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]

NameTermNotes
George Hazeletc. 1909 [2] First mayor of Cordova [3]
Will H. Chase1910 [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. Chase1928, 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 Davis1949 [13]
Barney Anderson1961 [14]
John Stotera LeFevre1961–1963
Melvin Soder1965 [15]
Arthur P. Knight1971 [16]
Jim Poor1975 [17]
Erling Johansen1985 [18] – 1989 [19]
Bob Van Brocklin1989 [20] – 1990 [21] Committed suicide several years after the oil spill. [22]
Kelly Weaverling1991–1993First Green Party mayor in U.S. [23]
Margy Johnson1993–1999 [24] First woman elected mayor of Cordova [25]
Ed Zeine1999 [26] – 2000
Margy Johnson2001 [27] – 2002 [28]
Nancy Bird2003"... served for about 4 months as Acting Mayor in 2003." [29]
Timothy L. JoyceMarch 2004 – March 2010 [30]
James KallanderMarch 2010 – March 2013 [30]
Jim KaschMarch 2013 – March 2016 [31]
Clay KoplinMarch 2016 – present [32]

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