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Steve Cowper
Cowper in 1990
6th Governor of Alaska
In office December 1, 1986 – December 3, 1990
Lieutenant
Steve McAlpine
Preceded by
Bill Sheffield
Succeeded by
Wally Hickel
Member of the Alaska House of Representatives from the 20th district
In office January 20, 1975 – January 14, 1979
Preceded by
Multi-member district
Succeeded by
Multi-member district
Personal details
Born
Stephen Cambreleng Cowper
(1938-08-21) August 21, 1938 (age 85) Petersburg, Virginia, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse(s)
Deanna Elizabeth Blanco (divorced) Margaret Stewart (1985–1991) (divorced)
Children
3
Education
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (BA, LLB)
Signature
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Army
Unit
Army Medical Corps United States Army Reserve
Stephen Cambreleng Cowper (born August 21, 1938) is an American Democratic politician who was the sixth governor of Alaska from 1986 to 1990. He was governor during the 1989 Exxon Valdez oil spill.
Cowper is the CEO of Steve Cowper & Associates. He has also served on the boards of multiple energy-related companies in the US and Canada.
Cowper is the CEO of SteveCowper & Associates. He has also served on the boards of multiple energy-related companies in the US and Canada. Cowper was...
defeated by SteveCowper in the Democratic primary election on August 26, 1986. In the general election, Democratic state Representative SteveCowper defeated...
challenger SteveCowper, becoming the first state chief executive to lose a primary this year". UPI. August 27, 1986. Retrieved July 10, 2019. "SteveCowper"....
for the open seat of Governor of Alaska. In 1989, incumbent Governor SteveCowper, a Democrat, had announced that he would not seek re-election for a second...
Lady of Alaska during the tenure of her former husband, Alaska Governor SteveCowper. Stewart established and launched the state reading program, "Look to...
William Aaronwald TV movie Dead Ahead: The Exxon Valdez Disaster 1992 Gov. SteveCowper TV movie Picket Fences 1993 Mr. Fenn 2 episodes J.F.K.: Reckless Youth...
anti-discrimination law enacted in the United States. In 1988, Alaska Governor SteveCowper established April 21 as Elizabeth Peratrovich Day "for her courageous...
May 2008. Retrieved 12 January 2022. "Alaska State Legislature". Haycox, Steve (November 23, 2019). "Alaskans and impeachment: The case of Gov. Bill Sheffield"...
China, and dismantled. In the aftermath of the spill, Alaska governor SteveCowper issued an executive order requiring two tugboats to escort every loaded...
December 3, 1990 – December 5, 1994 Lieutenant Jack Coghill Preceded by SteveCowper Succeeded by Tony Knowles In office December 5, 1966 – January 29, 1969...
term as governor, lost renomination in the 1986 primary election to SteveCowper, a Fairbanks lawyer and former state representative. McAlpine won renomination...
Pacific Northwest Hazardous Waste Advisory Council by Alaska Governor SteveCowper. As mayor, in 1992 he traveled to Sakhalin Island in the Russian Far...
Senate from 1987 to 1988, when he was nominated by 6th Governor of Alaska SteveCowper. Hensley has also had an influential career outside of politics, as founder...
Fink in the primary election, as did Don Wright. Sheffield defeated SteveCowper and former Lieutenant Governor H. A. Boucher for the Democratic nomination...
Chancellor of the University of North Carolina public university system. SteveCowper: Sixth governor of Alaska. Hardy Cross Dillard: United States judge of...
Arizona Succeeded by Mike Castle as Former Governor Order of precedence of the United States Outside Arizona Succeeded by SteveCowper as Former Governor...
Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-24. "AMRC. Steve McCutcheon Collection". vilda.alaska.edu. "The Mysterious disappearance...
– Sunshine Sammy Morrison, child actor and comedian (b. 1912) July 25 – Steve Rubell, entrepreneur (b. 1943) July 30 – Lane Frost, bull rider (b. 1963)...
Symphony performed in 1987 at the Inaugural Ceremony for Alaska Governor SteveCowper and former Governor Jay Hammond narrated Copland's Lincoln Portrait in...
Robert Stone, American novelist and short story writer (d. 2015) 1938 – SteveCowper, American politician, 6th Governor of Alaska 1938 – Kenny Rogers, American...
was timely evidence that oil spills were not uncommon. Alaska Governor SteveCowper authorized the creation of the Alaska Oil Spill Commission in 1989 to...
injuries. March – Greyhound bus drivers strike for higher pay. March 1 Steve Jackson Games is raided by the U.S. Secret Service, prompting the later...
various administrations in Alaska under former Governors Bill Sheffield, SteveCowper, Tony Knowles, and Wally Hickel. On June 14, 2010 he announced that he...
January 4 Deon Butler, football player Maria Lamb, Olympic speed skater Steve Slaton, football player Emilia Sykes, politician Charlyne Yi, actress January...
1913-2013 Alaska State Legislature Roster of Members, 1913-2013 p. 59-62 "Steve Haycox: Alaskans know something about legislative upheaval". Anchorage Daily...
Governor of North Carolina and former North Carolina Attorney General SteveCowper 1960 / Grad. History / law Former governor of Alaska Locke Craig 1880...
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