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 |
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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] |
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] |