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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.
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]
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.
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]
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 ...
Former Wyoming Governor Nellie Tayloe Ross was a candidate for vice president at the 1928 Democratic National Convention. Her name was mentioned as a potential candidate as early as 1927, and the possibility of her nomination was the subject of serious speculation.
Oklahoma Education Secretary Nellie Tayloe Sanders will lead the new Human Potential for Future Industries Task Force. What the new task form aims to accomplish. The task force will have five goals:
Nellie Tayloe Ross became the first woman elected governor of a U.S. state; she nominated for the unexpired term as governor of Wyoming upon the death of her husband. [ 75 ] [ 4 ] An All-Woman Supreme Court in Texas, the first woman-majority state Supreme Court in U.S. history, sits for a five-month special sitting on a single case, disbanding ...