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In 1924, Ma Ferguson became the first elected female chief executive of Texas. [8] She was the second elected female state governor in the United States to assume office, and the first to be elected in a general election.
First woman as Governor of Texas. First woman elected in a general election. First woman to serve non-consecutive terms as Governor. Lost renomination 1 year, 362 days [11] January 17, 1933: January 15, 1935: Retired 1 year, 363 days Lurleen Wallace (1926–1968) Alabama: January 16, 1967: May 7, 1968: Democratic: First woman as Governor of ...
After Ferguson, Texas did not elect another female governor until Ann Richards (Democrat) over fifty years later in 1990. Richard first entered Texas local politics in 1976 as a Travis County Commissioner. She entered Texas state politics in 1982 when she won her first of two terms for Texas State Treasure. Richards served only one term as ...
The governor is inaugurated on the third Tuesday of January every four years along with the lieutenant governor, and serves a term of four years. Prior to the present laws, in 1845, the state's first constitution established the office of governor, serving a term of two years, but no more than four years of every six. [5]
A Democrat, she first came to national attention as the Texas State Treasurer, when she gave the keynote address at the 1988 Democratic National Convention. Richards was the second female governor of Texas (the first being Miriam A. Ferguson), and was frequently noted in the media for her outspoken feminism and her one-liners. [1]
Democratic nominee and former First Lady of Texas Miriam A. Ferguson defeated Republican nominee George C. Butte. With her victory, she became the first female governor of Texas and the second to be governor of any U.S. state, after Nellie Tayloe Ross, although Ferguson was the first to be elected to the office. [2] [3]
Margaret Lea Houston's great-great granddaughter Jean Houston Baldwin Daniel also served as First Lady of Texas 1957–1963. Frances Cox Henderson, wife of the state's first governor James Pinckney Henderson, was an outgoing supporter of women's suffrage, and a multi-linguist who had been a book translator before she met Henderson. [4]
Referred to as the first President of the Republic of Texas. Mirabeau B. Lamar: 1838 1841 Lamar County; Minister to Nicaragua. Sam Houston: 1841 1844 Houston; Houston County; also served as U.S. Representative and Governor for Tennessee, and as Governor and U.S. Senator for Texas. Anson Jones: 1844 1846 Jones County.