List of female state secretaries of state in the United States

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The following is a list of female secretaries of state of states and territories in the United States.

Besides those states which do not have separate offices for secretary of state, the states of Illinois, Kansas, Idaho, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota and South Carolina have never had an appointed nor elected female secretary of state.

List of female state secretaries of state[]

Officeholder State Party Assumed office Term expires
Soledad C. Chacon New Mexico Democratic 1923 1926
Fannie S. Herrington Delaware Republican 1925 1926
Florence E.S. Knapp New York Republican January 1, 1925 December 31, 1927
Ola Babcock Miller Iowa Democratic 1933 1937
Washington Democratic 1938 1948
Sara Crawford Connecticut Republican 1939 1941
Chase G. Woodhouse Connecticut Democratic 1941 1943
Frances B. Redick Connecticut Republican 1943 1945
Sibyl Pool Alabama Democratic 1944 1951
Helen E. Burbank Vermont Republican 1947 1949
Frances B. Redick Connecticut Republican 1947 1949
Virginia Democratic 1948 1952
Connecticut Democratic 1949 1951
Vivian V. Simpson Maryland Democratic 1949 1951
Alice K. Leopold Connecticut Republican 1951 1953
Agnes Baggett Alabama Democratic 1951 1955
Virginia Paul Holm Minnesota Republican 1952 1925
Virginia Democratic 1952 1970
Mary Texas Hurt Garner Alabama Democratic 1955 1959
Mildred P. Allen Connecticut Republican 1955 1959
Bettye Frink Alabama Democratic 1959 1963
Caroline K. Simon New York Republican January 1, 1959 August 22, 1963
Ella T. Grasso Connecticut Democratic 1959 1971
Nancy Hall Arkansas Democratic 1961 1963
Agnes Baggett Alabama Democratic 1963 1967
Thyra Thomson Wyoming Republican January 1963 January 1986
Mabel Sanders Amos Alabama Democratic 1967 1975
Virginia Republican 1970 1974
Gloria Schaffer Connecticut Democratic 1971 1978
Virginia Republican 1974 1978
Mary Estill Buchanan Colorado Republican 1974 1983
Agnes Baggett Alabama Democratic 1975 1979
March Fong Eu California Democratic January 6, 1975 May 7, 1994
Joan Growe Minnesota Minnesota Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party 1975 1999
Norma Paulus Oregon Republican January 3, 1977 January 7, 1985
Rose Mofford Arizona Democratic October 20, 1977 April 5, 1988
Vel Phillips Wisconsin Democratic January 3, 1979 May 3, 1983
Barbara Kennelly Connecticut Democratic 1979 1982
Virginia Democratic 1982 1985
Maura L. Melley Connecticut Democratic 1982 1983
Maryland Democratic 1982 1983
Susan Farmer Rhode Island Republican 1983 1987
Julia Tashjian Connecticut Democratic 1983 1991
Gail S. Shaffer New York Democratic January 1, 1983 January 4, 1995
Natalie Meyer Colorado Republican 1983 1995
Barbara Roberts Oregon Democratic January 7, 1985 January 14, 1991
Sandra Bowen Virginia Democratic 1986 1990
Kathleen S. Connell Rhode Island Democratic 1987 1993
Kathy Karpan Wyoming Democratic January 1987 January 1995
Virginia Democratic 1990 1993
Pauline R. Kezer Connecticut Republican 1991 1995
Virginia Democratic 1993 1994
Barbara Leonard Rhode Island Republican 1993 1995
Virginia Republican 1994 1998
Victoria Buckley Colorado Republican 1995 1999
Diana J. Ohman Wyoming Republican January 1995 January 1999
Jane Dee Hull Arizona Republican January 3, 1995 September 5, 1997
Sharon M. Priest Arkansas Democratic 1995 2003
Elaine Marshall North Carolina Democratic January 3, 1997
Betsey Bayless Arizona Republican September 5, 1997 January 6, 2003
Anne Petera Virginia Republican 1998 2002
Donetta Davidson Colorado Republican 1999 2005
Cathy Cox Georgia Democratic 1999 2007
Mary Kiffmeyer Minnesota Republican 1997 2007
Deborah Markowitz Vermont Democratic 1999 2011
Susan Bysiewicz Connecticut Democratic 1999 2011
Harriet Smith Windsor Delaware Democratic 2001 2009
Virginia Democratic 2002 2006
Nancy Worley Alabama Democratic 2003 2007
Jan Brewer Arizona Republican January 6, 2003 January 21, 2009
Cathy Mitchell California (acting) Democratic 2005 2005
Gigi Dennis Colorado Republican 2005 2007
Mary D. Kane Maryland Republican 2005 2007
Katherine Hanley Virginia Democratic 2006 2010
Jennifer Brunner Ohio Democratic January 8, 2007 January 10, 2011
Beth Chapman Alabama Republican 2007 2013
Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez New York Democratic January 1, 2007 September 1, 2010
Debra Bowen California Democratic January 8, 2007 January 4, 2015
Kate Brown Oregon Democratic January 5, 2009 February 18, 2015
Ruth Noemí Colón New York Democratic September 1, 2010 May 2, 2011
Janet Vestal Kelly Virginia Republican 2010 2014
Denise Merrill Connecticut Democratic January 5, 2011
Alison Grimes Kentucky Democratic January 2, 2012
Connie Lawson Indiana Republican March 16, 2012
Kim Wyman Washington Republican January 16, 2013
Barbara Cegavske Nevada Republican January 5, 2015
Michele Reagan Arizona Republican January 5, 2015 January 7, 2019
Jeanne Atkins Oregon Democratic March 11, 2015 January 2, 2017
Kathy Boockvar
Acting 		Pennsylvania Democratic January 5, 2019
Nellie Gorbea Rhode Island Democratic January 6, 2015
Rossana Rosado New York Democratic February 22, 2016
Kelly Thomasson Virginia Democratic April 15, 2016
Maggie Toulouse Oliver New Mexico Democratic December 9, 2016
Tahesha Way New Jersey Democratic January 16, 2018
Jocelyn Benson Michigan Democratic January 1, 2019
Katie Hobbs Arizona Democratic January 7, 2019
Jena Griswold Colorado Democratic January 8, 2019
Laurel Lee Florida Republican January 28, 2019
Leslie Cummings
Acting 		Oregon Republican February 26, 2019 March 31, 2019
Bev Clarno Oregon Republican March 31, 2019


List of female Lieutenant Governors[]

Certain states do not have a Secretary of State; instead the Lieutenant Governor is responsible for those duties.

Officeholder State Party Assumed office Term expires
Jean King Hawaii Democratic December 2, 1978 December 2, 1982
Olene Walker Utah Republican January 4, 1993 November 5, 2003
Mazie Hirono Hawaii Democratic December 2, 1994 December 2, 2002
Fran Ulmer Alaska Democratic December 5, 1994 December 2, 2002
Valerie Davidson Alaska Independent October 16, 2018 December 3, 2018

Female territorial secretaries of state[]

Officeholder Territory Party Assumed office Term expires
Lauren Vaughan District of Columbia Democratic January 2, 2015 December 11, 2018

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