Editing Ted Stevens (section)

==== Solicitor of Interior ====
On September 15, 1960, George W. Abbott resigned as Solicitor of the Interior to become Assistant Secretary, and Stevens became Solicitor. He stayed in this office until the [[Presidency of Dwight D. Eisenhower|Eisenhower administration]] left office on January 20, 1961.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1960-09-15 |title=SEATON AIDE NAMED; TWO ENVOYS RESIGN |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/09/15/archives/seaton-aide-named-two-envoys-resign.html |access-date=2023-02-24 |issn=0362-4331 |archive-date=December 23, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221223071445/https://www.nytimes.com/1960/09/15/archives/seaton-aide-named-two-envoys-resign.html |url-status=live }}</ref> In his position as the highest attorney in the Interior Department, he authored the order that created the [[Arctic National Wildlife Refuge]] in 1960.<ref name="drilling"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.audubonofkansas.org/prairie-wings.cfm?fx=XJHK1ACMSK0OFPDI|title=A Kansas Native Led the Politically-Challenging Campaign to Create the Arctic Wildlife Range/Refuge|website=audubonofkansas.org|date=Winter 2012|author=Dick Seaton|access-date=10 May 2023|archive-date=June 30, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230630194537/https://www.audubonofkansas.org/prairie-wings.cfm?fx=XJHK1ACMSK0OFPDI|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="greenpeace">{{cite web|url=https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/legacy/Global/usa/planet3/PDFs/ted-stevens-chronology.pdf|title=Ted Stevens chronology|website=greenpeace.org|access-date=10 May 2023|archive-date=April 20, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230420152237/https://www.greenpeace.org/usa/wp-content/uploads/legacy/Global/usa/planet3/PDFs/ted-stevens-chronology.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>