Francis C. Bowden

Francis Clayton Bowden (born Francis Clayton Norris; December 26, 1903 – April 1972) was Mayor of Anchorage, Alaska from 1946 to 1948.

Biography

Francis C. Bowden was born on December 26, 1903 in Roslyn, Washington. 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.[1]

In 1948, Bowden became part-owner of Hewitt's Drugstore.

Bowden died in April 1972 at Anchorage Community Hospital.

gollark: I mean, rarity-wise yes, but it doesn't always work that way.
gollark: _frantically adjusts Wants text_
gollark: I'll just go unname my aethers and stick them up, what could go wrong.
gollark: Assuming the laws of multiplication and wild random guessing hold true, I can put up four and get a gold?
gollark: _ponders sticking up spare aethers now_

References
General
  • "Former Mayor F.C. Bowden Funeral Set On Wednesday". Anchorage Daily Times. April 10, 1972. p. 2.
Specific
  1. Atwood, Evangeline (1957). Anchorage: All-America City. Binfords & Mort. p. 82.
Preceded by
Winfield Ervin Jr.		 Mayor of Anchorage
1946–1948		 Succeeded by
Zachariah J. Loussac


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