Background
Cotten, Samuel Richard was born on July 16, 1947 in Juneau, Alaska, United States. Son of Samuel L. Cotten and Kathryn Russell.
Cotten, Samuel Richard was born on July 16, 1947 in Juneau, Alaska, United States. Son of Samuel L. Cotten and Kathryn Russell.
Associate of Arts, University Alaska, 1971.
Republican Alaskan House of Representatives, Juneau, 1975-1982, 85-91, speaker, 1989-1991. Senator Alaska State Senate, 1991-1993. Chairman Alaska Public Utilities Commission, 1995—1999.
Fisheries consultant, since 1999. Special advisor Intergovtl. Consultative Committee to North Pacific Fisheries Advisory Board, 1989-1992.
Advisor International North Pacific Fisheries Commission, 1984-1990. Appointed by United States secretary commerce North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, since 2007, re-appointed. Board director Fire Lake Recreational Center, Eagle River, Alaska.
Board director Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association, since 2008.
Co-chairman Alaska Criminal Code Revision Commission, Juneau, 1976. Member Anchorage Planning and Zoning Commission, 1983-1984. Candidate for Governor Alaska, since 1994.
Appointed commissioner Alaska Public Utilities Commission, since 1995, chairman, since 1996. Member Cook Inlet Seiners Association, Navy League, Elks, Veterans of Foreign Wars (life), Anchorage Ski Club.
Married Martha Tillion, June 16, 1984. Children: Samuel Tillion, Augustus O'Dwyer Russell.