Jump to content

Daniel Sutherland: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
 
(40 intermediate revisions by 26 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{Short description|American politician (1869–1955)}}
{{about||the Officer for Civil Rights & Civil Liberties at the [[U.S. Department of Homeland Security]]|Daniel W. Sutherland|the [[Canada|Canadian]] Deputy [[Postmaster General of Canada|Postmaster General]]|Daniel Sutherland (postmaster general)}}
⚫
{{other people|Daniel Sutherland}}

{{no footnotes|date=February 2013}}
{{no footnotes|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox officeholder
[[File:DanielSutherland.jpg|thumb|Daniel Sutherland.]]
| name = Daniel Sutherland
⚫
'''Daniel Alexander Sutherland''' (April 17, 1869 – March 24, 1955), nicknamed "'''Fighting Dan'''", was an [[United States|American]] [[business]]person and [[politician]] who served in the [[United States House of Representatives]] during the 1920s as the [[Delegate (United States Congress)|delegate]] from what was then the [[Alaska Territory]].
| image = Daniel Sutherland.jpg
| birth_date = {{birth date|1869|4|17}}
| birth_place = Pleasant Bay, [[Cape Breton Island]], [[Nova Scotia]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1955|3|24|1869|4|17}}
| death_place = [[Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abingtown Township]], [[Pennsylvania]], U.S.
|office = Delegate to the <br> [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. House of Representatives]] <br> from [[Alaska Territory]]'s [[Alaska Territory's at-large congressional district|at-large]] district
| term_start = March 4, 1921
| term_end = March 3, 1931
| preceded = [[James Wickersham]]
| succeeded = [[James Wickersham]]
|office1= President of the [[Alaska Senate|Alaska Territorial Senate]]
| term_start1 = 1915
| term_end1 = 1917
| predecessor1 = [[L.V. Ray]]
| successor1 = [[O. P. Hubbard]]
| party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]]
⚫
}}
⚫
'''Daniel Alexander Sutherland''' (April 17, 1869 – March 24, 1955), nicknamed "'''Fighting Dan'''", was an [[Americans|American]] [[business]]person and [[politician]] who served in the [[United States House of Representatives]] during the 1920s as the [[Delegate (United States Congress)|delegate]] from what was then the [[Alaska Territory]].


Sutherland was born in [[Pleasant Bay, Canada]] on [[Cape Breton Island]] in [[Nova Scotia]]. He moved with his parents to [[Essex, Massachusetts|Essex]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Massachusetts]] in 1876, where he attended the [[Public school (government funded)|public schools]]. He was later employed as a grocer's clerk, and subsequently engaged in the fish business.
Sutherland was born in [[Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia]] on [[Cape Breton Island]] in [[Canada]]. He moved with his parents to [[Essex, Massachusetts|Essex]] in the [[U.S. state]] of [[Massachusetts]] in 1876, where he attended the [[Public school (government funded)|public schools]]. He was later employed as a grocer's clerk, and subsequently engaged in the fish business.


Sutherland moved to [[Circle City, Alaska]] in 1898. When gold was discovered in the sands of [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]] in 1900 he moved across the territory and became a [[Prospecting|prospector]] eventually becoming a co-owner of a mining company. In 1909 he moved to [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]].
Sutherland moved to [[Circle City, Alaska]] in 1898. When gold was discovered in the sands of [[Nome, Alaska|Nome]] in 1900 he moved across the territory and became a [[Prospecting|prospector]] eventually becoming a co-owner of a mining company. In 1909, he moved to [[Juneau, Alaska|Juneau]].


After a campaign that crossed the Alaska by [[dog sled]], he was elected to the first [[Alaska Senate|territorial senate]] from 1912 to 1920, serving as its president in 1915. During [[World War I]] he enrolled in the [[United States Naval Reserve]]. He was very popular, and was elected as a [[U.S. Republican Party|Republican]] to the [[67th United States Congress|67th]], [[68th United States Congress|68th]], [[69th United States Congress|69th]], [[70th United States Congress|70th]], and [[71st United States Congress|71st Congresses]], serving from March 4, 1921 to March 3, 1931. He earned his nickname for his combative style on [[Capitol Hill]]. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1930.
After a campaign that crossed the Alaska by [[dog sled]], he was elected to the first [[Alaska Senate|territorial senate]] from 1912 to 1920, serving as its president in 1915. During [[World War I]] he enrolled in the [[United States Naval Reserve]]. He was very popular, and was elected as a [[U.S. Republican Party|Republican]] to the [[67th United States Congress|67th]], [[68th United States Congress|68th]], [[69th United States Congress|69th]], [[70th United States Congress|70th]], and [[71st United States Congress|71st Congresses]], serving from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1931. He earned his nickname for his combative style on [[Capitol Hill]]. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1930.


