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Jennifer Mulhern Granholm (born February 5, 1959) is a Canadian-born American politician. From 2021 until 2025, she served as the 16th United States Secretary of Energy.A member of the Democratic Party, she previously served as the Attorney General of Michigan from 1999 to 2003 and as the 47th Governor of Michigan from 2003 to 2011, as the first woman to hold each office.
In 1805, the Michigan Territory was created, and five men served as territorial governors, until Michigan was granted statehood in 1837. Forty-seven individuals have held the position of state governor. The first female governor, Jennifer Granholm, served from 2003 to 2011. After Michigan gained statehood, governors held the office for a 2-year ...
Gretchen Esther Whitmer (born August 23, 1971) is an American lawyer and politician serving as the 49th governor of Michigan since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party, she served in the Michigan House of Representatives from 2001 to 2006 and in the Michigan Senate from 2006 to 2015.
First woman as Governor of Vermont. First foreign-born woman as governor Retired 6 years, 0 days [15] Kay A. Orr (born 1939) Nebraska: January 9, 1987: January 9, 1991: Republican: First woman as Governor of Nebraska. First woman elected to a governorship over another woman nominated by a major party. First Republican woman elected to a ...
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer raised eyebrows Thursday over a bizarre video in which she fed Doritos into the mouth of a liberal podcaster — in which some said was a stunt that imitated the ...
Governor of Caria: 353 BC: 351 BC: 2 years Margaret of Austria Burgundy Europe Governor of the Habsburg Netherlands: March 18, 1507: December 1, 1530: 23 years, 258 days Beatriz de la Cueva (First female governor of North America and all the Americas) Castile North America Governor of the Captaincy General of Guatemala: 9 September 1541: 11 ...
No, Michigan has never had an independent governor. However, Michigan had two governors representing the Whig Party, a former U.S. major political party, in the mid-19th century. What is Duggan ...
PHOENIX — Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey became the first elected female governor of her state last year, and one of the first two openly lesbian women elected governor anywhere in the U.S.