Fritz Pettyjohn | |
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Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 8-A district | |
In office 1985–1991 | |
Preceded by | John Cowdery |
Succeeded by | Betty Bruckman |
Member of the Alaska Senate from the E-A district | |
In office 1983–1985 | |
Preceded by | Victor Fischer |
Succeeded by | Jay Kerttula |
Personal details | |
Born | Berkeley, California, U.S. | September 20, 1945
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Babbie |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley (BA) University of California, Los Angeles (JD) |
Fritz Pettyjohn (born September 20, 1945) is a Republican politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. He was born in Berkeley, California in 1945.[1] He received a BA in Political Science from UC Berkeley in 1967 and a JD from UCLA in 1974.[2] He served in the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps as a Midshipman from 1962 to 1963.[3] He was elected to the Alaska Senate in 1982 and served for one term.[4] He was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1984 and was reelected in 1986 and 1988.[5][6][7] After leaving the legislature, he wrote biweekly political columns for the Anchorage Daily News.[8] In 2001, he moved back to California.[9] He has been married to his wife for 48 years and he has three sons and five grandchildren.[10]