Sutherland supported home rule for the territory, and wanted to break Alaska's dependence on shipping companies based out of the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]]. He also promoted [[aircraft]] as a way to deliver [[mail]] and needed supplies across the [[Alaska Bush]] and [[Alaska Interior|Interior]] during the winter months, when they were inaccessible by [[steamship]], roads, or most other forms of transportation. He lobbied for the first experimental flights by the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Post Office]], which were carried out in February 1924, and when a [[diphtheria]] [[epidemic]] struck Nome in 1925, he supported an air rescue. Governor [[Scott Bone]] ultimately decided to use a dog sled relay in what became known as the [[1925 serum run to Nome]], but in the 1930s aircraft did replace the dog sled as the primary form of transportation.
Sutherland supported home rule for the territory, and wanted to break Alaska's dependence on shipping companies based out of the [[West Coast of the United States|West Coast]]. He also promoted [[aircraft]] as a way to deliver [[mail]] and needed supplies across the [[Alaska Bush]] and [[Alaska Interior|Interior]] during the winter months, when they were inaccessible by [[steamship]], roads, or most other forms of transportation. He lobbied for the first experimental flights by the [[United States Postal Service|U.S. Post Office]], which were carried out in February 1924, and when a [[diphtheria]] [[epidemic]] struck Nome in 1925, he supported an air rescue. Governor [[Scott Bone]] ultimately decided to use a dog sled relay in what became known as the [[1925 serum run to Nome]], but in the 1930s aircraft did replace the dog sled as the primary form of transportation.
Line 15: Line 33:
After his ten years as a delegate, Sutherland was a purchasing agent for the Ogontz School in the state of [[Pennsylvania]] from 1931 to 1950. He died in [[Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abington]] on March 24, 1955, and his remains were cremated and deposited in St. Paul's Church Cemetery in [[Elkins Park, Pennsylvania]].
After his ten years as a delegate, Sutherland was a purchasing agent for the Ogontz School in the state of [[Pennsylvania]] from 1931 to 1950. He died in [[Abington Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania|Abington]] on March 24, 1955, and his remains were cremated and deposited in St. Paul's Church Cemetery in [[Elkins Park, Pennsylvania]].


== References ==
==References==
⚫
* Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury (2003). ''The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic''. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|0-393-01962-4}}.


==External links==
⚫
* Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury (2003). ''The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic''. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-393-01962-4.
{{CongBio|S001079}}
{{CongBio|S001079}} [http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=S001079 Retrieved March 31, 2005].
* [http://100years.akleg.gov/bio.php?id=1493 Dan Sutherland] at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature''

{{s-start}}
{{s-par|us-hs}}
{{US House succession box
| state=Alaska Territory
| type=Delegate
| before=[[James Wickersham]]
| after=[[James Wickersham]]
| years= March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931
}}
{{s-end}}


{{Alaska Representatives}}
{{Alaska Representatives}}
⚫
{{Presidents of the Alaska Senate}}
⚫
{{Authority control}}


