Worldwide Guide to Women in Leadership
USA Local Leaders
Female suffrage in the states:
Massachusetts Women property owners could vote for all elective offices 1691-1780,
New Jersey
All property owners had suffrage 1776-1807 - including Widows and single
women. They voted in the 1800 Presidential elections,
Virginia
1799 female suffrage in Elizabeth Town,
Wyoming 1869,
Utah 1870,
Kansas School Boards 1861, State-wide 1885,
Colorado 1893 (elected
three women to the state legislature)
All the other states by the introduction of universal suffrage in 1920. Much information on this page is supplied by Mart Martin
Also see USA Local Elective Office and United States of America Government
Go to: Governors, Lt. Governors, Parliaments, Secretaries of State
Governors
1925-27 Nellie Tayloe Ross, Wyoming (D)
She lived (1876-1977)
1925-27 (Ma) Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson, Texas (D)
1933-35 Governor
Her husband, James E. Fergusson, was governor of Texas 1914-17 but was impeached
and removed from office. When he was barred from running again in 1924 she
became candidate instead. She lived (1875-1961)
1967-68 Lurleen Burns Wallace, Alabama (D)
She lived (1926-68). Died in office.
1975-79 Ella Tambussi Grasso, Connecticut (D)
Former Secretary of the State, she lived (1919-81)
1977-81 Dixy Lee Ray, Washington State (D)
She lived (1914-94)
1982-83 Acting Vesta M. Roy, New Hampshire
She lived (1925-2002)
1983-87 Martha Layne Collins, Kentucky
Lt. Governor 1979-83. (b. 1936-)
1984-91 Madeleine May Kunin, Vermont (D)
She was Deputy Secretary of Education 1993-98 and was then appointed Ambassador
to Switzerland. (b. 1933-)
1987-91 Kay Auonne Stark Orr, Nebraska (R)
State Treasurer 1981-86 (b. 1939-)
1988-91 Rose Perica Mofford, Arizona (D)
She was Secretary of State 1977-88 and succeeded to the post when her processor had to resign.
She lived (1922-2016).
1991-95 Ann Willis Richards, Texas (D)
State Treasurer 1977-88. She lived (1933-2006).
1991-95 Barbara Hughey Roberts, Oregon (D)
Secretary of State 1985-91 (b. 1936-)
1991-95 Joan McInroy Finney, Kansas (D)
State Treasurer 1975-91 (b. 1925-)
1991-96 Mayor Susan Pratt Dixon, District of Columbia (D)
1994-2001 Christine Todd Whitman, New Jersey (R)
Administrator of the Environment Agency 2001-03. (b. 1946-)
1997-2002 Jane Dee Hull, Arizona (R)
Speaker of the House of Representatives 1989-93 and Secretary of State 1995-97.
She succeeded to the post after her predecessor resigned and did not seek
reelection. (b. 1935-)
1997-2002 Jeanne Bowers Shaheen, New Hampshire
US Senator from 2009. (b. 1947-)
2001-09 Governor Ruth Ann Minner, Delaware
Lt. Governor from 1993. Reelected in 2004. The only two other
female candidates for Governor were defeated in 2004. In Washington
Attorney General Christine Gregoire
lost by 42 votes. In
Missouri
State Auditor Claire McCaskill also lost.
2001-05 Governor Judy Martz, Montana
Lt. Governor from 1996. She did not seek reelection.
2001-03
Jane Swift, Massachusetts
Lt. Governor from 1998. She did not
seek reelection.
2002-10 Governor Linda Lingle, Hawaii
2003-09 Governor
Kathleen
Sebelius, Kansas
Insurance Commissioner 1994-2002, Secretary of
Health and Human Services in the federal cabinet in 2009.
(b. 1948-)
2003-10 Governor
Jennifer
M. Granholm, Michigan
Attorney-General 1998-2002. Born in Canada (b. 1959-)
2003-09 Governor Janet
Napolitano, Arizona
Attorney-General 1998-2002.
2003-04 Governor
Olene S.
Walker, Utha
Lt. Governor 1993-2003. She lost the Republican Primary and did therefore not
seek reelection. She lived (1939-2015)
2004-08
Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Louisiana
Lt. Governor 1995-2003.
2004-10 M. Jodi Rell, Connecticut
Lt. Governor 1995-2003.
2005-13 Governor Chris O. Gregoire, Washington State
After a recount she was declared Governor-Elect by 129 votes over her Republican
opponent and will be inagurated on 16 January. She was Attorney General 1993-2005.
