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 Idaho, Illinois, 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 [ edit ]
Officeholder
State
Party
Assumed office
Term expires
Soledad C. Chacon
New Mexico
Democratic
1923
1926
Emma Guy Cromwell
Kentucky
Democratic
1924
1928
Fannie S. Herrington
Delaware
Republican
1925
1926
Florence E. S. Knapp
New York
Republican
January 1, 1925
December 31, 1927
Gladys Pyle
South Dakota
Republican
1927
1931
Jennie Fortune
New Mexico
Democratic
1927
1928
Ella Lewis
Kentucky
Democratic
1928
1932
E. A. Perrault
New Mexico
Republican
1929
1930
Alice Lee Grosjean
Louisiana
Democratic
1930
1932
Elizabeth Coyne
South Dakota
Republican
1931
1933
Marguerite P. Baca
New Mexico
Democratic
1931
1934
Sara W. Mahan
Kentucky
Democratic
1932
1936
Myrtle Morrison
South Dakota
Democratic
1933
1937
Ola Babcock Miller
Iowa
Democratic
1933
1937
Elizabeth F. Gonzales
New Mexico
Democratic
1935
1938
Goldie Wells
South Dakota
Democratic
1937
1939
Belle Reeves
Washington
Democratic
1938
1948
Sara Crawford
Connecticut
Republican
1939
1941
Jessie M. Gonzales
New Mexico
Democratic
1939
1942
Olive A. Ringsrud
South Dakota
Republican
1939
1943
Sophia O'Hara
Pennsylvania
Republican
1939
1943
Chase G. Woodhouse
Connecticut
Democratic
1941
1943
Frances B. Redick
Connecticut
Republican
1943
1945
Cecilia T. Cleveland
New Mexico
Democratic
1943
1946
Mrs. L. M. Larsen
South Dakota
Republican
1943
1947
Mary Hart Carr
Tennessee
Democratic
1944
1945
Sibyl Pool
Alabama
Democratic
1944
1951
Katherine Manton
Oklahoma
Democratic
1946
1947
Helen E. Burbank
Vermont
Republican
1947
1949
Frances B. Redick
Connecticut
Republican
1947
1949
Alicia Valdez Romero
New Mexico
Democratic
1947
1950
Annamae Riff
South Dakota
Republican
1947
1951
Thelma Y. Gordon
Virginia
Democratic
1948
1952
Winifred McDonald
Connecticut
Democratic
1949
1951
Vivian V. Simpson
Maryland
Democratic
1949
1951
Alice K. Leopold
Connecticut
Republican
1951
1953
Beatrice Roach Gottlieb
New Mexico
Democratic
1951
1954
Agnes Baggett
Alabama
Democratic
1951
1955
Geraldine Ostroot
South Dakota
Republican
1951
1957
Virginia Paul Holm
Minnesota
Republican
1952
1925
Martha Bell Conway
Virginia
Democratic
1952
1970
Glenn M. Wise
Wisconsin
Republican
1955
1957
Natalie Smith Buck
New Mexico
Democratic
1955
1958
Mary Texas Hurt Garner
Alabama
Democratic
1955
1959
Mildred P. Allen
Connecticut
Republican
1955
1959
Thelma Stovall
Kentucky
Democratic
1956
1960
Helen F. Holt
West Virginia
Republican
1957
1958
Clara Halls
South Dakota
Republican
1957
1959
Selma Sandless
South Dakota
Democratic
1959
1961
Betty Fiorina
New Mexico
Democratic
1959
1962
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
Essie Wiedenman
South Dakota
Republican
1961
1965
Alberta Miller
New Mexico
Democratic
1963
1966
Agnes Baggett
Alabama
Democratic
1963
1967
Thyra Thomson
Wyoming
Republican
January 1963
January 1987
Thelma Stovall
Kentucky
Democratic
1964
1968
Alma Larson
South Dakota
Republican
1965
1973
Elwill M. Shanahan
Kansas
Republican
1966
1978
Ernestine Durán Evans
New Mexico
Democratic
1967
1970
Mabel Sanders Amos
Alabama
Democratic
1967
1975
Leila Feltner Begley
Kentucky
Republican
1970
1971
Cynthia Newman
Virginia
Republican
1970
1974
Betty Fiorina
New Mexico
Democratic
1971
1974
C. Delores Tucker
Pennsylvania
Democratic
1971
1977
