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][failed verification] 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][failed verification] 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.
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  5. ^ a b 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. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. 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. Vol. 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. 1949. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  14. ^ Alaskan and Hawaiian transportation ... 1961. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  15. ^ "Genie Chance Collection Inventory". Retrieved June 23, 2009.[dead link]
  16. ^ Coates, Peter A. (1991). The Trans-Alaska Pipeline controversy: technology, conservation, and the ...- Page 222. ISBN 9780934223102. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  17. ^ Outer Continental Shelf lands act ... 1976. 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 ..." Archived from the original on November 6, 1999. Retrieved June 23, 2009.
  20. ^ "The Homer Tribune :: Homer, Alaska". Retrieved June 19, 2009.[dead link]
  21. ^ "03/25/90 - FUTURE REMAINS UNCERTAIN A YEAR LATER". Archived from the original on October 3, 1999. 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". Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. 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". Archived from the original on April 22, 2001. Retrieved June 19, 2009.
  27. ^ "Juneau Empire Online Local News: Southeast House seat may stretch ..." Archived from the original on August 11, 2011. 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. ^ a b "City of Cordova". Archived from the original on 2006-06-19.
  31. ^ "The Cordova Times". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02.
  32. ^ "City of Cordova".
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