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|name = Chancy Croft |
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|image = Chancy Croft.jpg |
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|office = Chair of the [[University of Alaska system|University of Alaska]] Board of Regents |
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|term_start = 2001 |
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|term_end = 2002 |
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|predecessor = Michael Burns |
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|successor = [[Brian D. Rogers]] |
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|office1 = Member of the [[University of Alaska system|University of Alaska]] Board of Regents |
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|term_start1 = 1995 |
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|term_end1 = 2003 |
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|predecessor1 = Mark Helmericks |
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|successor1 = Cynthia Henry |
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|office2 = President of the [[Alaska Senate]] |
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|term_start2 = 1975 |
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|term_end2 = 1977 |
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|predecessor2 = [[Terry Miller (politician)|Terry Miller]] |
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|successor2 = [[John Rader]] |
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|state_senate3 = Alaska |
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|district3 = E |
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|term_start3 = January 11, 1971 |
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|term_end3 = January 14, 1979 |
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|predecessor3 = ''Multi-member district'' |
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|successor3 = Terry Stimson |
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|state_house4 = Alaska |
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|district4 = 8th |
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|term_start4 = January 27, 1969 |
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|term_end4 = January 10, 1971 |
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|predecessor4 = ''Multi-member district'' |
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|successor4 = ''Multi-member district'' |
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|birth_name = Leland Chancy Croft |
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1937|1|21}} |
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|birth_place = [[Jennings, Louisiana]], U.S. |
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|death_date = {{death date and age|2022|8|30|1937|1|21}} |
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|death_place = [[Salem, Oregon]], U.S |
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|party = [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |
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|spouse = Toni Williamson |
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|children = 3, including [[Eric Croft]] |
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|education = [[University of Texas at Austin|University of Texas, Austin]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]], [[Bachelor of Laws|LLB]]) |
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}} |
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'''Leland Chancy Croft''' (August 21, 1937 – August 30, 2022)<ref>{{cite web |url= https://gov.alaska.gov/governor-mourns-the-passing-of-former-senate-president-chancy-croft-2 |title=Governor Mourns the Passing of Former Senate President Chancy Croft |date=August 31, 2022 |website=Government of Alaska |access-date=June 16, 2023}}</ref> was a [[workers' compensation]] attorney and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politician from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]]. Elected to the [[Alaska House of Representatives]] in 1968, he served a single term from 1969 to 1971. He was then elected to the [[Alaska Senate]], serving in that body from 1971 to 1979, including serving as the president of the Senate from 1975 to 1977 during the 9th Alaska State Legislature. |
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In 1978, he ran for [[Governor of Alaska]], winning the Democratic nomination in the [[primary election]] over two challengers. He would then become the first of 3 major party nominees in Alaska gubernatorial elections to place third in the general election. The 1978 gubernatorial election was dominated by Republican challenger [[Walter Hickel]]. Hickel lost the primary to incumbent [[Jay Hammond]] by 98 votes, then launched a [[write-in campaign]], which outpolled Croft in the general election. |
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{{Infobox state senator |
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| name= Leland Chancy Croft |
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| term_start=January 11, 1971 |
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| term_end=January 14, 1979 |