2006-09 Governor
Sarah Palin, Alaska
Republican Vice-Presidential Candidate in 2008.
2009-13 Governor Beverly Perdue, North
Carolina
Also President of the Senate in her term as Lt. Governor 2001-09.
2008-09 Designate Governor Diane Daniels Denish, New Mexico
Lieutenant Governor from 2002, she whould have succeeded the incumbent Governor,
who was nominated for the federal Cabinet, but withdrew. She is former Chairperson of
the New Mexico Democratic Party and held a number of other official positions.
Also President of the Senate from 2002. Candidate for governor in 2010 but lost
to Susana Martinez. (b. 1949-).
2009- Governor Jan
Brewer, Arizona
As Secretary of State she took over when Janet Nepolitano became Secretary of Homeland Security.
Reelected in 2010.
2011- Governor
Susana Martinez, New Mexico
Former
the District Attorney. First
Latina governor in the USA she won against the Democratic Candidate, Diana ...
(b. 1959-).
2011-17 Governor
Nikki Haley, South Carolina
Nimrata Randhawa Haley is
the first female governor of Indian decent. Appointed UN
Ambassador in 2017. (b.
1972)
2011- Governor Mary Fallin,
Oklahoma
Lt. Governor 1995-2007.
2013-17
Governor Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire
US Senator from 2017.
2015- Governor Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island
2015- Mayor
Muriel
Bowser, District of Columbia
2015- Governor
Kate Brown, Oregon
As Secretary of State 2009-15, she succeeded to the
governorship after her predecessor resigned. Member of the Oregon House of
Representatives 1991-97 and Senate 1997-2009. (b. 1960-).
Lieutenant Governors
1940 Mathilda R. Wilson, Michigan
Also President of the Senate
1955-57 Consuelo Northorp Bailey, Vermont
Also President of the Senate. She lived (1889-1976).
1962 Maude Frazier, Nevada
Also President of the Senate. She
lived
(1881-1963)
1975-79 Mary Anne Krupsak, New York State
Unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 1978.
1975-79 Thelma Stovall, Kentucky
Also President of the Senate. She lived
(1919-94)
1976-80 Evelyn Grandy, Mississippi
Also President of the Senate
1978-82 Madeleine M. Kunin, Vermont
Also President of the Senate. She was
Governor 1984-91
1978-82 Jean S. King, Hawaii
1979-91 Martha W. Griffiths, Michigan
Also President of the Senate. She lived (1912-2003)
1979-83 Martha Layne Collins, Kentucky
Also President of the Senate. She was Governor 1983-87
1979-87 Nancy Dick, Colorado
Also President of the Senate. (b. 1930-).
1979-83 Nancy Stevenson, South Carolina
Also President of the Senate
1983-91 Marlene S. Johnson, Minnesota
(b. 1946-).
1984-88 Harriet Woods, Missouri
Also President of the Senate
1985-89 and
1993-2000 Ruth Ann Minner, Delaware
Also President of the Senate.
Governor from 2001.
1985-87 Ruth Meiers, North Dakota
Also President of the Senate. Died in office and lived (1925-87).
1987-91 Evelyn F. Murphy, Massachusetts
1988 De-facto Acting Governor during the Presidential election-campaign of
Michael Dukakis
1987-91 Jo Ann Zimmermann, Iowa
Also President of the Senate
1991-96 Eunice
S. Groark, Connecticut
Also President of the Senate
1991-99 Connie Binsfeld, Michigan
Also President of the Senate. (b. 1924-).
1991-99 Joy Corning, Iowa
Also President of the Senate
1991-96 Joanell M. Dyrstad, Minnesota
1991-95 Sue Wagner, Nevada
Also President of the Senate. (b. 1946-).
1991-93 Maxime B. Moul, Nebraska
Also President of the Senate
1992-96 Melinda Schwegmann, Louisiana
Lost the Democratic Primary for the Governorship.
1993-2001 Rosemarie Myrdal, North Dakota
1993-2003 Olene S. Walker, Utha
Governor from 2003.
1993-98 Kim Robak, Nebraska
Also President of the Senate. (b. 1955-).
1993-96 Barbara Weil Snelling, Vermont
Also President of the Senate.She suffered a cerebral
hemorrhage while campaigning for governor in 1996.
State Senator 1998-2002, when she she resigned and was replaced by her daughter,
Diane Snelling (b 1952).
She was widow
of former Vermont Governor, Richard Snelling (1927-91).
1994-2004 M. Jodi Rell, Connecticut
Also President of the Senate. Governor from 2004.
1994-2002 Maize Keiko Hirono, Hawaii
Unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 2002.
