List of mayors of Cordova, Alaska


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.
NameTermNotes
George Hazeletc. 1909First mayor of Cordova
Will H. Chase1910
Austin E. Lathrop1911–1912Ran 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. Chase1928, 1932, 1934Multiple 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 Davis1949
Barney Anderson1961
John Stotera LeFevre1961–1963
Melvin Soder1965
Arthur P. Knight1971
Jim Poor1975
Erling Johansen1985 – 1989
Bob Van Brocklin1989 – 1990Committed suicide several years after the oil spill.
Kelly Weaverling1991–1993First Green Party mayor in U.S.
Margy Johnson1993–1999First woman elected mayor of Cordova
Ed Zeine1999 – 2000
Margy Johnson2001 – 2002
Nancy Bird2003"... served for about 4 months as Acting Mayor in 2003."
Timothy L. JoyceMarch 2004 – March 2010
James KallanderMarch 2010 – March 2013
Jim KaschMarch 2013 – March 2016
Clay KoplinMarch 2016 – present