Joe Vogler
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Joe Vogler during his first campaign for Alaska governor in 1974.
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Joseph E. Vogler April 24, 1913 Barnes, Kansas |
| Died | c. May 31, 1993 (aged 80) Alaska |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Political party | Alaskan Independence Party |
| Spouse(s) | Doris Louise (?–1992, her death) |
| Children | 2 |
| Joseph E. "Joe" Vogler | |
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Alaskan Independence Party candidate for Governor of Alaska |
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Election date November 5, 1974 |
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| Running mate | Wayne M. Peppler |
| Opponent(s) |
William A. Egan (D) Jay Hammond (R) |
| Incumbent | William A. Egan |
| Joseph E. "Joe" Vogler | |
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| Alaskan Independence Party candidate for Lieutenant Governor of Alaska |
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Election date November 7, 1978 |
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| Running mate | Don Wright |
| Opponent(s) | Katie Hurley (D) Terry Miller (R) Kay Poland (Independent) |
| Incumbent | Lowell Thomas, Jr. |
| Joseph E. "Joe" Vogler | |
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| Alaskan Independence Party candidate for Governor of Alaska |
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Election date November 2, 1982 |
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| Running mate | Roger Dee Roberts |
| Opponent(s) |
Tom Fink (R) Dick Randolph (L) Bill Sheffield (D) |
| Incumbent | Jay Hammond |
| Joseph E. "Joe" Vogler | |
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| Alaskan Independence Party candidate for Governor of Alaska |
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Election date November 4, 1986 |
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| Running mate | Al Rowe |
| Opponent(s) |
Steve Cowper (D) Wally Hickel (write-in) Ed Hoch (write-in) Mary O'Brannon (L) Arliss Sturgulewski (R) |
| Incumbent | Bill Sheffield |
Joseph E. "Joe" Vogler (April 24, 1913 – c. May 31, 1993) was the founder of the Alaskan Independence Party, and either its chair or gubernatorial nominee for most of its first two decades of existence. He was also known, originally in his adopted hometown of Fairbanks, Alaska, and later statewide, as a frequent participant in governmental and political affairs and frequent litigant in court. Curiously enough, he was known to many non-political observers for his fashion sense, in particular his ubiquitous wearing of fedoras and bolo ties.
Vogler was born April 24, 1913, on a farm outside Barnes, Kansas. He graduated from high school in Waterville, Kansas, in 1929. That year, he began studying at the University of Kansas on a scholarship. He graduated with a law degree in five years and was admitted to the Kansas State Bar.
Vogler moved to Alaska in March 1942, having run afoul of many of his contemporaries in the Lower 48 regarding his views on then-U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. After spending a year in Kodiak, he moved to Fairbanks and worked as a civilian employee of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Ladd Field (now Fort Wainwright) in Fairbanks, until 1951 when he began mining on Homestake Creek. He filed for 80 acres (320,000 m2) of homestead land off the Steese Highway and acquired 320 acres (1.3 km2) near Fairbanks off Farmers Loop Road. Vogler spent fifty years as a miner and developer in Alaska. He was mostly known around Fairbanks as a rabble-rouser and frequent writer of letters to the editor, until 1973 when he launched a petition drive calling for secession for Alaska, in the early part of that year, and subsequently launched his first campaign for governor a year later (see "Political career", below).
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