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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>The Political Graveyard: Begich family</a> of Anchorage, Alaska</title> <meta name="description" content="A database of political history and cemeteries, with brief biographical entries for 338,260 U.S. political figures, living and dead, from the 1700s to the present."> <meta name="keywords" content="political biography history genealogy cemeteries politics candidates congress senators legislators governors politicians biographies ancestors mayors birthplace geography elections"> <meta name="author" content="Lawrence Kestenbaum"> <script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-7383562-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 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These families each have three or more politician members, all linked together by blood, marriage or adoption. These groupings — even the names of the groupings, and the areas of main activity — are the result of a computer algorithm working with the data I have, not the choices of any historian or genealogist. <table align="left" cellpadding=5> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Joseph Richard Begich (1930-2019) — also known as Joseph R. Begich; Joe Begich — of Eveleth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-lived.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn. Born in Eveleth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-born.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1930/01-17.html">January 17, 1930</a>. Democrat. Served in the U.S. Army during the Korean conflict; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/mining.html">mining foreman</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/farmer.html">farmer</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/eveleth.html">mayor of Eveleth, Minn.</a>, 1965-74; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/ofc/sthse.html">Minnesota state house of representatives</a>, 1975-92 (District 6-A 1975-82, District 6-B 1983-92). <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/balkan.html">Croatian</a> ancestry. Died, in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/nursing-homes.html">nursing home</a> at Eveleth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-died.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/2019/08-10.html">August 10, 2019</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/89.html">89 years, 205 days</a>). Interment at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-buried.html# ">Eveleth Cemetery</a>, Eveleth, Minn. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Begich and Anna (Martinich) Begich; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#088.48.58">Nicholas Joseph Begich</a>; married, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1951/12-29.html">December 29, 1951</a>, to Carolyn Joan Bastianelli; uncle of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#870.26.99">Nicholas J. Begich Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#253.68.88">Thomas Scott Begich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#303.80.43">Mark Peter Begich</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15664.html">Begich family</a> of Anchorage, Alaska.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph Begich">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/202118330">Find-A-Grave memorial</a> — <a href="https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10037">Minnesota Legislator record</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nicholas Joseph Begich (1932-1972) — also known as Nick Begich — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Born in Eveleth, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/MN/SL-born.html">St. Louis County</a>, Minn., <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1932/04-06.html">April 6, 1932</a>. Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/stsen.html">Alaska state senate</a>, 1963-71; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alaska</a> at-large, 1971-72; died in office 1972; alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1972/AK.html">1972</a>. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amerind.html">Alaska Native</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/balkan.html">Croatian</a> ancestry. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/disappeared.html">Disappeared</a> while on a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/campaigning.html">campaign</a> flight from Anchorage to Juneau, and presumed killed in a <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/aircraft.html">plane crash</a>, somewhere in Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1972/10-16.html">October 16, 1972</a> (age <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/age/40.html">40 years, 193 days</a>). The wreckage was <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/death/never-found.html">never found</a>. Cenotaph at <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/DC/wa-buried.html#cms00416">Congressional Cemetery</a>, Washington, D.C. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of John Begich and Anna (Martinich) Begich; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#589.36.83">Joseph Richard Begich</a>; married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/">1956</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#887.65.40">Margaret Jendro</a>; father of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#870.26.99">Nicholas J. Begich Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#253.68.88">Thomas Scott Begich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#303.80.43">Mark Peter Begich</a> (who married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bondurant-boog.html#845.20.60">Deborah Bonito</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15664.html">Begich family</a> of Anchorage, Alaska.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Begich <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-mountains.html">Peak</a> in the Chugach Mountains, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-names.html">Anchorage, Alaska</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.  — Begich <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake-schools.html">Middle School</a>, in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-names.html">Anchorage, Alaska</a>, is <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/namesake.html">named for him</a>.