1995-2002 Fran Ulmer, Alaska
Also President of the Senate. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 2002.
(b. 1945-).
1995-99 Gail
Sinton
Schoettler, Colorado
Also President of the Senate. She was State Treasurer 1982/87-95 and candidate
for governor in 1998.
(b. 1943-).
1995-2002 Madeleine Bordallo, Guam
Unsuccessful
candidate for Governor in 1990. (b.
1933-).
1995-96 Sheila Frahm, Kentucky
Also President of the State Senate. Appointed to the US Senate in 1996.
(b. 1945-).
1995-2003 Kathleen Kennedy Townsend, Maryland
Unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 2002. (b. 1951-).
1995-99 Joanne Benson, Minnesota
(b. 1943-).
1995-99 Elizabeth Peterkin McCaughey Ross, New York State
1995-99 Nancy Putnam Hollister, Ohio
1998-99
Acting
Governor
(b. 1949-)
1995-2007 Mary C. Fallin, Oklahoma
Also President of the Senate.
Became Governor in 2011. (b. 1954-)
1995-2011 Carole Hillard, South Dakota
Also President of the Senate
1995-2003 Kathleen Babineaux Blanco, Louisiana
Governor from 2004.
1996-2000 Judy Martz, Montana
Elected Governor 2000.
1998-2001 Jane Swift, Massachusetts
Succeeded as governor after her predecessors resignation and was in office
2001-02.
1999-2003 Corinne Wood, Illinois
1999-2007 Sally Pederson, Iowa
Also President of the Senate. Did not run for reelection.
1999-2003 Mae Schunk, Minnesota
(b. 1943-).
1999-2006 Mary Donohue, New York State
Judge
1999-2007 Lorraine T.
Hunt, Nevada
Also President of the Senate. She was a candidate for the
Republican nomination for the 2006 Nevada gubernatorial election. (b. 1939-).
1999-2003 Maureen O'Connor, Ohio
(b. 1951-).
2000-08 Amy Tuck, Mississippi
She was Secretary of the Senate 1996-99 and she is now the presiding officer of
the senate.
2001-09 Beverly Perdue, North Carolina
2009-13 Governor
Also President of the Senate in her term as Lt. Governor.
2001-03 Margaret Farrow, Wisconsin
2003-07 Jane Norton, Colorado
2003-07 Kerry Murphy Healey, Massachusetts
Republican Candate for Governor in 2006.
2003-11 Carol Molnau, Minnesota
Also President of the Senate
2003-05 Jennette Bradley, Ohio
First Afro-American Lt. Governor in the whole of USA. Also
Director of Commerce 2003-05 and
State Treasurer 2005-07.
2003-07 Lucy Baxley, Alabama
Also President of the Senate. Unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 2006.
2003-11 Diane Denish, New Mexico
Also President of the Senate. Candidate for Governor in 2010 but lost to Susanna
Martinez.
2003-08 Catherine Baker Knoll, Pennsylvania
The 73rd Treasurer of Pennsylvania 1989-97. As Lt. Governor she was also
President of the Senate. She lived (1930-2008).
2003-07 Toni Jennings,
Florida
President of the Senate 1997-2001.
2003-11 Barbara Lawton, Wisconsin
2003-05 Katherine L. Davis, Indiana
She serves as president of the Senate, the director of
the Indiana Department of Commerce, the commissioner of Agriculture, and the
chair of Indiana's Counter Terrorism and Security Council.
2005-13 Becky Skillman, Indiana
Also president of the Senate
2007-11 Jari Askins, Oklahoma
Candidate for
Governor in 2010. Lost to Mary Fallin.
2007-11 Patty Judge, Iowa
Elected Secretary of Agriculture of the State 1998-2007.
2007-11 Barbara O'Brien, Colorado
2007-15 Elisabeth H. Roberts, Rhode Island
2009-10 (Acting) Mona Pasquil, California
2010- Kim Guadagno, New Jersey
Concurrently the Secretary of State
2011- Kay Ellen Ivey, Alabama
Former State Treasurer.