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| predecessor=indeterminable<ref>In Alaska, up until the 1980 election, urban legislative districts were multi-member, with all candidates in the district running at-large and the top vote-getters proportionate to the number of seats available in the district being elected. Four of the seven seats in the district were available in the 1970 election; therefore, it is impossible to determine a direct predecessor.</ref> |
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| successor=Terry Stimson<ref>Redistricting had changed District E to a two-member district. Only one seat was available in the 1978 election.</ref> |
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| party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] |
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| birth_date=August 21, 1937 |
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| birth_place=[[Jennings, Louisiana]] |
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| alma_mater=[[University of Texas School of Law]] |
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| occupation=[[Attorney at law|Attorney]] |
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| spouse= Toni Croft |
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| residence=[[Anchorage, Alaska]] |
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Croft largely retired from electoral politics after this campaign, but remained prominent in legal and political circles in Alaska. He founded the Croft Law Office, a workers' compensation firm, in downtown Anchorage, and appeared before the [[Alaska Supreme Court]] in over sixty cases. He served a term on the [[University of Alaska]] Board of Regents from 1995 to 2003, including as chair of the body from 2001 to 2002. His older son, [[Eric Croft|Eric]], has gone on to have his own political career. |
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'''Leland Chancy Croft''' (born August 21, 1937) is a [[Workers' Compensation]] attorney and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] politician from the [[U.S. state]] of [[Alaska]]. He is widely known by his middle name, which is also his mother's [[maiden name]]. |
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==Early life== |
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Croft was born in [[Jennings, Louisiana]] and graduated from high school in [[Odessa, Texas]] He graduated from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] with baccalaureate degrees in government and sociology and a law degree. |
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Leland Chancy Croft was born in [[Jennings, Louisiana]] on August 21, 1937, the son of Leland Croft, an oil and gas [[Landman (oil worker)|landman]] and geologist, and Dorthy (née Chancy) Croft, a violin teacher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/oaoa/obituary.aspx?n=dorothy-croft&pid=126566318|title = Dorothy Croft, 1910-2009 Obituary| publisher= Odessa American Online|accessdate= April 25, 2009}}</ref> He grew up in [[Odessa, Texas]], where he graduated high school. He graduated from the [[University of Texas at Austin]] with baccalaureate degrees in government and sociology, as well as a law degree. |
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Not long after arriving in [[Anchorage]] from Texas in 1962, Croft became a charter member of the [[Legal Services Corporation|Alaska Legal Services Corporation]], serving as chairman of the [[Board of Governors]] from 1971 to 1978. |
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A 1962 transplant from the Texas oil patch, Chancy Croft has dedicated most of his life to serving the people of Alaska and advancing the causes of higher education and vocational training. |
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==Political career== |
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Not long after arriving in [[Anchorage]], Mr. Croft became a charter member of the [[Legal Services Corporation|Alaska Legal Services Corporation]], serving as chairman of the [[Board of Governors]] from 1971 to 1978. |
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Chancy Croft was elected to the [[Alaska House of Representatives]] in 1968,<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Returns by Election Precinct - General Election - November 5, 1968|url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/68GENR/68genr.pdf|accessdate=March 24, 2013|year=1968|publisher=Office of the [[List of lieutenant governors of Alaska|Alaska Secretary of State]]|location=[[Juneau]]|pages=15–18}}</ref> serving a single term.<ref>{{cite book|title=Alaska Legislature Roster of Members 1913-2010|url=http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/docs/pdf/ROSTERALL.pdf|accessdate=May 28, 2008|year=2010|publisher=[[Alaska Legislative Council|Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency]]|location=[[Juneau]]|pages=45|archive-date=April 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190406105457/http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/docs/pdf/ROSTERALL.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was then elected to the [[Alaska Senate]] in 1970,<ref>{{cite book|title=Official Returns by Election Precinct - General Election - November 3, 1970|url=http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/70GENR/70genr.pdf|accessdate=March 24, 2013|year=1970|publisher=Office of the [[List of lieutenant governors of Alaska|Alaska Lieutenant Governor]]|location=[[Juneau]]|page=9|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090902010101/http://www.elections.alaska.gov/results/70GENR/70genr.pdf|archive-date=September 2, 2009|url-status=dead}}</ref> serving from 1971 until 1979.<ref>''Alaska Legislature Roster of Members 1913-2010'', p. 47-54</ref> He served as [[Senate President]] from 1975 to 1977. |
