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{{Short description|American hotelier and politician}}
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'''Bruce Biers''' (or '''Byers''') '''Kendall''' (February 28, 1919 – July 6, 2012) was an American hotelier and [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] and [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[politician]] from the territory and state of [[Alaska]].

A [[Methodist]], Kendall was born in [[Martinsburg, Nebraska]] and grew up in [[Sioux City, Iowa]]. He later moved to Alaska, living in [[Cordova, Alaska|Cordova]], [[Valdez, Alaska|Valdez]] and [[Anchorage]]. He became one of the first members of the [[Alaska House of Representatives]] in 1959 after [[U.S. state|statehood]].

In 1963, he became the first Republican [[Speaker of the Alaska House of Representatives]]. After [[US Democratic Party|Democrats]] regained control of the House, he was replaced as a speaker by [[Mike Gravel]], future [[U.S. Senator]].

Kendall remained a member of the State House until 1966.  He later switched to the [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]], and was the party's nominee for an open seat on the [[Alaska Senate]] in 1978, losing to [[Arliss Sturgulewski]].

==External links==
* [http://politicalgraveyard.com/bio/kendall.html#129182Y2B The Political Graveyard]
* [https://books.google.com/books?id=uHqVYTkA08YC&pg=PA159 Kendall, Bruce Biers] (Google Books)
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120719082232/http://www.adn.com/2012/07/14/2542643/bruce-kendall-was-larger-than.html Anchorage Daily News Obituary]
* [http://100years.akleg.gov/bio.php?id=1222 Bruce Kendall] at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature''

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