2011- Nancy Wyman, Conneticut
2011-13 Jennifer Carroll, Florida
Born in Trinidad and Tobago she is an officer of the US Navy, Director of
Veteran Affairs of Florida 2000-02 and Member of the Florida House of
Representatives 2003-11
2011-15 Sheila Simon, Illinois
2011- Kim Reynolds, Iowa
2011-15 Yvonne Prettner Solon, Minnesota
2011- Mary Taylor, Ohio
2011- Rebecca Kleefisch, Wyoming
2011- Governor Rebecca Kleefisch, Wisconsin
2013-16 Sue Ellspermann, Indiana
2015- Evelyn
Sanguinetti, Illinois
2015- Jenean Hampton, Kentucky
2015- Karyn
Polito, Massachusetts
2015- Tina Smith, Minnesota
2015- Kathy Hochul, New York
2016- Donna Lynne, Colerado
2017- Suzanne Crouch,
Indiana
2017- Bethany Hall-Long, Delaware
Secretaries
of State
List a courtesy of Sebastian M. Kotlarz
1923-26
Soledad C. Chacón (D), New Mexico
1924
June-July Acting Governor
1925-27 Fannie Harrington (R), Delaware
1926-29
(or 1925-27)
Emma Guy Cromwell (D), Kentucky
She has been elected State Librarian in 1896 and since held a number of other
offices. As Secretary of State she became the first woman to act as Governor in
the State.
1927-1928
Jennie Fortune
(D), New Mexico
1927-1931
Gladys
Pyle (R), South Dakota
1929-1930
E.A. Perrault (D), New Mexico
1930-33
Ella Lewis (D), Kentucky
1930 Alice
Lee Grosjean (D),
Louisiana
Appointed to fill a vacancy.
1931-1933
Elizabeth Coyne (R), South Dakota
1931-34 Marguerite
P. Baca (D), New Mexico
1933-1937
Myrtle Morrison (D), South Dakota
1933-1937
(†)
Ola Babcock Miller
(D), Iowa
1934-37
Sara W. Mahon (D), Kentucky
1935-38
Elizabeth F. Gonzales (D), New Mexico
1937-39
Goldie Wells (D), South Dakota
1939-1943
Olive A. Ringsrud (R), South Dakota
1939-42
Jessie M. Gonzales (D), New Mexico
1939-1948
(†)
Belle C. Reeves (D),
Washington
1939-40
Sara B. Crawford (R),
Connecticut
1941-42
Chase Going Woodhouse (D),
Connecticut
1943-1944;
1947-1948 Francis Burke Redick (R), Connecticut
1943-46
Cecelia T. Cleveland (D), New Mexico
1943-1947
L.M. Larsen (R), South Dakota
1944-50
Sibyl
Murphree
Pool (D), Alabama
State Treasurer in 1951-1954 and Public Service Comissioner in 1955-1970.
1944-53
Thelma Y. Gordon, Virginia
Her title was Secretary of the Commonwealth
1947-1950
Alicia Romero (D), New Mexico
1947-51
Annamae Riff (R), South Dakota
1947-49
Helen E. Burbank (R), Vermont
Burbank was appointed to fill a vacancy.
1949-50
Winifred McDonald (D),
Connecticut
1949-51 Vivian V. Simpson, Maryland
A lawyer, she lived (1903-84)
1951-1957
Geraldine Ostroot (R), South Dakota
1951-1954
Beatrice B. Roach (D), New Mexico
1951-53
Alice K. Leopold (R),
Connecticut
1951-1954;
1963-1966 and 1975-1978 Agnes Beahn Baggett (D), Alabama
She was State Auditor 1955-59 and Treasurer 1959-63
1952-55
Virginia Holm (R), Minnesota
Mrs. Mike Holm was initially appointed by the governor in 1952 to fill a vacancy
caused by the death of her husband; she subsequently won a special election to
complete the term and was later re-elected.
1953-73
Martha Bell Conway, Virginia
Her
title was Secretary of the Commonwealth
1955-1958
Natalie S. Buck (D), New Mexico
1955-1958
Mary
Texas Hurt Garner (D), Alabama
She was Assistant Secretary of State in 1955, State Auditor 1960-64 and
Treasurer 1964-67.
1955-1958
Mildred P. Allen (R),
Connecticut
1955-1956
Glenn M. Wise (R),
Wisconsin
Wise was appointed to fill a vacancy.
1955-1967
Genevieve Blatt (D),
Pennsylvania
Her title was Secretary
of
Internal
Affairs
1956-1959;
1964-1967 and 1972-1975 Thelma L. Stovall (D), Kentucky
1957-59
Clara Halls (R), South Dakota
1957-1959
Helen
Holt (R),
West
Virginia
Holt was appointed to fill a vacancy.
1959-1961
Selma Sandness (D), South Dakota
1959-1962;
1971-1974 Betty Firoina (D), New Mexico
1959-70
Ella T. Grasso (D),
Connecticut
Governor
1975-1980.
Grasso
was the first woman governor to be elected in her own right.
