Mead Treadwell
| Mead Treadwell | |
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| 11th Lieutenant Governor of Alaska | |
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In office December 6, 2010 – December 1, 2014 |
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| Governor | Sean Parnell |
| Preceded by | Craig Campbell |
| Succeeded by | Byron Mallott |
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| Born |
Louis Mead Treadwell II March 21, 1956 New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Alma mater |
Yale University (BA) Harvard University (MBA) |
Louis Mead Treadwell II (born March 21, 1956) is an American politician. He served as the 11th Lieutenant Governor of Alaska from 2010 to 2014. Treadwell is the former Chair of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission serving from 2006 to 2010. He is a member of the Republican Party and was a candidate for the 2014 U.S. Senate election in Alaska.
Treadwell was born in New Haven, Connecticut, the son of Anne and Timothy Treadwell. He grew up in the Sandy Hook section of Newtown, Connecticut, where his father was the former first selectman of Newtown; the Timothy B. Treadwell Memorial Park named in his late father's honor. Treadwell attended Newtown Public Schools and attended Sandy Hook Elementary school. Treadwell attended high school at Newtown High School, and was then appointed by Senator Lowell Weicker as a Senate Page, attending the Senate Page School in DC. He then matriculated at the Hotchkiss School, in Lakeville, Connecticut. He graduated in 1974 and was then accepted to Yale University.
In 1978, Treadwell graduated with his Bachelor of Arts in History from Yale. Later that year, he moved to Alaska to take an internship with former U.S. Secretary of Interior Wally Hickel's campaign for Governor of Alaska. Hickel lost a close contest to incumbent Republican Governor Jay S. Hammond in the primary election, coming short by 98 votes out of over 100,000 votes cast. After controversy including multiple recounts and court challenges, Hickel launched a write-in campaign in the general election, besting three of the four candidates on the ballot, though once again losing to Hammond. Following the election, Treadwell became a political reporter for the Anchorage Times.
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