100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
"From Territorial Days to Today"


1913 to 2013

Juneau, Alaska

State & Territorial



Edward Coffey

BIRTH DATE/PLACE:07/15/1897;
Chelsea, Oklahoma

EDUCATION:High School: St. Joseph, Missouri

MILITARY SERVICE:US Army, 2 years, 1917-1918

SPOUSE:Ruth Yost Kelly

EMPLOYMENT:Traveling Salesman, Kansas City, Kansas;
Traveling Salesman, Los Angeles, California;
Employee, Alaska Juneau Gold Mining Company;
Fisherman, Cordova, Kodiak, Bristol Bay;
Secretary, United Fishermen's Union of Alaska;
Commissary Supervisor, Palmer, Alaska;
Founder, Insurance Agency, Anchorage, Alaska

SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS:Member, Rotary; Member, Elks

OCCUPATION:Businessman from Anchorage