Gloria Schaffer
Connecticut
Democratic
1971
1978
Thelma Stovall
Kentucky
Democratic
1972
1976
Lorna B. Herseth
South Dakota
Democratic
1973
1979
Dorothy Glisson
Florida
Democratic
1974
1975
Patricia R. Perkinson
Virginia
Republican
1974
1978
Mary Estill Buchanan
Colorado
Republican
1974
1983
Ernestine Durán Evans
New Mexico
Democratic
1975
1978
Agnes Baggett
Alabama
Democratic
1975
1979
March Fong Eu
California
Democratic
January 6, 1975
May 7, 1994
Joan Growe
Minnesota
Democratic (DFL)
1975
1999
Norma Paulus
Oregon
Republican
January 3, 1977
January 7, 1985
Rose Mofford
Arizona
Democratic
October 20, 1977
April 5, 1988
Ethel D. Allen
Pennsylvania
Republican
1979
1979
Shirley Hooper
New Mexico
Democratic
1979
1982
Alice Kundert
South Dakota
Republican
1979
1986
Jeannette Edmondson
Oklahoma
Democratic
1979
1987
Vel Phillips
Wisconsin
Democratic
January 3, 1979
May 3, 1983
Barbara Kennelly
Connecticut
Democratic
1979
1982
Frances Jones Mills
Kentucky
Democratic
1980
1984
Mary Jane Odell
Iowa
Republican
1980
1987
Marilyn Lussen (acting)
Virginia
Republican
1981
1982
Laurie Naismith
Virginia
Democratic
1982
1985
Maura L. Melley
Connecticut
Democratic
1982
1983
Patricia G. Holtz
Maryland
Democratic
1982
1983
Jane Burgio
New Jersey
Republican
1982
1990
Clara Padilla Jones
New Mexico
Democratic
1983
1986
Susan Farmer
Rhode Island
Republican
1983
1987
Lorraine M. Sheehan
Maryland
Democratic
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
Joyze Hazeltine
South Dakota
Republican
1986
2003
Rebecca Vigil-Giron
New Mexico
Democratic
1987
1990
Hannah D. Atkins
Oklahoma
Democratic
1987
1991
Kathleen S. Connell
Rhode Island
Democratic
1987
1993
Elaine Baxter
Iowa
Democratic
1987
1995
Kathy Karpan
Wyoming
Democratic
January 1987
January 1995
Frankie Sue Del Papa
Nevada
Democratic
1987
1991
Joan Haberle
New Jersey
Democratic
1990
1992
Pamela M. Womack
Virginia
Democratic
1990
1993
Pauline R. Kezer
Connecticut
Republican
1991
1995
Cheryl Lau
Nevada
Republican
1991
1995
Stephanie Gonzales
New Mexico
Democratic
1991
1998
Brenda K. Mitchell
Pennsylvania
Democratic
1992
1994
Ruby Grant Martin
Virginia
Democratic
1993
1994
Judith Moriarty
Missouri
Democratic
1993
1994
Barbara Leonard
Rhode Island
Republican
1993
1995
Betsy Davis Beamer
Virginia
Republican
1994
1998
Glo Henley
Oklahoma
Democratic
1994
1995
Lonna Hooks
New Jersey
Republican
1994
1998
Rebecca McDowell Cook
Missouri
Democratic
1994
2001
Sue Anne Gilroy
Indiana
Republican
1994
2002
Yvette Kane
Pennsylvania
Democratic
1995
1998
Victoria Buckley
Colorado
Republican
1995
1999
Sandra Mortham
Florida
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
Janice H. Faulkner
North Carolina
Democratic
1996
1997
Elaine Marshall
North Carolina
Democratic
January 3, 1997
Betsey Bayless
Arizona
Republican
September 5, 1997
January 6, 2003
Carol Cronheim (Acting)
New Jersey
Republican
1998
1999
Anne Petera
Virginia
Republican
1998
2002
Katherine Harris
Florida
Republican
1999
2002
Kim Pizzingrilli
Pennsylvania
Republican
1999
2002
Donetta Davidson
Colorado
Republican
1999
2005
Rebecca Vigil-Giron
New Mexico
Democratic
1999
2006
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
Kay Dudley
Oklahoma
Republican
2002
2003
Anita Rimler
Virginia
Democratic
2002
2006
Regena Thomas
New Jersey
Democratic
2002
2006
Glenda Hood
Florida
Republican
