Waskey, Frank Hinman

Waskey, Frank Hinman, a Delegate from the Territory of Alaska; born in Lake City, Wabasha County, Minn., April 20, 1875; attended the public schools of Minneapolis; moved to Alaska in February 1898, located in Nome, and engaged in mining; president of a mining company; director of a bank and also of a publishing company, both in Nome; elected as a Democrat to the Fifty-ninth Congress as the first Delegate from Alaska and served from August 14, 1906, to March 3, 1907; was not a candidate for renomination in 1906; prospected for minerals in Alaska until 1915; United States commissioner at Fortuna Ledge, Alaska, 1915-1918; during the First World War served as registration officer, food commissioner, and chairman of the council of national defense at Fortuna Ledge, Alaska; continued prospecting, and also engaged in exploration in western Alaska; engaged as a fur buyer and curio dealer; is a resident of Dillingham, Alaska.