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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.

Name Term Notes
George Hazelet c. 1909 First mayor of Cordova
Will H. Chase 1910
Austin E. Lathrop 1911–1912 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
Will H. Chase 1928, 1932, 1934 Multiple sources state he served as mayor of Cordova for 24 terms, not necessarily consecutive, though. Born in 1874 and died in 1965. Served 18 years as mayor by 1952. By 1911 he had already served as mayor in some capacity. By 1938 he had already served 12 times as mayor. Was elected mayor in 1910 along with a "practically new council."
Richard Davis 1949
Barney Anderson 1961
John Stotera LeFevre 1961–1963
Melvin Soder 1965
Arthur P. Knight 1971
Jim Poor 1975
Erling Johansen 1985 – 1989
Bob Van Brocklin 1989 – 1990 Committed suicide several years after the oil spill.
Kelly Weaverling 1991–1993 First Green Party mayor in U.S.
Margy Johnson 1993–1999 First woman elected mayor of Cordova
Ed Zeine 1999 – 2000
Margy Johnson 2001 – 2002
Nancy Bird 2003 "... served for about 4 months as Acting Mayor in 2003."
Timothy L. Joyce March 2004 – March 2010
James Kallander March 2010 – March 2013
Jim Kasch March 2013 – March 2016
Clay Koplin March 2016 – present

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