2003
2005
Nancy Worley
Alabama
Democratic
2003
2007
Jan Brewer
Arizona
Republican
January 6, 2003
January 21, 2009
M. Susan Savage
Oklahoma
Democratic
2003
2011
Cathy Mitchell
California (acting)
Democratic
2005
2005
Sue M. Cobb
Florida
Republican
2005
2007
Gigi Dennis
Colorado
Republican
2005
2007
Mary D. Kane
Maryland
Republican
2005
2007
Betty Ireland
West Virginia
Republican
2005
2009
Robin Carnahan
Missouri
Democratic
2005
2013
Katherine Hanley
Virginia
Democratic
2006
2010
Nina Mitchell Wells
New Jersey
Democratic
2006
2010
Karen Handel
Georgia
Republican
1999
2007
Mary Herrera
New Mexico
Democratic
2007
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
Linda McCulloch
Montana
Democratic
2009
2017
Natalie Tennant
West Virginia
Democratic
2009
2017
Dawn K. Roberts Interim
Florida
Republican
2010
2011
Ruth Noemí Colón
New York
Democratic
September 1, 2010
May 2, 2011
Janet Vestal Kelly
Virginia
Republican
2010
2014
Kim Guadagno
New Jersey
Republican
2010
2018
Jennifer Kennedy Interim
Florida
Republican
2011
2011
Denise Merrill
Connecticut
Democratic
January 5, 2011
Elaine Waler
Kentucky
Democratic
2011
2012
Carol Aichele
Pennsylvania
Republican
2011
2015
Dianna Duran
New Mexico
Republican
2011
2015
Alison Grimes
Kentucky
Democratic
January 2, 2012
2020
Connie Lawson
Indiana
Republican
March 16, 2012
March 16, 2021
Michelle Day (Interim)
Oklahoma
Republican
2013
2013
Kim Wyman
Washington
Republican
January 16, 2013
Mary Quintana
New Mexico (Acting)
2015
2015
Barbara Cegavske
Nevada
Republican
January 5, 2015
2023
Shantel Krebs
South Dakota
Republican
2015
2019
Michele Reagan
Arizona
Republican
January 5, 2015
January 7, 2019
Jeanne Atkins
Oregon
Democratic
March 11, 2015
January 2, 2017
Karen Wheeler
Wyoming (Acting)
Republican
2018
2018
Kathy Boockvar Acting
Pennsylvania
Democratic
January 5, 2019
2021
Nellie Gorbea
Rhode Island
Democratic
January 6, 2015
2023
Rossana Rosado
New York
Democratic
February 22, 2016
2021
Kelly Thomasson
Virginia
Democratic
April 15, 2016
Maggie Toulouse Oliver
New Mexico
Democratic
December 9, 2016
Robyn Crittenden
Georgia
Republican
2018
2019
Tahesha Way
New Jersey
Democratic
January 16, 2018
Jennifer Kennedy Interim
Florida
Republican
2019
2019
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
January 4, 2021
Holli Sullivan
Indiana
Republican
2021
Christi Jacobsen
Montana
Republican
2021
Shirley Weber
California
Democratic
2021
Shenna Bellows
Maine
Democratic
2021
Veronica Degraffenreid (acting)
Pennsylvania
Democratic
2021
2022
Shemia Fagan
Oregon
Democratic
2021
2023
Kay Coles James
Virginia
Republican
2022
Monae Johnson
South Dakota
Republican
2022
Leigh M. Chapman (acting)
Pennsylvania
Democratic
2022
2023
Sarah Copeland-Hanzas
Vermont
Democratic
2023
Sarah Godlewski
Wisconsin
Democratic
2023
LaVonne Griffin-Valade
Oregon
Democratic
2023
Cheryl Myers (Acting)
Oregon
Democratic
2023
2023
Kelly Gee (Acting)
Virginia
Republican
September 1, 2023
2026
Nancy Landry
Louisiana
Republican
January 8, 2024
2028
List of female Lieutenant Governors [ edit ]
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
Deidre Henderson
Utah
Republican
2021
Nancy Dahlstrom
Alaska
Republican
2022
Sylvia Luke
Hawaii
Democratic
2023
Female territorial secretaries of state [ edit ]
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See also