</li> </td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B000315">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=401307">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick Begich">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/852/000174330">NNDB dossier</a> — <a href="https://findagrave.com/memorial/22633905">Find-A-Grave memorial</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Pegge Begich — also known as Margaret Jendro — Democrat. Member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AK.html">Democratic National Committee from Alaska</a>, 1984; member, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/1984 /committees.html">Arrangements Committee</a>, Democratic National Convention, 1984 ; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/usrep.html">U.S. Representative from Alaska</a> at-large, 1986. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 1986. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1956/">1956</a> to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#088.48.58">Nicholas Joseph Begich</a>; mother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#870.26.99">Nicholas J. Begich Jr.</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#253.68.88">Thomas Scott Begich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#303.80.43">Mark Peter Begich</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15664.html">Begich family</a> of Anchorage, Alaska.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Nicholas J. Begich Jr. — also known as Nick Begich, Jr. — of Alaska. Candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alaska</a>, 1998. Still living as of 1998. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#088.48.58">Nicholas Joseph Begich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#887.65.40">Pegge Begich</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#253.68.88">Thomas Scott Begich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#303.80.43">Mark Peter Begich</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#589.36.83">Joseph Richard Begich</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15664.html">Begich family</a> of Anchorage, Alaska.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://americanloons.blogspot.com/2010/05/19-nick-begich.html">Encyclopedia of American Loons</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Thomas Scott Begich (b. 1960) — also known as Tom Begich — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Born in <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-born.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1960/10-31.html">October 31, 1960</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/music.html">Singer-songwriter</a>; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/occ/writing.html">poet</a>; delegate to Democratic National Convention from Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/2004/AK.html">2004</a>; member of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/stsen.html">Alaska state senate</a> District J, 2017-22. Still living as of 2022. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#088.48.58">Nicholas Joseph Begich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#887.65.40">Pegge Begich</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#870.26.99">Nicholas J. Begich Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#303.80.43">Mark Peter Begich</a>; married to Sarah Sledge; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#589.36.83">Joseph Richard Begich</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15664.html">Begich family</a> of Anchorage, Alaska.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom Begich">Wikipedia article</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Mark Peter Begich (b. 1962) — also known as Mark Begich — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Born, in Old Providence <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/special/born-hospital.html">Hospital</a>, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-born.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska, <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/chrono/1962/03-30.html">March 30, 1962</a>. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/anchorage.html">Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska</a>, 2003-09; defeated, 1994, 2000; <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/ussen.html">U.S. Senator from Alaska</a>, 2009-15; defeated, 2014; candidate for <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/ofc/gov.html">Governor of Alaska</a>, 2018. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/amerind.html">Alaska Native</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/balkan.html">Croatian</a> ancestry. Still living as of 2022. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#088.48.58">Nicholas Joseph Begich</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#887.65.40">Pegge Begich</a>; brother of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#870.26.99">Nicholas J. Begich Jr.</a> and <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#253.68.88">Thomas Scott Begich</a>; married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/bondurant-boog.html#845.20.60">Deborah Bonito</a>; nephew of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#589.36.83">Joseph Richard Begich</a>.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15664.html">Begich family</a> of Anchorage, Alaska.</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">See also <a href="https://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=B001265">congressional biography</a> — <a href="https://www.govtrack.us/congress/person.xpd?id=412326">Govtrack.us page</a> — <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark Begich">Wikipedia article</a> — <a href="https://www.nndb.com/people/851/000174329">NNDB dossier</a></td></tr> </table> </td></tr> <tr><td width=82 align="right" valign="top"> </td><td valign="top"><img src="rd.gif" width=13 height=13> Deborah Bonito — of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/geo/AK/an-lived.html">Anchorage</a>, Alaska. Democrat. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/parties/D/AK.html">Alaska Democratic state chair</a>, 1980. <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/group/female.html">Female</a>. Still living as of 2006. <table width=100% align="left"><tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top">Relatives: Married to <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#303.80.43">Mark Peter Begich</a> (son of <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/beetle-belch.html#088.48.58">Nicholas Joseph Begich</a>).</td></tr> <tr><td width=20> </td> <td width=26 valign="top"><img src="hand.gif" width=26 height=17></td> <td valign="top"> Political family: <a href="https://politicalgraveyard.com/families/15664.html">Begich family</a> of Anchorage, Alaska.</td></tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="center"> </td></tr></table> <hr> <table width=100%> <tr><td align="center"> "Enjoy the hospitable entertainment of a political graveyard." Henry L. 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