Jack Coghill

Jack Coghill
Coghill in 1973
6th Lieutenant Governor of Alaska
In office December 3, 1990 – December 5, 1994
Governor	Wally Hickel
Preceded by	Steve McAlpine
Succeeded by	Fran Ulmer
Member of the Alaska Senate
In office January 1985 – December 3, 1990
Preceded by	H. Pappy Moss[1]
Succeeded by	Dick Shultz[2]
Constituency	District J
In office January 1959 – January 3, 1965
Preceded by	New district[3]
Succeeded by	Grant H. Pearson[4]
Constituency	District L
Personal details
Born	(1925-09-24)September 24, 1925 Fairbanks, Territory of Alaska, U.S. (now Alaska, U.S.)
Died	February 13, 2019(2019-02-13) (aged 93) North Pole, Alaska, U.S.
Political party	Republican (before 1990, 1994–2019) Alaskan Independence (1990–1994)
Spouse	Frances Gilbert
Children	6, including John

John Bruce "Jack" Coghill (September 24, 1925 – February 13, 2019) was an American politician and businessman who was the sixth lieutenant governor of Alaska from 1990 to 1994, serving under Governor Walter Hickel. Both were members of the Alaskan Independence Party.

Originally elected as the Republican Party's lieutenant governor nominee in 1990, Coghill had faced serious compatibility issues with running mate Arliss Sturgulewski. AIP chair Joe Vogler vacated his party's nominated slate of John Lindauer and Jerry Ward and replaced them with Wally Hickel and Coghill. While Hickel turned his back on the AIP and their platform almost immediately after taking office, Coghill remained loyal to the party, even becoming their gubernatorial nominee in 1994. Prior to these events, he was well known in Alaskan political circles as "Mr. Republican."^[5]