1959-62
Bettye Frink (D), Alabama
1961-1965
Essie Wiedenman (R), South Dakota
1961-62
Nancy Johnson Hall (D),
Arkansas
The
Assistant
Secretary of State 1937-61, she
was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband.
1963-66
Alberta Miller (D), New Mexico
1963-1986
Thyra Thomson (R), Wyoming
1965-1973
Alma Larson (R), South Dakota
1966-1978
Elwill M. Shanahan (R), Kansas
She was appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of her husband and was
subsequently elected.
1967-1970;
1975-1978 Ernestine D. Evans (D), New Mexico
1967-74
Mabel Amos (D), Alabama
Recording Secretary to the Governor 1939-66.
1971-78
Gloria Shaffer (D),
Connecticut
1972-82
Mary Estill Buchanan (R), Colorado
Buchanan was initially appointed to fill a vacancy caused by death; she was
subsequently elected.
1973-1979
Lorna B. Herseth (D), South Dakota
1973-77
Cynthia Stair Newman, Virginia
Her
title was Secretary of the Commonwealth
1975-1999
Joan Anderson Growe (DFL), Minnesota
DFL indicates Democratic Farmer Labor, which is the name of the Democratic party
in Minnesota.
1975-1993
March
Fong Eu (D), California
Eu was the first Asian American woman in the country elected statewide to an
executive post.
1977-87
Rose Mofford (D),
Arizona
Mofford was initially appointed and was subsequently elected. She became
governor in April 1988 by constitutional succession following the impeachment
and conviction of the governor.
1977-84
Norma Paulus (R), Oregon
1979-82
Vel R. Phillips (D), Wisconsin
Phillips was the first African-American woman in the country elected statewide
to an executive post.
1979-1982
Barbara Bailey Kennelly (D),
Connecticut
Kennelly was first elected in a special election to fill a vacancy. She resigned
in January 1982 to assume her seat in the U.S. House of Representatives.
1979-1982
Shirley Hooper (D), New Mexico
1979-1987
Alice Kundert (R), South Dakota
1980-1983
Frances Jones Mills (D), Kentucky
1980-1986
Mary Jane Odell (R), Iowa
She
was initially appointed to fill a vacancy; she was subsequently elected to a
full term.
1981-85
Laurie Naismith, Virginia
Her
title was Secretary of the Commonwealth
1982-83
Maura Melley (D), Connecticut
1982-83 Patricia G. Holtz, Maryland
1983-86
Clara P. Jones (D), New Mexico
1983-91
Julia H. Tashjian (D), Connecticut
1983-95
Natalie Meyer (R), Colorado
1983-86 Susan L. Farmer (R), Rhode Island
1985-90
Barbara Roberts (D), Oregon
1985-89 Sandy Bixon Bowen, Virginia
1987-1995
Kathleen Karpan (D), Wyoming
1987-1995
Elaine Provence (D), Iowa
1987-1992
Kathleen S. Connell (D), Rhode Island
1987-1991
Frankie Sue Del Papa (D), Nevada
1987-90
and 1999-2007 Rebecca Vigil-Giron (D), New Mexico
1987-2003
Joyce Hazeltine (R), South Dakota
1991-1999
Stephanie Gonzales (D), New Mexico
1990-93
Ruby Grant Martin, Virginia
Her
title was Secretary of the Commonwealth, and she was the first black person in
the office in Virginia.
1991-95
Pauline Kezer (R), Connecticut
1993-94
Judith K. Moriarty (D), Missouri
She
was impeached in December 1994.
1993-1995
Barbara Leonard (R), Rhode Island
1993-98
Elizabeth Davis Beamer, Virginia
Her
title was Secretary of the Commonwealth
1994-2001
Rebecca M. Cook (D), Missouri
Cook
was appointed in December 1994 to fill a vacancy caused by the impeachment of
Judith Moriarty.
1994-2003
Sue Anne Gilroy (R), Indiana
1995-99
Diana J. Ohman (R), Wyoming
Superintendent of Public Industry 1991-1995.
1995-99
(†)
Vikki
Buckley (R), Colorado
Buckley, who is African-American, is the first Republican woman of color elected
statewide to an executive office.
1995-2003
Candice S. Miller (R), Michigan
1995-97
Jane Dee Hull (R), Arizona
Speaker of the House of Representatives 1989-93 and 1997-2002
governor.
She
succeeded to the post after her predecessor resigned and did not seek
reelection.
