List of female state secretaries of state in the United States explained

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

Officeholder	State	Party	Assumed office	Term expires
	New Mexico		Democratic	1923	1926
	Kentucky		Democratic	1924	1928
	Delaware		Republican	1925	1926
	New York		Republican
	South Dakota		Republican	1927	1931
	New Mexico		Democratic	1927	1928
	Kentucky		Democratic	1928	1932
	New Mexico		Republican	1929	1930
	Louisiana		Democratic	1930	1932
	South Dakota		Republican	1931	1933
	New Mexico		Democratic	1931	1934
	Kentucky		Democratic	1932	1936
	South Dakota		Democratic	1933	1937
	Iowa		Democratic	1933	1937
	New Mexico		Democratic	1935	1938
	South Dakota		Democratic	1937	1939
	Washington		Democratic	1938	1948
	Connecticut		Republican	1939	1941
	New Mexico		Democratic	1939	1942
	South Dakota		Republican	1939	1943
	Pennsylvania		Republican	1939	1943
	Connecticut		Democratic	1941	1943
	Connecticut		Republican	1943	1945
	New Mexico		Democratic	1943	1946
	South Dakota		Republican	1943	1947
	Tennessee		Democratic	1944	1945
	Alabama		Democratic	1944	1951
	Oklahoma		Democratic	1946	1947
	Vermont		Republican	1947	1949
	Connecticut		Republican	1947	1949
	New Mexico		Democratic	1947	1950
	South Dakota		Republican	1947	1951
	Virginia		Democratic	1948	1952
	Connecticut		Democratic	1949	1951
	Maryland		Democratic	1949	1951
	Connecticut		Republican	1951	1953
	New Mexico		Democratic	1951	1954
	Alabama		Democratic	1951	1955
	South Dakota		Republican	1951	1957
	Minnesota		Republican	1952	1925
	Virginia		Democratic	1952	1970
	Wisconsin		Republican	1955	1957
	New Mexico		Democratic	1955	1958
	Alabama		Democratic	1955	1959
	Connecticut		Republican	1955	1959
	Kentucky		Democratic	1956	1960
	West Virginia		Republican	1957	1958
	South Dakota		Republican	1957	1959
	South Dakota		Democratic	1959	1961
	New Mexico		Democratic	1959	1962
	Alabama		Democratic	1959	1963
	New York		Republican
	Connecticut		Democratic	1959	1971
	Arkansas		Democratic	1961	1963
	South Dakota		Republican	1961	1965
	New Mexico		Democratic	1963	1966
	Alabama		Democratic	1963	1967
	Wyoming		Republican
	Kentucky		Democratic	1964	1968
	South Dakota		Republican	1965	1973
	Kansas		Republican	1966	1978
	New Mexico		Democratic	1967	1970
	Alabama		Democratic	1967	1975
	Kentucky		Republican	1970	1971
	Virginia		Republican	1970	1974
	New Mexico		Democratic	1971	1974
	Pennsylvania		Democratic	1971	1977
	Connecticut		Democratic	1971	1978
	Kentucky		Democratic	1972	1976
	South Dakota		Democratic	1973	1979
	Florida		Democratic	1974	1975
	Virginia		Republican	1974	1978
	Colorado		Republican	1974	1983
	New Mexico		Democratic	1975	1978
	Alabama		Democratic	1975	1979
	California		Democratic
	Minnesota		Democratic (DFL)	1975	1999
	Oregon		Republican
	Arizona		Democratic
	Pennsylvania		Republican	1979	1979
	New Mexico		Democratic	1979	1982
	South Dakota		Republican	1979	1986
	Oklahoma		Democratic	1979	1987
	Wisconsin		Democratic
	Connecticut		Democratic	1979	1982
	Kentucky		Democratic	1980	1984
	Iowa		Republican	1980	1987
(acting)	Virginia		Republican	1981	1982
	Virginia		Democratic	1982	1985
	Connecticut		Democratic	1982	1983
	Maryland		Democratic	1982	1983
	New Jersey		Republican	1982	1990
	New Mexico		Democratic	1983	1986
	Rhode Island		Republican	1983	1987
	Maryland		Democratic	1983	1987
	Connecticut		Democratic	1983	1991
	New York		Democratic
	Colorado		Republican	1983	1995
	Oregon		Democratic
	Virginia		Democratic	1986	1990
	South Dakota		Republican	1986	2003
	New Mexico		Democratic	1987	1990
	Oklahoma		Democratic	1987	1991
	Rhode Island		Democratic	1987	1993
	Iowa		Democratic	1987	1995
	Wyoming		Democratic
	Nevada		Democratic	1987	1991