⚫
{{Authority control|VIAF=2275018}}
{{Persondata <!-- Metadata: see [[Wikipedia:Persondata]]. -->
| NAME = Sutherland, Daniel Alexander
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES =
| SHORT DESCRIPTION = American politician
| DATE OF BIRTH = April 17, 1869
| PLACE OF BIRTH = [[Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia]]
| DATE OF DEATH = March 24, 1955
| PLACE OF DEATH = [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania]]
⚫
}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutherland, Daniel Alexander}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sutherland, Daniel Alexander}}
[[Category:1869 births]]
[[Category:1869 births]]
[[Category:1955 deaths]]
[[Category:1955 deaths]]
[[Category:Members of the Alaska Territorial Legislature]]
[[Category:American military personnel of World War I]]
⚫
[[Category:Presidents of the Alaska Senate]]
[[Category:Alaska Republicans]]
[[Category:Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Alaska Territory]]
[[Category:Delegates to the United States House of Representatives from Alaska Territory]]
[[Category:Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from Alaska]]
[[Category:Members of the Alaska Territorial Legislature]]
[[Category:People from Inverness County, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:People from Inverness County, Nova Scotia]]
[[Category:Politicians from Juneau, Alaska]]
[[Category:People from Nome, Alaska]]
[[Category:People from Nome, Alaska]]
[[Category:People from Juneau, Alaska]]
[[Category:Presidents of the Alaska Senate]]
[[Category:United States Navy personnel]]
[[Category:United States Navy sailors]]
[[Category:American military personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:United States Navy reservists]]
[[Category:20th-century members of the United States House of Representatives]]

⚫
[[de:Daniel Sutherland]]

Latest revision as of 01:27, 8 December 2024

For other people named Daniel Sutherland, see Daniel Sutherland (disambiguation).
Daniel Sutherland
Delegate to the
U.S. House of Representatives
from Alaska Territory's at-large district
In office
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931
Preceded byJames Wickersham
Succeeded byJames Wickersham
President of the Alaska Territorial Senate
In office
1915–1917
Preceded byL.V. Ray
Succeeded byO. P. Hubbard
Personal details
Born(1869-04-17)April 17, 1869
Pleasant Bay, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia, Canada
DiedMarch 24, 1955(1955-03-24) (aged 85)
Abingtown Township, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican

Daniel Alexander Sutherland (April 17, 1869 – March 24, 1955), nicknamed "Fighting Dan", was an American businessperson and politician who served in the United States House of Representatives during the 1920s as the delegate from what was then the Alaska Territory.

Sutherland was born in Pleasant Bay, Nova Scotia on Cape Breton Island in Canada. He moved with his parents to Essex in the U.S. state of Massachusetts in 1876, where he attended the public schools. He was later employed as a grocer's clerk, and subsequently engaged in the fish business.

Sutherland moved to Circle City, Alaska in 1898. When gold was discovered in the sands of Nome in 1900 he moved across the territory and became a prospector eventually becoming a co-owner of a mining company. In 1909, he moved to Juneau.

After a campaign that crossed the Alaska by dog sled, he was elected to the first territorial senate from 1912 to 1920, serving as its president in 1915. During World War I he enrolled in the United States Naval Reserve. He was very popular, and was elected as a Republican to the 67th, 68th, 69th, 70th, and 71st Congresses, serving from March 4, 1921, to March 3, 1931. He earned his nickname for his combative style on Capitol Hill. He was not a candidate for renomination in 1930.

Sutherland supported home rule for the territory, and wanted to break Alaska's dependence on shipping companies based out of the West Coast. He also promoted aircraft as a way to deliver mail and needed supplies across the Alaska Bush and Interior during the winter months, when they were inaccessible by steamship, roads, or most other forms of transportation. He lobbied for the first experimental flights by the U.S. Post Office, which were carried out in February 1924, and when a diphtheria epidemic struck Nome in 1925, he supported an air rescue. Governor Scott Bone ultimately decided to use a dog sled relay in what became known as the 1925 serum run to Nome, but in the 1930s aircraft did replace the dog sled as the primary form of transportation.

After his ten years as a delegate, Sutherland was a purchasing agent for the Ogontz School in the state of Pennsylvania from 1931 to 1950. He died in Abington on March 24, 1955, and his remains were cremated and deposited in St. Paul's Church Cemetery in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania.

References

[edit]
  • Gay Salisbury and Laney Salisbury (2003). The Cruelest Miles: The Heroic Story of Dogs and Men in a Race against an Epidemic. W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. ISBN 0-393-01962-4.
[edit]
U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by Delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives
from Alaska Territory
March 4, 1921 – March 3, 1931 		Succeeded by
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Daniel_Sutherland&oldid=1261805559"