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The following is a list of female secretaries of state of states and territories in the United States.
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
|
Sara B. 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
|
Winifred McDonald
|
Connecticut
|
Democratic
|
1949
|
1951
|
Alice K. Leopold
|
Connecticut
|
Republican
|
1951
|
1953
|
Agnes Baggett
|
Alabama
|
Democratic
|
1951
|
1955
|
Mary Texas Hurt Garner
|
Alabama
|
Democratic
|
1955
|
1959
|
Mildred P. Allen
|
Connecticut
|
Republican
|
1955
|
1959
|
Bettye Frink
|
Alabama
|
Democratic
|
1959
|
1963
|
Ella T. Grasso
|
Connecticut
|
Democratic
|
1959
|
1971
|
Nancy Hall
|
Arkansas
|
Democratic
|
1961
|
1963
|
Agnes Baggett
|
Alabama
|
Democratic
|
1963
|
1967
|
Mabel Sanders Amos
|
Alabama
|
Democratic
|
1967
|
1975
|
Gloria Schaffer
|
Connecticut
|
Democratic
|
1971
|
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
|
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
|
Maura L. Melley
|
Connecticut
|
Democratic
|
1982
|
1983
|
Julia Tashjian
|
Connecticut
|
Democratic
|
1983
|
1991
|
Natalie Meyer
|
Colorado
|
Republican
|
1983
|
1995
|
Barbara Roberts
|
Oregon
|
Democratic
|
January 7, 1985
|
January 14, 1991
|
Pauline Kezer
|
Connecticut
|
Republican
|
1991
|
1995
|
Victoria Buckley
|
Colorado
|
Republican
|
1995
|
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
|
Donetta Davidson
|
Colorado
|
Republican
|
1999
|
2005
|
Deborah Markowitz
|
Vermont
|
Democratic
|
1999
|
2011
|
Susan Bysiewicz
|
Connecticut
|
Democratic
|
1999
|
2011
|
Harriet Smith Windsor
|
Delaware
|
Democratic
|
2001
|
2009
|
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
|
Beth Chapman
|
Alabama
|
Republican
|
2007
|
2013
|
Debra Bowen
|
California
|
Democratic
|
January 8, 2007
|
January 4, 2015
|
Kate Brown
|
Oregon
|
Democratic
|
January 5, 2009
|
February 18, 2015
|
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
|
|
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
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