	New Jersey		Democratic	1990	1992
	Virginia		Democratic	1990	1993
	Connecticut		Republican	1991	1995
	Nevada		Republican	1991	1995
	New Mexico		Democratic	1991	1998
	Pennsylvania		Democratic	1992	1994
	Virginia		Democratic	1993	1994
	Missouri		Democratic	1993	1994
	Rhode Island		Republican	1993	1995
	Virginia		Republican	1994	1998
	Oklahoma		Democratic	1994	1995
	New Jersey		Republican	1994	1998
	Missouri		Democratic	1994	2001
	Indiana		Republican	1994	2002
	Pennsylvania		Democratic	1995	1998
	Colorado		Republican	1995	1999
	Florida		Republican	1995	1999
	Wyoming		Republican
	Arizona		Republican
	Arkansas		Democratic	1995	2003
	North Carolina		Democratic	1996	1997
	North Carolina		Democratic
	Arizona		Republican
(Acting)	New Jersey		Republican	1998	1999
	Virginia		Republican	1998	2002
	Florida		Republican	1999	2002
	Pennsylvania		Republican	1999	2002
	Colorado		Republican	1999	2005
	New Mexico		Democratic	1999	2006
	Georgia		Democratic	1999	2007
	Minnesota		Republican	1997	2007
	Vermont		Democratic	1999	2011
	Connecticut		Democratic	1999	2011
	Delaware		Democratic	2001	2009
	Oklahoma		Republican	2002	2003
	Virginia		Democratic	2002	2006
	New Jersey		Democratic	2002	2006
	Florida		Republican	2003	2005
	Alabama		Democratic	2003	2007
	Arizona		Republican
	Oklahoma		Democratic	2003	2011
	California (acting)		Democratic	2005	2005
	Florida		Republican	2005	2007
	Colorado		Republican	2005	2007
	Maryland		Republican	2005	2007
	West Virginia		Republican	2005	2009
	Missouri		Democratic	2005	2013
	Virginia		Democratic	2006	2010
	New Jersey		Democratic	2006	2010
	Georgia		Republican	1999	2007
	New Mexico		Democratic	2007	2010
	Ohio		Democratic
	Alabama		Republican	2007	2013
	New York		Democratic
	California		Democratic
	Oregon		Democratic
	Montana		Democratic	2009	2017
	West Virginia		Democratic	2009	2017
	Florida		Republican	2010	2011
	New York		Democratic
	Virginia		Republican	2010	2014
	New Jersey		Republican	2010	2018
	Florida		Republican	2011	2011
	Connecticut		Democratic
	Kentucky		Democratic	2011	2012
	Pennsylvania		Republican	2011	2015
	New Mexico		Republican	2011	2015
	Kentucky		Democratic		2020
	Indiana		Republican
(Interim)	Oklahoma		Republican	2013	2013
	Washington		Republican
	New Mexico (Acting)		2015	2015
	Nevada		Republican		2023
	South Dakota		Republican	2015	2019
	Arizona		Republican
	Oregon		Democratic
	Wyoming (Acting)		Republican	2018	2018
	Pennsylvania		Democratic		2021
	Rhode Island		Democratic		2023
	New York		Democratic		2021
	Virginia		Democratic
	New Mexico		Democratic
	Georgia		Republican	2018	2019
	New Jersey		Democratic
	Florida		Republican	2019	2019
	Michigan		Democratic
	Arizona		Democratic
	Colorado		Democratic
	Florida		Republican
	Oregon		Republican
	Oregon		Republican
	Indiana		Republican	2021
	Montana		Republican	2021
	California		Democratic	2021
	Maine		Democratic	2021
(acting)	Pennsylvania		Democratic	2021	2022
	Oregon		Democratic	2021	2023
	Virginia		Republican	2022
	South Dakota		Republican	2022
(acting)	Pennsylvania		Democratic	2022	2023
	Vermont		Democratic	2023
	Wisconsin		Democratic	2023
	Oregon		Democratic	2023
(Acting)	Oregon		Democratic	2023	2023
(Acting)	Virginia		Republican	September 1, 2023	2026
			Republican	January 8, 2024	2028

List of female Lieutenant Governors

Certain states do not have a Secretary of State; instead the Lieutenant Governor is responsible for those duties.

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Officeholder	State	Party	Assumed office	Term expires
	Hawaii		Democratic
	Utah		Republican
	Hawaii		Democratic
	Alaska		Democratic
	Alaska		Independent
	Utah		Republican	2021
	Alaska		Republican	2022
	Hawaii		Democratic	2023