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He was the Democratic Party's nominee for [[Governor of Alaska]] in 1978. Croft won the nomination over [[Jalmar M. Kerttula]] and Ed Merdes; both had served in the Senate themselves. Croft was paired with lieutenant gubernatorial nominee [[Katie Hurley]]. Hurley, as Katherine T. Alexander, was a government official in the latter days of the [[Territory of Alaska]], who married [[Constitution of Alaska|Alaska constitution]] signer James J. "Jim" Hurley in 1960 and settled in his home area, the [[Matanuska-Susitna Valley]]. While still involved in Democratic Party politics, Hurley was largely out of the public eye at that point, busy raising her daughters in [[Wasilla]]. |
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He was elected to the [[Alaska House of Representatives]] in 1968, serving a single term. He was then elected to the [[Alaska Senate]] in 1970, serving from 1971 until 1979. He served as [[Senate President]] from 1975 to 1977. |
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Croft's campaign would be the first of three times in Alaska gubernatorial elections that the major party nominee came in third in the general election. The campaign was overshadowed by the aftermath of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] primary between incumbent [[Jay Hammond]] and former governor [[Walter Hickel]]. Hickel lost the primary by 98 votes, and after an extensive court challenge, launched a write-in campaign. Both Hammond (who won reelection) and Hickel outpolled Croft in the general election. |
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Croft was a member of the [[University of Alaska]] [[Board of Regents]] from 1995 until 2003; he was chairman from 2001 to 2002. He worked to provide educational service to rural Alaska communities while guiding the university toward increased distance delivery education. He is responsible for establishing the Regents Scholarship benefiting UA junior, senior and graduate students. Croft was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law from the University of Alaska Anchorage. |
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==Legal career== |
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In recognition of his achievements and contributions in service to the state, to learning and to humankind, the University of Alaska Anchorage conferred upon Chancy Croft the title of Honorary Doctor of Law. |
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Chancy Croft appeared before the [[Alaska Supreme Court]] in over sixty cases, winning two-thirds of those cases. In at least twelve cases, he lost to the Alaska Workers Compensation Board and in the [[Alaska Superior Court]], only to succeed in the Supreme Court. He founded The Croft Law Office, located in an older [[downtown Anchorage]] office building near the [[Conoco-Phillips Building]]. |
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In 1986, his article, ''Something More Important Than Money: Vocational Rehabilitation in Workers Compensation Cases'', was published in the ''[[Alaska Law Review]]''. The article lauded the Alaska statute providing injured workers with training for new careers. The legislature promptly repealed the statute. He unsuccessfully worked with the legislature on potential changes to the [[Alaska Workers Compensation Act]]. In 2005, he sued the governor of Alaska, challenging the constitutionality of legislation which created a new executive court to hear appeals from decisions of the Alaska Workers Compensation Board. |
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Croft is a very successful workers' compensation attorney, and has worked exclusively in that field for a quarter century. He has appeared before the Alaska Supreme Court in over sixty cases, winning 2/3. In at least twelve cases, he has lost to both the Board and Superior Court only to finally succeed in the Supreme Court. He is particularly known for his excellent work and favorable results in Harp, Egemo, Ensley, Irby, Sokolowski, Grant, Stephens, Ragland, Summers, Bringmann, and Cole but mortified by the results in Crouch. |
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He practices with the firm, The Crofts Law Office. www.workerscompak.com |
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==Personal life== |
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In 1986, his article, Something More Important Than Money, Vocational Rehabilitation in Workers Compensation Cases, was published in the ''[[Alaska Law Review]]''. The article lauded the Alaska statute providing injured workers with the adequate training for new careers. The legislature promptly repealed the statute. More recently he has repeatedly advised the legislature about changing to the [[Alaska Workers Compensation Act]]. The advice was uniformly ignored. In 2005, he sued the governor of Alaska challenging the constitutionality of legislation the governor pushed which created a new executive court to hear appeal from decisions of the Alaska Workers Compensation Board. |
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Leland Chancy Croft was commonly known by his middle name, which is also his mother's [[maiden name]]. His oldest child, [[Eric Croft|Eric]] (see below), bears the same middle name. |