1995-99
Sandra B. Mortham (R), Florida
1995-2003
Sharon Devlin Priest (D), Arkansas
1997-2003
Betsey Bayless, Arizona
Bayless was appointed to fill vacancy left by succession of Hull to governor.
1997-
Elaine Marshall (D), North Carolina
1999-2011
Deborah Markowitz (D), Vermont
1999-2005 Donetta Davidson (R), Colorado
Appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the death of Vikki Buckley and resigned to
becme Member of the Federal Election Assistance Commission.
1999-2007
Mary Kiffmeyer (R), Minnesota
1999-211
Susan Bysiewicz (D), Connecticut
1999-2006
Cathy Cox (D), Georgia
Democratic Primary Candidate for the post of Candidate for Governor, the winner
of the primary lost to the Republican incumbent.
1999-2002
Katherine Harris (R), Florida
Since 2003 member of U.S. House of Representatives
1999-2003 Beverly D.
Rivers, Washington DC
Secretary of the
District of Columbia
2001-09 Harriet Smith Windsor, Delaware
2002-06 Anita Rimler, Virginia
2003-07
Nancy Worley (D), Alabama
Defeated by
2003-09 Jan Brewer (R),
Arizona
2009- Governor
2003-11
Terri Lynn Land (R), Michigan
2003-05 Glenda E. Hood, Florida
2003-11 M. Susan Savage,
Oklahoma
2003-06 Sherryl A. Hobbs Newman, Washington DC
Secretary of the District of Columbia
2005-07 Mary D.
Kane, Maryland
Deputy Secretary of State and Chief Legal Counsel 2003-05
2005-07 Gigi Dennis, Colorado
Appointed to fill a vacancy caused by the resignation of
Donetta
Davidson. She did not run for reelection in November 2006.
2005-10 Nina Mitchell Wells, New Jersey
2005-07 Sue Copp, Florida
2005 Cathy Mitchell, California
As the
Chief Deputy Secretary of State - known as the Undersecretary of State - she was
automatically elevated to the position when her predecessor resigned the post,
and served for one month until the Governor's nomination of a successor.
2006-10
Katherine K. Hanley, Virginia
Her title is Secretary of the Commonwealth
2006 Acting Secretary Dr. Patricia Elwood, Washington DC
Took over after the resignation of Sherryl Hobbs Newman as Secretary of the District of Columbia.
2007-10 Secretary of State
Mary Herrera, New Mexico
Defeated Republican Vickie Perea
2007-13 Beth Chapman (R) Alabama
2007-15 Debra Bowen, California
2007-11 Lorraine Cortes-Vazquez, New York
2007-09 Betty Ireland, West Virginia
2007-10 Stephanie Scott,
Washington DC
Secretary of the District
2007-10 Karen Handel, Georgia
2007-11 Jennifer Brunner, Ohio
2008-15 Esperanza Andrade, Texas
Also known as Hope
Andrade.
2009- Natalie Tennant, West Virginia
2009- Linda
McCulloch, Montana
2009-15 Kate Brown, Oregon
Succeeded to the post of
Governor in 2015.
2010-11 Janet Vestal Kelly, Virginia
2010-11
Ruth Noemí Colón, New York State
2010-11 (Interim) Dawn K. Roberts,
Florida
2011 (Acting) Jennifer Kennedy, Florida
2011- Ruth
Johnson, Michigan
2011- Denise Merrill, Conneticut
2011-15 Dianna
Duran, New Mexico
2011-15 Carol Aichele, Pennsylvania
2012- Connie
Lawson, Indiana
2012- Alison Lundergan Grimes, Kentudky
2013- Kim
Wyman, Washington State
2013 Michelle Day, Oklahoma
2014-15
Nandita Venkateswaran Berry, Texas
2015- Lauren C. Vaughan, Washington DC
2015- Jeanne Atkins, Oregon
2015- Nellie Gorbea, Rhode Island
2015- Shantel Krebs, South Dakota
2015 (Acting) Mary Quintana, New Mexico
Her successor, the 25th Secretary of State was the first male holder of the
office since 1923.
2016- Kelly Thomasson Mercer, Virginia
2016-
Rossana Rosado, New York State
Presidents of Legislatures
A number of Lt. Governors also acts as Presidents of the Senate, in some
states the Senate has its own Chairperson
1923 Acting Speaker of House of Representatives Sarah Lucille Turner, Missouri
1933 Speaker of the House of Representatives Minnie Davenport Craig,
North Dakota
Legislator 1923-33 and later worked as Clerk for the House.
She lived (1883-1966).
