List of mayors of Cordova, Alaska
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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]
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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] |
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