Today in History

January 5, 1925

The First Female Governor

On this day in 1925, Wyoming seated Nellie Tayloe Ross as the governor of the state, making Ross the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state. She was elected in a special election following the death of William Ross, her husband and the Governor she succeeded. She lost in the general elections in 1926, but remained active in politics. President Franklin D. Roosevelt appointed Ross as the Director of the U.S. Mint in 1933, and she became the first woman to serve in that capacity. She retired in 1953 after serving 5 terms as Director of the Mint. She died in 1977 at the age of 101.

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