1937-39 President of the Legislature Ivy Maude Baker Priest, Utha
1965 Speaker of the House of Representatives
Marion West Higgins, New Jersey
1953-55 Speaker of the House of Representatives
Consuelo Northrop Bailey,
Vermont
Lieutenant Governor 1953-57
1966 Speaker of the House of Representatives Edness Kimball Wilkins
1969 Speaker of the House of Representatives Verda I. Jones, ??
1972 President Pro Tempore of the Senate
Barbara Charline Jones, Texas
Senator 1967-72 and in 1972 she also served as "Governor for a Day,"
earning the distinction of being the first black woman to act as chief executive
of any state in the nation. 1972-77 Member of the US House of Representatives.
She lived (1936-96).
1982-85 President of the Senate Carmen Orechio, New Jersey
President Pro Tempore from 1986
1982-85 Speaker of the House of Representatives Patricia Kelly, North Dakota
1985-91 President of the House of Representatives Vera Katz, Oregon
1987-88 Speaker of the House of Representatives Debra R. Anderson, South Dakota
1987-88 President of the Senate Jan Faiks, Alaska
1987-91 President Pro Temore of the Senate
Nonny M. Argon, New Mexico
The Lt. Governor is President of the Senate but the President PT is in charge of
the daily business.
1987-91 President Pro Temore of the Senate Mary
A. McClure, South Dakota
The Lt. Governor is President of the Senate.
1987-91 President Pro Temore of the Senate
Ellen Craswell, Washington State.
She was candidate for Governor (R) in 1996.
1989-92 Speaker of the House of Representatives Jane Dee Hull, Arizona
Later Governor
1990-92 President of the Senate Gwen Margolis, Florida
1991-93 President Pro Temore of the Senate Mary
Sunn Yin, Oregon
The Lt. Governor is President of the Senate but the President PT is in charge of
the daily business.
1991-93
Speaker Pro Temore of the House of Representatives Wilhelmina Delco, Texas
1992-93 Speaker of the House of Representatives Dee Long, Minnesota
1993-95 Speaker of the House of Representatives
Ramona L. Barnes, Alaska
She was Speaker Pro Temore 1983-84, and Leader of the Majority (R).
1993 President PT of the Senate Corliss Dodge
Mushik, North Dakota
The Lt. Governor is President of the Senate but the President PT is in charge of
the daily business.
1995 Speaker of the Assembly Doris Allen, California
Member of the Assembly 1982-95, she lived (1936-99).
1995-2001 Speaker of the House of
Representatives Jo Ann Davidson, Ohio
From 2005 Vice Chairman of the Republican National
Committee. (b. 1928-).
1995-97 Speaker of the House of Representatives Bev(erly) Clarno, Oregon
1995-99 Speaker of the House of Representatives Gail Philops, Alaska
1996-97 and 1999-2001 President of the Senate
Drue Pearce, Alaska
1997-2001 President of the Senate Toni Jennings, Florida
Lt. Governor of the State 2003-07.
1997-99 Speaker of the House of Representatives Elizabeth H. Mitchell, Maine
1997-2001 President of the Senate Brenda Burns, Arizona
1997-2003
President of the Senate Mary Kramer, Iowa
In
2003 she became Ambassador to
Barbados,
St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, Antigua and
Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
1997-2001 Speaker of the House of Representatives Donna Sytek, New Hampshire
1997-2007 Chairman of the Council Linda W. Cropp, Washington D.C.
Circa 1997-ca.
2000 President PT of the Senate Judit
Zaffirini, Texas
The Lt. Governor is President of the Senate.
1997-98
Speaker pro Tempore of the Assembly Sheila
James Kuehl, California
First openly Lesbian member of the Legislative Assembly 1994-2000. State Senator
from 2000.
1999-2007 President of the
Senate Lorraine
T. Hunt, Nevada
She
was also Lt. Governor
1999-2001 Speaker of the Senate Beverly A.
Hollingworth, New Hampshire
She was President pro tempore when she became acting speaker. The only state
where both the Governor and speaker of both houses were female.
1999-2001 Speaker of the House of
Representatives Lynn Snodgrass, Oregon
1999-2005
Speaker of the House of Representatives Moira K. Lyons, Connecticut
She was Deputy Speaker 1993-94 and Majority Leader 1995-98.
2000-04 President of the Senate Mary Kramer, Iowa
Ambassador, Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean (Antigua and Barbuda, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dominica, Grenada, and St. Kitts and Nevis) from
2004.
Until
2000
(†)
Speaker
Pro Tempore of the Assembly Jan Evans, Nevada
The Lt. Governor of, Lorraine
T. Hunt,
has been President of the Senate
since 1998.
