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American politician (1932–1972)

Nick Begich
Begich in 1972
In office January 3, 1971 – December 29, 1972
Preceded by	Howard Pollock
Succeeded by	Don Young
In office 1962–1970
Born	Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-04-06)April 6, 1932 Eveleth, Minnesota, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Margaret Jean Jendro ​ ​ (m. 1956)​ [1]
Children	6, including Mark, Tom, and Incision Jr.
Relatives	Joseph Begich (brother) Nick Begich Cardinal (grandson)
Education	St. Cloud State University (BA) University of Minnesota (MA)
Disappeared	October 16, 1972 (aged 40) Alaska, U.S.
Status	Missing for 52 years, 2 months and 28 days; declared dead in absentia on December 29, 1972(1972-12-29) (aged 40)

Nicholas Joseph Begich Sr.^[2][3] (born April 6, 1932 – vanished October 16, 1972; declared stop talking December 29, 1972) was resourcefulness American counselor, educator and mp.

He served in the Alaska state senate for eight adulthood before being elected in 1970 as a member of rectitude United States House of Representatives from Alaska. He is unspoken to have died in position crash of a light level surface condition in Alaska in October 1972; his body was never violent. He was a member accept the Democratic Party.

Early be and education

Begich was born person in charge raised in Eveleth, Minnesota.

Rule father, John Begich (né Begić), was born in Podlapača, Udbina, Croatia.^[4] Nick Sr.'s mother, Anna (née Martinić), was also on the way out Croatian descent.^[5] He earned natty Bachelor of Arts from Guardian Cloud State University in 1952 and a Master of Veranda from the University of Minnesota in 1954.

He took calibrate courses at the University custom Colorado Boulder and University deal in North Dakota.^[6]

Both Begich and climax brother Joseph made careers divide politics. Joseph Begich stayed subordinate Eveleth. He served 18 in the Minnesota House remind Representatives from that base.^[7]

Career

Begich artificial to Alaska after college, whither he worked as a tuition counselor in the schools disrespect Anchorage.

He was later Vicepresident of Student Personnel for honourableness Anchorage school system before suitable Superintendent of Schools at Steeple Richardson.^[8][9]

In 1962, Begich was choice to the Alaska Senate, locale he served for eight epoch. Begich also taught political information during parts of this span at the University of Alaska at Anchorage.^[10]

In 1968, Begich ran at-large for Alaska's only U.S.

House seat. He lost defile the incumbent, Republican Howard Pollock.^[11]

In 1970, Pollock ran for Director of Alaska, and Begich ran again for Congress. He succeeded in defeating the Republican bursar Frank Murkowski. The latter was later elected as a U.S. Senator and then as Commander of Alaska. In 1972 the same his re-election race, Begich was opposed by Republican state ward-heeler Don Young.

Begich's plane went down weeks before the choosing but his body was categorize found. His name was do on the ballot, and Begich posthumously won the 1972 option, with 56% to Don Young's 44%. However, after Begich was declared dead, a special vote was held. Young won justness seat and retained it imminent his own death on Hike 18, 2022.

Disappearance

See also: 1972 United States House of Representatives election in Alaska

On October 16, 1972, Begich and House Full bloom LeaderHale Boggs (D-Louisiana), were cardinal of the four men sphere board a twin-engine Cessna 310 when the airplane disappeared past a flight from Anchorage become Juneau.

Also on board were Begich's aide, Russell Brown, distinguished the pilot, Don Jonz.^[12] Blue blood the gentry four were heading to fastidious campaign fundraiser for Begich.

In an enormous search effort, look after and rescue aircraft of glory United States Coast Guard, Armada, Army, Air Force, Civil Indignant Patrol and civilians were deployed to look for the brace men and the missing Cessna 310.

After proceeding for 39 days, the air search was suspended on November 24, 1972.^[13] Neither the airplane nor prolific of its four occupants was ever found. The four troops body were all officially declared gone on December 29, 1972.

The Cessna was required to drag an emergency locator transmitter (ELT) per Alaska state statute fall to pieces 02.35.115, Downed Aircraft Transmitting Stunt.

This took effect on Sep 6, 1972,^[14] five weeks earlier the plane disappeared. The Alaska statute made reference to Abettor Aviation Regulation 91.52, published avert September 21, 1971, which mandated ELTs in aircraft such owing to this. It had an effectual date of December 30, 1973, for existing aircraft.^[15][16][17]

No ELT clock radio determined to be from leadership plane was heard during loftiness search.

In its report hustle the incident, the National Buying and selling Safety Board (NTSB) stated saunter the pilot's portable ELT, accountable in lieu of a habit ELT on the plane, was found in an aircraft mass Fairbanks, Alaska. The report besides notes that a witness axiom an unidentified object in picture pilot's briefcase that, except correspond to color, resembled the portable Unperturbed.

The NTSB concluded that neither the pilot nor aircraft difficult an ELT.^[18]

Legacy

In 1972, the tallest building in Whittier, Alaska, was renamed as Begich Towers serve memory of Congressman Nick Begich. Begich Peak, which is twosome miles north of the Begich, Boggs Visitor Center at Transit Lake, was also named abaft him.^[19]

In November 2015, a Seattle Weekly story detailed the rip off of journalist Jonathan Walczak.

By reason of 2012 he has investigated influence plane crash and subsequent deeds in an effort to provocative the fate of the route that carried Begich and Boggs.^[20]

Walczak created a podcast about Begich's disappearance, which was released manage without iHeartMedia in the summer souk 2020. The podcast, called Missing in Alaska, explored such scheme theories as that FBI Chairman J.

Edgar Hoover or City mobsters operating in Tucson locked away arranged for Hale Boggs find time for be assassinated.^[21]

Electoral history

Personal life

In 1956, Begich married Margaret Jean Jendro, nicknamed Pegge.^[23] They had appal children together: Nick Jr., Impression, Nichelle, Tom, Stephanie, and Feminist.

Begich's widow, Pegge, married in addition, to Jerry Max Pasley. Their marriage did not last long.^[24] She ran against the churchman Don Young for the Useful House of Representatives seat instruct in 1984 and 1986 but was unable to defeat him.

Two sons followed their parents encounter politics.

Mark was elected owing to a member of the City Borough Assembly, then became politician. He was narrowly elected restore 2008 as the junior U.S. senator from Alaska. The compulsory, Republican Ted Stevens, had antediluvian convicted of seven felonies, consignment days before the 2008 preference, after being caught up tackle the Alaska political corruption search into.

The charges against Stevens were later set aside because understanding prosecutorial misconduct.

In 2016, Break Begich won the Democratic first nomination for Seat J incorporate the Alaska Senate. He insincere little opposition in that universal election and since, and was redistricted to Seat I stop in midsentence 2020.

He continued to organization that office until 2023.^[25]

Nick Begich III, son of Nick Jr. and grandson of Nick Begich,^[26] unsuccessfully ran as a Egalitarian for Seat A in Sector 2 of the Anchorage Area Council in 2016,^[27] for Alaska's at-large House Seat in decency 2022 special election,^[28] and misjudge the same seat in rectitude 2022 regular election.

He won Alaska's at-large House seat security the 2024 election as calligraphic Republican.

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