Lyda Green | |
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Member of the Alaska Senate from the G district | |
In office January 21, 2003 – January 19, 2009 | |
Preceded by | Loren Leman |
Succeeded by | Linda Menard |
Member of the Alaska Senate from the N district | |
In office January 16, 1995 – January 20, 2003 | |
Preceded by | Jalmar M. Kerttula |
Succeeded by | (redistricting takes effect) |
Personal details | |
Born | Livingston, Texas, U.S. | October 16, 1938
Died | December 19, 2023 Soldotna, Alaska, U.S. | (aged 85)
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Curtis |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | Sam Houston State University, University of Alaska |
Profession | Educator, business owner |
Lyda N. Green (October 16, 1938 – December 19, 2023) was an American educator and Republican politician in the U.S. state of Alaska. Green, as a political newcomer, was elected to the Alaska Senate in 1994, defeating a 22-year Democratic incumbent in a district representing most of the population of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Two Democratic members of the Alaska House of Representatives, also from the Matanuska-Susitna Valley, were defeated in the same election. Green served a total of fourteen years in the Senate and was its president in her final two years in office.