First ladies of Pennsylvania explained

Post:First Lady
Body:Pennsylvania
Insignia:Flag of Pennsylvania.svg
Insigniasize:100px
Incumbent:Lori Shapiro
Incumbentsince:January 17, 2023
Formation:1777
Inaugural:Elizabeth Fishbourne
Website:First Lady

The first lady of Pennsylvania is the title attributed to the wife of the governor of Pennsylvania. The honorary position is styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To date there have been no female governors of Pennsylvania, and all first spouses have been first ladies.

From 1777 until late 1790, Pennsylvania was governed by a "Supreme Executive Council" whose head had the title of President. These presidents' wives are included here as well.

List of first ladies of Pennsylvania

ImageNameTook roleLeft rolePresident of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Fishbourne17771778Thomas Wharton Jr.
Elizabeth Smith17781778George Bryan (acting)
Esther de Berdt17781781Joseph Reed
Sarah Lloyd17811782William Moore
Mary Norris Dickinson17821785John Dickinson
none (Franklin not married)17851788Benjamin Franklin
ImageNameTook roleLeft roleGovernor of Pennsylvania
Sarah Morris17881799Thomas Mifflin
Sarah Armitage17991808Thomas McKean
Catherine Antes18081810Simon Snyder
none (Snyder was a widower)18101814
Mary Slough Scott18141817
Nancy Irwin18171820William Findlay
Elizabeth Whitman18201823Joseph Hiester
Susan Kimmell18231829John Andrew Schulze
Mary Erb18291833George Wolf
none (Mary Erb Wolf died in 1833)18331835
Susan Alter18351839Joseph Ritner
Josephine McDermott18391845David R. Porter
Jane Findlay18451848Francis R. Shunk
none18481848none (office vacant)
Mary Montieth18481852William F. Johnston
Maria Jane Reed18521855William Bigler
Sarah Ann Hepburn18551858James Pollock
Mary W. Vanderbilt18581861William F. Packer
Catherine Irvine Wilson18611867Andrew Gregg Curtin
Mary Church Henderson18671873John W. Geary
Sallie Douglas Sebring18731879John F. Hartranft
Mary Elizabeth Loveland18791883Henry M. Hoyt
unknown18831887Robert E. Pattison
Mary Allison McAllister18871891James A. Beaver
unknown18911895Robert E. Pattison
Jane Armstrong Rankin18951899Daniel H. Hastings
Elizabeth B. White18991903William A. Stone
Virginia Earle Broomall19031907Samuel W. Pennypacker
unknown19071911Edwin Sydney Stuart
Harriet Day19111915John K. Tener
none (Brumbaugh was a widower)19151916Martin Grove Brumbaugh
Flora Belle Parks19161919
Emeline Roach19191923William Cameron Sproul
Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce19231927Gifford Pinchot
none (Fisher was a widower)19271931John Stuchell Fisher
Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce19311935Gifford Pinchot
Huberta F. Potter19351939George Howard Earle III
Grace Hainey Morris (hostess)19391939Arthur James
Dorothy James (hostess)19391941
Emily Radcliffe Case19411943
Mary Charity Scott19431947Edward Martin
Sarah Andrews Baker19471947John C. Bell Jr.
Jean Kerr Taylor19471951James H. Duff
Helene Pennebecker Morgan19511955John S. Fine
Mary Jane Strickler19551959George M. Leader
Alyce Golden Lawrence19591963David L. Lawrence
Mary Lowe Chamberlin19631967William Scranton
Jane Harris Davies19671971Raymond P. Shafer
Muriel Matzkin Shapp19711979Milton Shapp
Ginny Judson Thornburgh19791987Dick Thornburgh
Ellen Harding Casey19871995Robert P. Casey
Michele Ridge19952001Tom Ridge
Katherine Schweiker20012003Mark S. Schweiker
Marjorie "Midge" Rendell20032011Ed Rendell
Susan Corbett20112015Tom Corbett
Frances Wolf20152023Tom Wolf
Lori Shapiro2023servingJosh Shapiro

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