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George J. Miscovich (1916–1999) was an American-Croat politician and speaker of the Alaska territorial House of Representatives.

Biography

He was born in Flat in family of scientist Peter Miscovich and Stane Bagoy, two Croatian emigrants. He got his name by his grandfather George (cro. Đuro). He attended high school in Fairbanks and he served with the US Army Air Forces in World War II. Afterward George was a miner near Flat and Poorman. George was elected to the Alaska territorial House of Representatives as a Republican in 1948. From 1953. to 1955, he was speaker of the House.

References

• American Legislative Leaders in the West, 1911–1994, p. 197

External links

• George Miscovich at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature

v t e Speakers of the Alaska House of Representatives
Territorial (1912–59)	Collins Hess White Nerland Cole Wilcox Smith Rothenburg Winn McDonald Hofman Green Lyng H. McCutcheon Davis Lander Gill S. McCutcheon Egan Miscovich Kay Greuel
State (since 1959)	Taylor Kendall Gravel Boardman Kerttula Guess Fink Bradner Malone Gardiner Duncan Hayes Grussendorf Cotten Grussendorf Barnes Phillips Porter Kott Harris Chenault Edgmon Patkotak (Acting) Stutes Tilton

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