamook, Oregon
Political partyRepublican

Jacob John Laktonen, Jr. (January 18, 1917 – April 6, 1996) was an American accountant and politician. Laktonen served a single term in the Alaska House of Representatives in the 1970s. He was employed for at least four decades by the Alaska Packers' Association and was an accountant for them at the time he served in the House.[1] Laktonen was a Republican and a Native American, and his residence was Larsen Bay.[2] A veteran and a commercial fishersman, Laktonen also founded and served on the Larsen Bay Village Council.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Mitchell, Elaine (1973). Alaska Blue Book. Alaska Department of Education, Division of State Libraries.
  2. ^ "Alaska State Legislature - Roster of Members 1913-2013" (PDF).
  3. ^ "100 Years of Alaska's Legislature "From Territorial Days to Today"".