Primary Name: Bishop, Harry
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Occupation / Association: Miner; Manager, Juneau Water Company; Mayor of Juneau; U.S. Marshal, First Judicial District of Alaska; Charter Member, Juneau Men’s Igloo
Born: 1869, Iowa
Died: May 12, 1920, near Des Moines, Washington
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Associated places: Juneau, Alaska; Sheep Creek, Alaska; Des Moines, Washington
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Keywords: Harry Bishop, Bishop Harry, Mayor of Juneau, Juneau Water Company, U.S. Marshal First Judicial District Alaska, Democratic Territorial Central Committee, Sheep Creek miner, Juneau Men’s Igloo charter member
Biography
Harry Bishop was a charter member of the Juneau Men’s Igloo of the Pioneers of Alaska. Bishop was born in Iowa in 1869.
He came to Alaska in 1896 during the early years of the region’s mining development and worked as a miner at Sheep Creek near Juneau.
Bishop later became associated with the Juneau Water Company and served as its manager from 1910 to 1914.
Active in territorial politics, he served as Secretary of the Democratic Territorial Central Committee from 1910 to 1912. Bishop was elected Mayor of Juneau and served from 1912 to 1913.
He later became the United States Marshal for the First Judicial District of Alaska and held that position from 1914 until 1917. He resigned from the office because of declining health and moved to a farm near Des Moines, Washington.
Bishop died there on May 12, 1920.
Sources
Evangeline Atwood and Robert N. DeArmond, Who’s Who in Alaskan Politics: Biographical Dictionary of Alaskan Political Personalities, 1884–1974, p. 7.
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