Infoplease - All the knowledge you need. ____________________ in [All Infoplease..] Search Daily Almanac for Oct 23, 2006 Search White Pages * Skip Navigation * Home * Almanacs * Atlas * Encyclopedia * Dictionary * Thesaurus * Features * Quizzes * World & News * United States * History & Gov't * Biography * Sports * Arts & Ent. * Business * Society & Culture * Health & Science * Homework Center * Fact Monster Kid's reference, games, quizzes * Daily Almanac + This Day in History + Today's Birthday + Word of the Day * Editor's Favorites + Halloween + Phobias! + Top 10 Scary Movies + Infoplease Movie Guide + Dracula + Ramadan + Diwali + Color! + Most Literate Cities + Wacky Town Names + Longitude/Latitude Finder + Pluto Demoted + World Trade Center + Quotations + Names--Meanings & Origins + Lemony Snicket + Harry Potter Banned?! + Infoplease Most Popular Pages + Daylight Saving Time + 2006 Calendar * Infoplease Tools + Distance Calculator + Periodic Table + Conversion Tool + Perpetual Calendar + Year by Year * Career Center + Job Search + Post Your Resume + Continuing Ed. * College Center + Scholarship Search + Colleges & Universities + College Resources * New/Updated + Volunteer Statistics + U.S. Charities with Largest Donations + Firearm Deaths + Largest U.S. Cities * Help | Site Map Search: Infoplease ____________________ go! to submit query Info search tips Search: Biographies ____________________ go! to submit query Bio search tips History and Government--Congressional Biographies--Alaska DIMOND, Anthony Joseph (1881--1953) DIMOND, Anthony Joseph, a Delegate from the Territory of Alaska; born in Palatine Bridge, Montgomery County, N.Y., November 30, 1881; attended the public schools and St. Mary's Catholic Institute, Amsterdam, N.Y.; taught school in Montgomery County, N.Y., 1900-1903; prospector and miner in Alaska 1904-1912; studied law; was admitted to the bar in 1913 and commenced practice in Valdez, Alaska; United States Commissioner at Chisana, Alaska, in 1913 and 1914; special assistant United States attorney for the third judicial division of Alaska at Valdez in 1917; mayor of Valdez 1920-1922 and 1925-1932; member of the Alaska Territorial senate 1923-1926 and 1929-1932; elected as a Democrat a Delegate to the Seventy-third and to the five succeeding Congresses (March 4, 1933-January 3, 1945); was not a candidate for renomination, having been confirmed as district judge for the third division of Alaska, in which capacity he was serving at the time of death; died in Anchorage, Alaska, May 28, 1953; interment in Anchorage Cemetery. Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present Related Links * Members of the Current Senate * Floor Leaders of the Senate * Members or the Current House of Representatives * Speakers of the House of Representatives * U.S. Government * Profile of Alaska * Page Tools: + Cite + Print + Email + + Bookmark o Add bookmark o Furl this page o Add to del.icio.us o Digg It! o Add to Reddit * © 2000-2006 Pearson Education, publishing as Infoplease o * RSS o * About o * Contact o * Link to Us o * Advertise with Us o * Terms of Use o * Privacy o * Related sites: + Family Education o + TeacherVision