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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.
Dorothy Ann Richards (née Willis; September 1, 1933 – September 13, 2006) was an American politician who served as the 45th governor of Texas from 1991 to 1995. 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.
First woman as Governor of Delaware. Longest serving female governor. Term-limited 8 years, 17 days Jane Swift (born 1965) Massachusetts: April 10, 2001: January 2, 2003: Republican: First woman as Acting Governor of Massachusetts. Elevated to acting governor while Lieutenant Governor. First to give birth while in office. [24] Retired 1 year ...
When Ayotte was senator, she was part of the country’s first all-female congressional delegation. New Hampshire was also the first state to elect a woman to serve as governor in 1997.
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 of Texas is the head of government of the U.S. state of Texas. The incumbent, Greg Abbott, is the forty-eighth governor to serve in the office since Texas' statehood in 1845. When compared to those of other states, the governorship of Texas has been described as one of relative weakness.
Alabama governor Kay Ivey (born 1944) is the oldest current governor, and Arkansas governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders (born 1982) is the youngest. [16] As of the 2022 elections, there are 12 female state governors currently serving.
Davis was the first female nominee for Texas governor since the defeat of Gov. Ann Richards in 1994 by George W. Bush. [67] In the election on November 4, 2014, she lost to Republican nominee Greg Abbott, the then-outgoing Texas Attorney General. [66]