Alaska Territorial House of Representatives

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The Alaska Territorial House of Representatives was the lower chamber of the territorial legislature that governed Alaska before it achieved U.S. statehood.

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Alaska Territorial House of Representatives canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf legislative body
territorial lower house
appliesToJurisdiction Alaska
surface form: Alaska Territory

territorial municipalities in Alaska
constitutionalStatus territorial legislature under U.S. federal authority
country United States of America
followedBy Alaska House of Representatives
governingBodyOf Alaska
surface form: Alaska Territory
governmentBranch legislative branch of the Alaska Territory
governs territorial public policy in Alaska
hasAuthorityOver territorial appropriations
territorial statutory law
territorial taxation
hasCounterpart Alaska Territorial Senate
hasHistoricalSignificance institution of self-government in Alaska Territory
precursor to the Alaska state legislature
hasJurisdiction internal affairs of the Alaska Territory
hasMembers elected territorial representatives
hasPart members of the Alaska Territorial House of Representatives
hasRole budget approval
lawmaking body
oversight of territorial executive
hierarchicalPosition lower chamber of the Alaska Territorial Legislature
historicalPeriod pre-statehood Alaska
languageOfWorkOrName English
legalSystem United States law
legislativeBodyFor Alaska
surface form: Alaska Territory
legislativeChamberType lower house
legislativeProcess committee consideration
floor debate
introduction of bills
voting on bills
legislatureType bicameral legislature component
locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity Alaska
surface form: Alaska Territory
locatedInTimeZone Alaska Time Zone
meetsIn Juneau
surface form: Juneau, Alaska Territory
partOf Alaska Territorial Legislature
government of the Alaska Territory
reasonForAbolition admission of Alaska as a U.S. state
replacedBy Alaska House of Representatives
replacedJurisdiction none
selectionMethod popular election
subordinateTo United States Congress

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Alaska Territorial Legislature hasPart Alaska Territorial House of Representatives