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As of 2025, 51 women have served as governor of a U.S. state, three as governor of an unincorporated U.S. territory, and two as mayor of the District of Columbia.In January 2025, women have been serving as governor in 12 U.S. states (13 between January 7 and 9, and January 21 and 25; 14 between January 9 and 21), as mayor of the District of Columbia, and as territorial governors of Guam and ...
South America Governor of Viceroyalty of Peru: 7 June 1668: 12 November 1668: 158 days Nellie Tayloe Ross (First female American governor) United States North America Governor of Wyoming 5 January 1925: 3 January 1927: 1 year, 363 days Miriam A. Wallace Ferguson United States North America Governor of Texas 20 January 1925: 17 January 1927
During her tenure as First Lady, Northam expanded the historical tour and educational programs at the Virginia Governor's Mansion to tell the full history of the enslaved African Americans who worked in the home's history. [15] In the same year, she also served as a member of the Host Committee for the Virginia Women Veterans Summit. [16]
Republican Lt. Gov. Winsome Sears of Virginia could make history next year as the nation's first Black woman to win election as a governor and as the state's first female governor.
Virginia’s upcoming gubernatorial race is poised to make history in 2025, with two women likely to lead the Republican and Democratic tickets. Lieutenant Gov. Winsome Earle-Sears (R) and Rep ...
Please observe that this list is meant to contain only the first woman to hold of a political office, and not all the female holders of that office. The first female governor in North America and the Americas overall was Beatriz de la Cueva —appointed in 1541, when Central America was part of Spain.
The governor of Virginia is the state's head of government and commander-in-chief of the state's official national guard.The first Constitution of 1776 created the office of governor, to be elected annually by the Virginia State Legislature.
A state that fancies itself a progressive path-breaker and bastion of open-minded opportunity has never elected a woman to Sacramento's top job. That male hegemony could finally end in 2026.