| State house 1 | Alaska |
|---|---|
| District 1 | 10th |
| Term start 1 | January 26, 1959 |
| Term end 1 | April 27, 1959 |
| Predecessor 1 | Office established |
| Successor 1 | Blanche L. McSmith |
| Office 2 | 1st Attorney General of Alaska |
| Governor 2 | William Egan |
| Term start 2 | 1959 |
| Term end 2 | 1960 |
| Predecessor 2 | J. Gerald Williams (as territorial attorney general) |
| Successor 2 | Ralph E. Moody |
| State house 3 | Alaska |
| District 3 | 8th |
| Term start 3 | January 28, 1963 |
| Term end 3 | January 23, 1967 |
| Predecessor 3 | Redistricted |
| Successor 3 | Multi-member district |
| State senate 4 | Alaska |
| District 4 | J |
| Prior term 4 | (E district 1969–1975) |
| Term start 4 | January 27, 1969 |
| Term end 4 | January 15, 1979 |
| Predecessor 4 | Multi-member district |
| Successor 4 | Ed Dankworth |
| Office 5 | President of the Alaska Senate |
| Term start 5 | January 10, 1977 |
| Term end 5 | January 15, 1979 |
| Predecessor 5 | Chancy Croft |
| Successor 5 | Clem Tillion |
| Birth name | John Lafayette Rader |
| Birth date | February 11, 1927 |
| Birth place | Howard, Kansas, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | University of Kansas (BS, JD) |
John Lafayette Rader (born February 11, 1927) is an American Democratic politician, who served as the first Attorney General of Alaska. He was a member of the Alaska House of Representatives from 1959 to 1960 and 1963-1966 and the Senate from 1969 to 1979. He was the Senate president from 1977 to 1979.[1][2]
He was a candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1968, losing the Democratic primary to Nick Begich.[3] Begich would go on to lose to incumbent Howard Wallace Pollock.
References
- ^ "John Rader". The Alaska State Legislature. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ Lapham, Lewis (May 1970). "Alaska: Politicians and Natives, Money and Oil". Harper's Magazine. Retrieved 14 October 2021.
- ^ "John Rader". The Alaska State Legislature. Retrieved 5 April 2022.