List of mayors of Cordova, Alaska

This is a list of mayors of Cordova in the state of Alaska in the United States. The City of Cordova was incorporated on July 8, 1909.[1]

Name Term Notes
George Hazelet c. 1909 [2] First mayor of Cordova[3]
Will H. Chase 1910[4]
Austin E. Lathrop 1911–1912[5] Ran for city council and was named mayor by virtue of being to top vote-getter in the election. Lathrop declined any more terms as mayor, but continued serving on the council until 1914[5]
Will H. Chase 1928, 1932,[6] 1934 [7] Multiple sources state he served as mayor of Cordova for 24 terms, not necessarily consecutive, though.[8] Born in 1874 and died in 1965.[9] Served 18 years as mayor by 1952.[10] By 1911 he had already served as mayor in some capacity.[11] By 1938 he had already served 12 times as mayor.[12] Was elected mayor in 1910 along with a "practically new council."[4]
Richard Davis 1949 [13]
Barney Anderson 1961 [14]
John Stotera LeFevre 1961 – 1963
Melvin Soder 1965 [15]
Arthur P. Knight 1971 [16]
Jim Poor 1975 [17]
Erling Johansen 1985 [18] – 1989 [19]
Bob Van Brocklin 1989 [20] – 1990 [21] Committed suicide several years after the oil spill.[22]
Kelly Weaverling 1991 – 1993 First Green Party mayor in U.S.[23]
Margy Johnson 1993 – 1999 [24] First woman elected mayor of Cordova [25]
Ed Zeine 1999[26] – 2000
Margy Johnson 2001[27] – 2002[28]
Nancy Bird 2003 "... served for about 4 months as Acting Mayor in 2003." [29]
Timothy L. Joyce March 2004 – March 2010 [30]
James Kallander March 2010 – March 2013 [30]
Jim Kasch March 2013 – March 2016 [31]
Clay Koplin March 2016 - present [32]

References

  1. ↑ Alaska Municipal Officials Directory 1976. Juneau: Department of Community and Regional Affairs, State of Alaska; Alaska Municipal League. 1976. p. 15.
  2. ↑ "National Park Service: Golden Places: The History of Alaska-Yukon ...". Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  3. ↑ "The Legacy". Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  4. 1 2 "The Spokane press. (Spokane, Wash.) 1902-1939, April 07, 1910, Image 1 « Chronicling America « Library of Congress". chroniclingamerica.loc.gov. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  5. 1 2 Tower, Elizabeth A. (1991). Mining Media Movies. Anchorage: self-published. pp. 26–27.
  6. ↑ "The Political Graveyard: Index to Politicians: Chase". Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  7. ↑ "The Catalina Islander  December 6, 1934 Page 11". cat.stparchive.com. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Will H. Chase Collection Description". consortiumlibrary.org. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  9. ↑ "Alaska's Digital Archives". vilda.alaska.edu. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Wyoming County Times, March 13, 1952" (PDF). 19 August 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  11. ↑ Los Angeles Mining Review. 30. 1911. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  12. ↑ "Wyoming County Times, October 20, 1938" (PDF). 19 August 2011. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  13. ↑ Elimination of salmon traps from the waters of Alaska- Page iii. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  14. ↑ Alaskan and Hawaiian transportation ... Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  15. ↑ "Genie Chance Collection Inventory". Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  16. ↑ The Trans-Alaska Pipeline controversy: technology, conservation, and the ...- Page 222. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  17. ↑ Outer Continental Shelf lands act ... Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  18. ↑ "Nature's Fury: Earthquakes In Two Countries .Alaskan Impact Felt ...". Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  19. ↑ "05/21/89 - HELP WANTED ... SPILL SPLITS JOB MARKET INTO WINNERS ...". Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  20. ↑ "The Homer Tribune :: Homer, Alaska". Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  21. ↑ "03/25/90 - FUTURE REMAINS UNCERTAIN A YEAR LATER". Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  22. ↑ Suzuki, David. The Nature of Things, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved on May 16, 2009.
  23. ↑ "Green Party mayors in the US". Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  24. ↑ Anderson, Ross (March 21, 1999). "Business: The Spill Is Gone -- 10 Years Later, Debate Still Rages Over Effects Of The Exxon Valdez Disaster In Alaska". The Seattle Times.
  25. ↑ "Margy Johnson, Board Member, First National Bank Alaska, Anchorage, AK in Spoke's business directory". Retrieved June 18, 2009.
  26. ↑ "Week of Jan 4, 2000". Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  27. ↑ "Juneau Empire Online Local News: Southeast House seat may stretch ...". Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  28. ↑ Song, Kyung M. (May 30, 2002). "Business & Technology : Round-trip relationship binds Alaska and ...". The Seattle Times. Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  29. ↑ "Nancy Bird - LinkedIn". Retrieved June 25, 2009.
  30. 1 2 "City of Cordova".
  31. ↑ "The Cordova Times".
  32. ↑ "City of Cordova".
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