What is Steve Cowper?
[[File:Steve Cowper 1990.jpg|right|thumb|220px|Cowper in 1990]] '''Stephen Cambreleng Cowper''' (born August 21, 1938) is an American [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] [[politician]]. He was born in [[Petersburg, Virginia]]. Cowper was the [[List of Governors of Alaska|sixth]] [[Governor of Alaska]] from 1986 to 1990.<ref name=nga>{{cite web|title=Alaska Governor Steve Cowper|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_alaska/col2-content/main-content-list/title_cowper_steve.html|work=nga.org|publisher=National Governors Association|access-date=May 12, 2013|archive-date=October 6, 2012|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6BCo1xF4g?url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/past-governors-bios/page_alaska/col2-content/main-content-list/title_cowper_steve.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was governor during the 1989 [[Exxon Valdez oil spill|''Exxon Valdez'' oil spill]]. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== * [http://100years.akleg.gov/bio.php?id=1027 Steve Cowper] at ''100 Years of Alaska's Legislature'' * {{C-SPAN|stevecowper}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cowper, Steve}} [[Category:1938 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Governors of Alaska]] [[Category:Lawyers from Alaska]] [[Category:Democratic Party (United States) politicians]] [[Category:Lawyers from Virginia]] [[Category:People from Fairbanks, Alaska]] [[Category:Politicians from Petersburg, Virginia]] {{US-bio-stub}}