List of female secretaries of state in the United States

List of female United States secretaries of state

SecretaryPartyTerm of officePresident(s)PortraitNameTook officeLeft officeTerm64Democratic99–0District ofColumbia(1993–2001)66Republican85–13California(2001–2009)67Democratic94–2New York(2009–2017)–Independent–Vermont(2025–present)

List of female state secretaries of state

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.

OfficeholderStatePartyAssumed officeTerm endNew MexicoDemocratic19231926KentuckyDemocratic19241928DelawareRepublican19251926TexasRepublican19251927New YorkRepublicanSouth DakotaRepublican19271931New MexicoDemocratic19271928TexasRepublican19271933KentuckyDemocratic19281932New MexicoRepublican19291930LouisianaDemocratic19301932South DakotaRepublican19311933New MexicoDemocratic19311934KentuckyDemocratic19321936South DakotaDemocratic19331937IowaDemocratic19331937New MexicoDemocratic19351938South DakotaDemocratic19371939WashingtonDemocratic19381948ConnecticutRepublican19391941New MexicoDemocratic19391942South DakotaRepublican19391943PennsylvaniaRepublican19391943ConnecticutDemocratic19411943ConnecticutRepublican19431945New MexicoDemocratic19431946South DakotaRepublican19431947TennesseeDemocratic19441945AlabamaDemocratic19441951OklahomaDemocratic19461947VermontRepublican19471949ConnecticutRepublican19471949New MexicoDemocratic19471950South DakotaRepublican19471951VirginiaDemocratic19481952ConnecticutDemocratic19491951MarylandDemocratic19491951ConnecticutRepublican19511953New MexicoDemocratic19511954AlabamaDemocratic19511955South DakotaRepublican19511957MinnesotaRepublican19521955VirginiaDemocratic19521970WisconsinRepublican19551957New MexicoDemocratic19551958AlabamaDemocratic19551959ConnecticutRepublican19551959KentuckyDemocratic19561960West VirginiaRepublican19571958South DakotaRepublican19571959South DakotaDemocratic19591961New MexicoDemocratic19591962AlabamaDemocratic19591963New YorkRepublicanConnecticutDemocratic19591971ArkansasDemocratic19611963South DakotaRepublican19611965New MexicoDemocratic19631966AlabamaDemocratic19631967WyomingRepublicanKentuckyDemocratic19641968South DakotaRepublican19651973KansasRepublican19661978New MexicoDemocratic19671970AlabamaDemocratic19671975KentuckyRepublican19701971VirginiaRepublican19701974New MexicoDemocratic19711974PennsylvaniaDemocratic19711977ConnecticutDemocratic19711978KentuckyDemocratic19721976South DakotaDemocratic19731979FloridaDemocratic19741975VirginiaRepublican19741978ColoradoRepublican19741983New MexicoDemocratic19751978AlabamaDemocratic19751979CaliforniaDemocraticMinnesotaDemocratic (DFL)19751999OregonRepublicanArizonaDemocraticPennsylvaniaRepublican19791979New MexicoDemocratic19791982South DakotaRepublican19791986OklahomaDemocratic19791987WisconsinDemocraticConnecticutDemocratic19791982KentuckyDemocratic19801984IowaRepublican19801987 (acting)VirginiaRepublican19811982VirginiaDemocratic19821985ConnecticutDemocratic19821983MarylandDemocratic19821983New JerseyRepublican19821990New MexicoDemocratic19831986Rhode IslandRepublican19831987MarylandDemocratic19831987ConnecticutDemocratic19831991New YorkDemocraticColoradoRepublican19831995TexasRepublican19841987OregonDemocraticVirginiaDemocratic19861990South DakotaRepublican19862003New MexicoDemocratic19871990OklahomaDemocratic19871991Rhode IslandDemocratic19871993IowaDemocratic19871995WyomingDemocraticNevadaDemocratic19871991New JerseyDemocratic19901992VirginiaDemocratic19901993ConnecticutRepublican19911995NevadaRepublican19911995New MexicoDemocratic19911998PennsylvaniaDemocratic19921994VirginiaDemocratic19931994MissouriDemocratic19931994Rhode