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He was married to Antoinette Ruth "Toni" (née Williamson) Croft, a graduate of [[Stanford University]]. He had three children- Eric, Kymberly and Lee. Eric's own career in politics would also include serving in the legislature and running for governor. He additionally ran for [[mayor of Anchorage]]. Eric worked with his father at The Croft Law Office. His sister, Dona Lee Croft, is a professor of violin at the [[Royal College of Music]] in [[London]]. |
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== Family == |
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He is married to Toni Williamson Croft, a graduate of [[Stanford University]]. |
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His children are Eric, Kymberly and Lee. Eric followed him as both a legislator and gubernatorial candidate, and also ran for [[Mayor of Anchorage]]). Eric works with his father at The Crofts Law Office. |
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* {{Cite web | url = http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/docs/pdf/ROSTERALL.pdf | format = PDF | |
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title = Alaskan State Legislature - list of delegates and officers | accessdate = 2008-05-28}} |
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== Notes == |
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* [http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=10452&REC=6 Alaska's Digital Archives] - Photo of Chancy Croft, taken 1976 |
* [http://vilda.alaska.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/cdmg21&CISOPTR=10452&REC=6 Alaska's Digital Archives] - Photo of Chancy Croft while Senate President, taken September 7, 1976 |
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* [http://100years.akleg.gov/bio.php?id=1029 Chancy Croft] at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature'' |
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Latest revision as of 18:33, 10 December 2023
Chancy Croft | |
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Chair of the University of Alaska Board of Regents | |
In office 2001–2002 | |
Preceded by | Michael Burns |
Succeeded by | Brian D. Rogers |
Member of the University of Alaska Board of Regents | |
In office 1995–2003 | |
Preceded by | Mark Helmericks |
Succeeded by | Cynthia Henry |
President of the Alaska Senate | |
In office 1975–1977 | |
Preceded by | Terry Miller |
Succeeded by | John Rader |
Member of the Alaska Senate from the E district | |
In office January 11, 1971 – January 14, 1979 | |
Preceded by | Multi-member district |
Succeeded by | Terry Stimson |
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 8th district | |
In office January 27, 1969 – January 10, 1971 | |
Preceded by | Multi-member district |
Succeeded by | Multi-member district |
Personal details | |
Born | Leland Chancy Croft January 21, 1937 Jennings, Louisiana, U.S. |
Died | August 30, 2022 Salem, Oregon, U.S | (aged 85)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Toni Williamson |
Children | 3, including Eric Croft |
Education | University of Texas, Austin (BA, LLB) |
Leland Chancy Croft (August 21, 1937 – August 30, 2022)[1] was a workers' compensation attorney and Democratic Party politician from the U.S. state of Alaska. Elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1968, he served a single term from 1969 to 1971. He was then elected to the Alaska Senate, serving in that body from 1971 to 1979, including serving as the president of the Senate from 1975 to 1977 during the 9th Alaska State Legislature.
In 1978, he ran for Governor of Alaska, winning the Democratic nomination in the primary election over two challengers. He would then become the first of 3 major party nominees in Alaska gubernatorial elections to place third in the general election. The 1978 gubernatorial election was dominated by Republican challenger Walter Hickel. Hickel lost the primary to incumbent Jay Hammond by 98 votes, then launched a write-in campaign, which outpolled Croft in the general election.
Croft largely retired from electoral politics after this campaign, but remained prominent in legal and political circles in Alaska. He founded the Croft Law Office, a workers' compensation firm, in downtown Anchorage, and appeared before the Alaska Supreme Court in over sixty cases. He served a term on the University of Alaska Board of Regents from 1995 to 2003, including as chair of the body from 2001 to 2002. His older son, Eric, has gone on to have his own political career.
Early life
[edit]Leland Chancy Croft was born in Jennings, Louisiana on August 21, 1937, the son of Leland Croft, an oil and gas landman and geologist, and Dorthy (née Chancy) Croft, a violin teacher.[2] He grew up in Odessa, Texas, where he graduated high school. He graduated from the University of Texas at Austin with baccalaureate degrees in government and sociology, as well as a law degree.
Not long after arriving in Anchorage from Texas in 1962, Croft became a charter member of the Alaska Legal Services Corporation, serving as chairman of the Board of Governors from 1971 to 1978.
Political career
[edit]Chancy Croft was elected to the Alaska House of Representatives in 1968,[3] serving a single term.[4] He was then elected to the Alaska Senate in 1970,[5] serving from 1971 until 1979.[6] He served as Senate President from 1975 to 1977.
