Nancy Hollister

Nancy Putnam Hollister (born May 22, 1949) is a Republican politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. She attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college she became a housewife. She began her political career as a member of the city council of Marietta, Ohio. Later, she was elected mayor of Marietta. She was elected to the position of Lieutenant Governor of Ohio in 1994 as the running mate of George Voinovich. She briefly served as Governor of Ohio from December 31, 1998 to January 11, 1999, when Voinovich resigned to take his place in the U.S. Senate. Hollister was the first woman to serve as governor of Ohio, and a portrait of her hangs in the State Capitol's collection of gubernatorial portraits. She is a descendant of Rufus Putnam, the Revolutonary War officer who founded the city of Marietta.

In 1998, Hollister had run for a seat in the United States House of Representatives, defeating former U.S. Rep. Frank Cremeans for the Republican nomination, but she lost to incumbent Democrat Ted Strickland. She served in the Ohio House of Representatives from 2001-2005. In the 2004 election she was defeated in her bid for a third term in the Ohio House by Democrat Jennifer Garrison, who ran to the right of Hollister, a relatively moderate Republican. A key issue in the campaign was Hollister's opposition to a measure that would ban same-sex marriage.

See also

• Election Results, U.S. Representative from Ohio, 6th District
• Election Results, Ohio Lieutenant Governor