IslandRepublican19931995VirginiaRepublican19941998OklahomaDemocratic19941995New JerseyRepublican19941998MissouriDemocratic19942001IndianaRepublican19942002PennsylvaniaDemocratic19951998ColoradoRepublican19951999FloridaRepublican19951999WyomingRepublicanArizonaRepublicanArkansasDemocratic19952003North CarolinaDemocratic19961997North CarolinaDemocraticArizonaRepublican (acting)New JerseyRepublican19981999VirginiaRepublican19982002FloridaRepublican19992002PennsylvaniaRepublican19992002ColoradoRepublican19992005New MexicoDemocratic19992006GeorgiaDemocratic19992007MinnesotaRepublican19972007VermontDemocratic19992011ConnecticutDemocratic19992011DelawareDemocratic20012009OklahomaRepublican20022003TexasRepublican20022003VirginiaDemocratic20022006New JerseyDemocratic20022006FloridaRepublican20032005AlabamaDemocratic20032007ArizonaRepublicanOklahomaDemocratic20032011 (acting)CaliforniaDemocratic20052005FloridaRepublican20052007ColoradoRepublican20052007MarylandRepublican20052007West VirginiaRepublican20052009MissouriDemocratic20052013VirginiaDemocratic20062010New JerseyDemocratic20062010GeorgiaRepublican19992007TexasRepublican20082012New MexicoDemocratic20072010OhioDemocraticAlabamaRepublican20072013New YorkDemocraticCaliforniaDemocraticOregonDemocraticMontanaDemocratic20092017West VirginiaDemocratic20092017 (interim)FloridaRepublican20102011New YorkDemocraticVirginiaRepublican20102014New JerseyRepublican20102018 (interim)FloridaRepublican20112011ConnecticutDemocraticKentuckyDemocratic20112012PennsylvaniaRepublican20112015New MexicoRepublican20112015KentuckyDemocratic2020IndianaRepublican (interim)OklahomaRepublican20132013WashingtonRepublicanTexasRepublican20142015 (acting)New Mexico20152015NevadaRepublican2023South DakotaRepublican20152019ArizonaRepublicanOregonDemocratic (acting)WyomingRepublican20182018 (interim)PennsylvaniaDemocratic2021Rhode IslandDemocratic2023New YorkDemocratic2021VirginiaDemocraticNew MexicoDemocraticGeorgiaRepublicanNew JerseyDemocratic (interim)FloridaRepublican20192019MichiganDemocraticincumbentArizonaDemocraticColoradoDemocraticincumbentTexasRepublicanAugust 19, 2019May 31, 2021FloridaRepublican (acting)OregonRepublicanOregonRepublicanMarch 31, 2019January 4, 2021IndianaRepublicanMarch 16, 2021December 31, 2022MontanaRepublicanJanuary 4, 2021incumbentCaliforniaDemocraticJanuary 29, 2021incumbentMaineDemocraticJanuary 4, 2021incumbent (acting)PennsylvaniaDemocraticFebruary 5, 2021January 8, 2022OregonDemocraticJanuary 4, 2021May 8, 2023VirginiaRepublicanJanuary 15, 2022August 29, 2023South DakotaRepublicanDecember 5, 2022incumbent (acting)PennsylvaniaDemocraticJanuary 8, 2022January 17, 2023ConnecticutDemocraticJanuary 4, 2023incumbentTexasRepublicanJanuary 5, 2023incumbentVermontDemocraticJanuary 5, 2023incumbentMarylandDemocraticJanuary 18, 2023incumbentWisconsinDemocraticMarch 17, 2023incumbent (acting)OregonDemocraticMay 8, 2023June 30, 2023OregonDemocraticJune 30, 2023January 6, 2025VirginiaRepublicanSeptember 1, 2023January 17, 2026Louisiana RepublicanJanuary 8, 2024incumbentDelaware DemocraticJanuary 28, 2025incumbentVirginia DemocraticJanuary 17, 2026incumbentNew Mexico TBDJanuary 4, 2027elect

List of female lieutenant governors Certain states do not have a secretary of state; instead the lieutenant governor is responsible for those duties. OfficeholderStatePartyAssumed officeTerm endHawaiiDemocraticUtahRepublicanHawaiiDemocraticAlaskaDemocraticAlaskaIndependentUtahRepublican2021AlaskaRepublican2022HawaiiDemocratic2023

Female territorial secretaries of state OfficeholderTerritoryPartyAssumed officeTerm endDistrict of ColumbiaDemocratic

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