Francis C. Bowden
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Francis C. Bowden was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska
from 1946 to 1948.
. He moved to Alaska in 1928 to work for the Curry Hotel on the Alaska Railroad
. He worked for drug stores in Cordova
and Anchorage in the years that followed.
In 1946, Bowden was elected Mayor of Anchorage, beating incumbent Winfield Ervin, Jr.
, who had been appointed to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of John E. Manders
two weeks before the election. He served two terms, and promoted a $2.2 million bond offering to rehabilitate the city's aging public utilities.
In 1948, Bowden became part-owner of Hewitt's Drugstore.
Bowden died in April 1972 at Anchorage Community Hospital.
Anchorage, Alaska
Anchorage is a unified home rule municipality in the southcentral part of the U.S. state of Alaska. It is the northernmost major city in the United States...
from 1946 to 1948.
Biography
Francis C. Bowden was born on December 26, 1903 in Roslyn, WashingtonRoslyn, Washington
Roslyn is a city in Kittitas County, Washington, United States. The population was 893 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Roslyn is located at...
. He moved to Alaska in 1928 to work for the Curry Hotel on the Alaska Railroad
Alaska Railroad
The Alaska Railroad is a Class II railroad which extends from Seward and Whittier, in the south of the state of Alaska, in the United States, to Fairbanks , and beyond to Eielson Air Force Base and Fort Wainwright in the interior of that state...
. He worked for drug stores in Cordova
Cordova, Alaska
As of the census of 2000, there were 2,454 people, 958 households, and 597 families residing in the city. The population density was 40.0 per square mile . There are 1,099 housing units at an average density of 17.9 per square mile...
and Anchorage in the years that followed.
In 1946, Bowden was elected Mayor of Anchorage, beating incumbent Winfield Ervin, Jr.
Winfield Ervin, Jr.
-Biography:Ervin was born in 1902 in Portland, Oregon to Winfield Ervin, Sr., a native of Lebanon, Oregon and Theora McNall of Bellingham, Washington. He moved with his family to Lewiston, Idaho and later lived in Bellingham while Ervin, Sr. worked for the Brown and Hawkins Company in Alaska. In...
, who had been appointed to fill the vacancy left by the resignation of John E. Manders
John E. Manders
John E. Manders was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1945–1946 and a leading voice among opponents of Alaskan statehood.-Biography:...
two weeks before the election. He served two terms, and promoted a $2.2 million bond offering to rehabilitate the city's aging public utilities.
In 1948, Bowden became part-owner of Hewitt's Drugstore.
Bowden died in April 1972 at Anchorage Community Hospital.