He was the Democratic Party's nominee for Governor of Alaska in 1978. Croft won the nomination over Jalmar M. Kerttula and Ed Merdes; both had served in the Senate themselves. Croft was paired with lieutenant gubernatorial nominee Katie Hurley. Hurley, as Katherine T. Alexander, was a government official in the latter days of the Territory of Alaska, who married Alaska constitution signer James J. "Jim" Hurley in 1960 and settled in his home area, the Matanuska-Susitna Valley. While still involved in Democratic Party politics, Hurley was largely out of the public eye at that point, busy raising her daughters in Wasilla.
Croft's campaign would be the first of three times in Alaska gubernatorial elections that the major party nominee came in third in the general election. The campaign was overshadowed by the aftermath of the Republican primary between incumbent Jay Hammond and former governor Walter Hickel. Hickel lost the primary by 98 votes, and after an extensive court challenge, launched a write-in campaign. Both Hammond (who won reelection) and Hickel outpolled Croft in the general election.
Croft was a member of the University of Alaska Board of Regents from 1995 until 2003; he was chairman from 2001 to 2002. He worked to provide educational service to rural Alaska communities while guiding the university toward increased distance delivery education. He is responsible for establishing the Regents Scholarship benefiting UA junior, senior and graduate students. Croft was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Law from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Legal career
[edit]Chancy Croft appeared before the Alaska Supreme Court in over sixty cases, winning two-thirds of those cases. In at least twelve cases, he lost to the Alaska Workers Compensation Board and in the Alaska Superior Court, only to succeed in the Supreme Court. He founded The Croft Law Office, located in an older downtown Anchorage office building near the Conoco-Phillips Building.
In 1986, his article, Something More Important Than Money: Vocational Rehabilitation in Workers Compensation Cases, was published in the Alaska Law Review. The article lauded the Alaska statute providing injured workers with training for new careers. The legislature promptly repealed the statute. He unsuccessfully worked with the legislature on potential changes to the Alaska Workers Compensation Act. In 2005, he sued the governor of Alaska, challenging the constitutionality of legislation which created a new executive court to hear appeals from decisions of the Alaska Workers Compensation Board.
Personal life
[edit]Leland Chancy Croft was commonly known by his middle name, which is also his mother's maiden name. His oldest child, Eric (see below), bears the same middle name.
He was married to Antoinette Ruth "Toni" (née Williamson) Croft, a graduate of Stanford University. He had three children- Eric, Kymberly and Lee. Eric's own career in politics would also include serving in the legislature and running for governor. He additionally ran for mayor of Anchorage. Eric worked with his father at The Croft Law Office. His sister, Dona Lee Croft, is a professor of violin at the Royal College of Music in London.
References
[edit]- ^ "Governor Mourns the Passing of Former Senate President Chancy Croft". Government of Alaska. August 31, 2022. Retrieved June 16, 2023.
- ^ "Dorothy Croft, 1910-2009 Obituary". Odessa American Online. Retrieved April 25, 2009.
- ^ Official Returns by Election Precinct - General Election - November 5, 1968 (PDF). Juneau: Office of the Alaska Secretary of State. 1968. pp. 15–18. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ Alaska Legislature Roster of Members 1913-2010 (PDF). Juneau: Alaska Legislative Affairs Agency. 2010. p. 45. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 6, 2019. Retrieved May 28, 2008.
- ^ Official Returns by Election Precinct - General Election - November 3, 1970 (PDF). Juneau: Office of the Alaska Lieutenant Governor. 1970. p. 9. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 2, 2009. Retrieved March 24, 2013.
- ^ Alaska Legislature Roster of Members 1913-2010, p. 47-54
External links
[edit]- Alaska's Digital Archives - Photo of Chancy Croft while Senate President, taken September 7, 1976
- Chancy Croft at 100 Years of Alaska's Legislature
- 1937 births
- Alaska lawyers
- Lawyers from Anchorage, Alaska
- Living people
- Democratic Party members of the Alaska House of Representatives
- Politicians from Anchorage, Alaska
- People from Jennings, Louisiana
- People from Odessa, Texas
- Presidents of the Alaska Senate
- Democratic Party Alaska state senators
- University of Alaska regents
- University of Texas School of Law alumni