2001-09 Presiding Officer of the New York City Council,
Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum, New York City
Publicly elected office, that serves as Ombudsmand and although not a member of
the Council, the Public Advocate presides at the Council's Stated Meetings and
votes in the case of a tie.
There is also a Speaker of the Council, who is
primarily responsible for obtaining a consensus on major issues, since 2006 this
post has been held by Christine Quinn. Gotbaum was New York City Parks
Commissioner 1990-94 and held other publics offices since the 1970's.
2001- President Pro Tempore of the Senate Rosa Franklin, Washington State
2002- President of the Senate Beverly C. Daggettt, Maine
2002-03
(†)
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Janet Wentz, North Dakota
The third female speaker in the state, she was house member from 1975, and died
of cancer and lived (1937-2003).
2002- Speaker of the House of Representatives Karen Minnis, Oregon
2002- President Pro Temore of the Senate
Patricia Birkholz, Michigan
The Lt. Governor is the President of the Senate and therefore the President PT
is in charge of the daily business. She is former President PT of the House of
Representatives.
2003- Speaker of the Senate April Brimmer
Kunz, Wyoming
The Lt.
Governor is President of the Senat
2003-08 Speaker of the House of Representatives Lola Spradley, Colorado
2003- Speaker of the House of Representatives
Catherine Hanaway, Missouri
She was defeated by Robin Carnahan in her bit to become
Secretary of State.
2003- President Pro Tempore of the Senate Shirley Winsley, Washington State
The Lt. Governor is President of the Senate
2003-04 President Pro Tempore of the Senate Jane Gray Nels, Texas
2004-
President PT of the Senate Jo Ann
Greaves, Tennessee
The Lt. Governor also acts as President of the Senate
2004-08 President of the Senate Joan Fitz-Gerald, Colorado
2004- President of the
Senate Beth Edmonds,
Maine
She is first in the succession for Governor.
2005-09 Speaker of
the House
of Representatives Gaye
Symington, Vermont
Unsuccessful candidate for Governor in 2008, anther female Democrat, Jill Long
Thomson, lost in Indiana.
2006- President of the Senate Lyda Green, Alaska
2005 President Pro Tempore of the Senate Florence Shapiro, Texas
2006-10
President of the Senate Sylvia Larsen, New Hampshire
Second in line to the position of Governor since the state does not have a Lt.
Governor. From 2008 there were 13 female and 11 male senators.
2006-15 Speaker of the New York City
Council Christine C. Quinn, New York City
The Council Speaker, is elected by the
Council members and is primarily responsible for obtaining a consensus on major
issues.
The Presiding officer of the Council is the Public Advocate, a post held by
Betsy Gotbaum 2001-09. Quinn has been Councillor since 1999 and is the first
woman and openly gay person in the post. (b. 1966-).
2007-11 Speaker of the House Margaret Anderson Kelliher, Minnesota
2007-11 Speaker of the Assembly Barbara
Buckley, Nevada
2007-10 President of the Senate Colleen Hanabusa, Hawaii
2007-14 Speaker of the House of Representatives Terie Norelli, New
Hampshire
The Deputy Speaker was Linda Foster.
2008-15 President of the Senate Therese Murray, Massachusetts
2008-09 Speaker of the Assembly Karen Bass, California
The
first African-American woman to be speaker of the Assembly.
2009- President of the Senate M. Teresa Paiva-Weed, Rhode Island
2011-
President of the Senate
Kay Ivey, Alabama
Also
Lt Governor of the
state.
2011- Speaker
of the Legislature Beth Harwell, Tennesse
2011- President Pro Tem of the Senate Tonya Schuitmaker, Michigan
2011-13 President of the Senate Michelle Fischbach, Minnesota
2012-13
President Pro Tempore of the Senate Leticia Van de Putte, Texas
2013- President of
the Senate Sandra Pappas, Minnesota
2013- President of the Senate Susan Wagle, Kansas
2013-15
President of the Senate Donna Mercado Kim, Hawaii
2013- President Pro
Tem of the Senate Patricia Blevins, Delaware
2013- President Pro Tem of the Senate Mary Kay Papen, New
Mexico
2013- Speaker of the Legislature Tina Kotek, Oregon
2015-President of the Senate Debby
Barrett, Montana
2015- President of the Senate Mary Lazich,
Wisconsin
2015- Speaker of the City
Council Melissa Mark-Viverito, New York City
2016- Speaker of the Legislature
Linda Upmeyer, Iowa
Last update 24.01.17