Beatrice Roach Gottlieb | |
State: | New Mexico |
11th New Mexico Secretary of State | |
Termstart: | 1951 |
Termend: | 1954 |
Governor: | Edwin L. Mechem |
Predecessor: | Alicia Valdez Romero |
Successor: | Natalie Smith Buck |
Birth Date: | April 15, 1919 |
Birth Place: | Mountainair, New Mexico, U.S. |
Party: | Democratic |
Beatrice Roach Gottlieb (April 15, 1919 – October 8, 2011) was an American politician who served as the Secretary of State of New Mexico from 1951 to 1954.
She was raised in Mountainair, New Mexico.[1] In 1950, she declared her candidacy for the office of secretary of state. Then known as Beatrice Bassett Roach,[2] she first took office at the age of 32, and was the youngest person in the United States to serve as a secretary of state at the time.[3] Gottlieb's second term ended in 1954, and she was succeeded by Natalie Smith Buck. Gottlieb ran for a third term in 1957, but lost to Betty Fiorina.[2]