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Nellie Davis Ross (née Tayloe; November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American educator and politician who served as the 14th governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and as the 28th and first female director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953.
As the Democratic convention convened in Cheyenne on October 14, speculation swirled around four potential candidates: Nellie Tayloe Ross, the widow of Governor Ross; Attorney General David J. Howell; former Assistant Secretary of the Interior Samuel G. Hopkins; and Charles D. Carey, the son of former Governor Joseph M. Carey. [4]
Wyoming also elected the country's first woman governor, Nellie Tayloe Ross, in 1924. National League of Women Voters present platform planks. Getty Images. 7.
Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman to be elected as the governor of a U.S. state as she was inaugurated as Governor of Wyoming. [16] Ross had won a special election on November 3 to fill the remainder of the term of her late husband, Governor William B. Ross, who had died on October 2. Mrs.
That honor goes to Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming, the winner of a special election after her husband, Gov. William Ross, died in office in 1924. She was inaugurated on Jan. 5, 1925; Ma Ferguson ...
The 1926 Wyoming gubernatorial election took place on November 3, 1926. Incumbent Democratic Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross, first elected in the 1924 special election, ran for re-election to a second term.
The first woman to assume office as governor pursuant to a special election was Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming, who was elected on November 4, 1924, following the death of her husband and former governor, William B. Ross, and was sworn in on January 5, 1925. [5]
William B. Ross (1873–1924) [58] [59] January 1, 1923 [60] – October 2, 1924 (died in office) Democratic [27] 1922: Frank Lucas [o] 13 Frank Lucas (1876–1948) [61] [62] October 2, 1924 [63] – January 5, 1925 (successor took office) Republican [27] Secretary of state acting: Acting as governor: 14 Nellie Tayloe Ross (1876–1977) [64 ...