George Archibald Lingo (April 30, 1901 - May 21, 1976), was an American Democratic politician from the territory (later state) of Alaska, commemorated as "a pioneer Alaskan in the true sense of the word.
Shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941, Lingo enlisted in the U.S. Navy and was assigned to Naval Intelligence in Sitka.
The Democrats won both seats, defeating a Republican incumbent, Wasilla homesteader Gerrit "Heinie" Snider in the process.
[3] He had counted painters Sydney Laurence and Eustace Ziegler[4][5] as friends in Alaska, and in California he became active in oil painting, studying with some of the West's finest artists.
[7] This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "George Lingo Dies", Alaska Alumnus, Summer 1976, p. 3