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Facts
Women Lieutenant Governors: 1940 - present
Listed by year
| Michigan | Matilda R. Wilson (R) | 1940 |
| Nevada | Maude Frazier (D) | 1962 |
| Vermont | Consuelo N. Bailey (R) | 1955-1957 |
| New York | Mary Anne Krupsak (D) | 1975-1978 |
| Kentucky | Thelma L. Stovall (D) | 1976-1979 |
| Mississippi | Evelyn E. Gandy (D) | 1976-1980 |
| Hawaii | Jean Sadako King (D) | 1979-1982 |
| South Carolina | Nancy Stevenson (D) | 1979-1982 |
| Vermont | Madeleine M. Kunin (D) | 1979-1982 |
| Colorado | Nancy Dick (D) | 1979-1986 |
| Kentucky | Martha Layne Collins (D) | 1980-1983 |
| Michigan | Martha Wright Griffiths (D) | 1983-1990 |
| Minnesota | Marlene Johnson (DFL)** | 1983-1990 |
| North Dakota | Ruth Meiers (D) | 1985-1987 |
| Missouri | Harriett Woods (D) | 1985-1988 |
| Iowa | Jo Ann Zimmerman (D) | 1987-1990 |
| Massachusetts | Evelyn Murphy (D) | 1987-1990 |
| Nebraska | Maxine Moul (D) | 1991-1993 |
| Connecticut | Eunice Groark (ACP)* | 1991-1995 |
| Minnesota | Joanell Dyrstad (IR)** | 1991-1995 |
| Nevada | Sue Wagner (R) | 1991-1995 |
| Iowa | Joy Corning (R) | 1991-1999 |
| Michigan | Connie Binsfeld (R) | 1991-1999 |
| Louisiana | Melinda Schwegmann (D) | 1992-1995 |
| Vermont | Barbara Snelling (R) | 1993-1996 |
| Delaware | Ruth Ann Minner (D) | 1993-2001 |
| North Dakota | Rosemarie Myrdal (R) | 1993-2001 |
| Utah | Olene S. Walker (R) | 1993-2003 |
| Alaska | Fran Ulmer (D) | 1994-2003 |
| Hawaii | Mazie K. Hirono (D) | 1994-2003 |
| Kansas | Sheila Frahm (R) | 1995-1996 |
| Colorado | Gail S. Schoettler (D) | 1995-1999 |
| Minnesota | Joanne E. Benson (R) | 1995-1999 |
| Nebraska | Kim Robak (D) | 1995-1999 |
| New York | Elizabeth McCaughey Ross (D) | 1995-1999 |
| Ohio | Nancy P. Hollister (R) | 1995-1999 |
| Maryland | Kathleen Kennedy Townsend (D) | 1995-2003 |
| South Dakota | Carole Hillard (R) | 1995-2003 |
| Connecticut | M. Jodi Rell (R) | 1995-2004 |
| Oklahoma | Mary Fallin (R) | 1995-2007 |
| Louisiana | Kathleen Blanco (D) | 1996-2004 |
| Montana | Judy Martz (R) | 1997-2001 |
| Massachusetts | Jane Swift (R) | 1999-2001 |
| Illinois | Corinne Wood (R) | 1999-2003 |
| Minnesota | Mae Schunk (IP)* | 1999-2003 |
| Ohio | Maureen O'Connor (R) | 1999-2003 |
| Iowa | Sally Pederson (D) | 1999-2007 |
| Nevada | Lorraine Hunt (R) | 1999-2007 |
| New York | Mary O. Donohue (R) | 1999-2007 |
| Mississippi | Amy Tuck (R) | 2000-2008 |
| Wisconsin | Margaret Farrow (R) | 2001-2003 |
| North Carolina | Beverly M. Perdue (D) | 2001-2009 |
| Indiana | Katherine Davis (D) | 2003-2005 |
| Ohio | Jennette Bradley (R) | 2003-2005 |
| Alabama | Lucy Baxley (D) | 2003-2007 |
| Colorado | Jane Norton (R) | 2003-2007 |
| Florida | Toni Jennings (R) | 2003-2007 |
| Massachusetts | Kerry Murphy Healey (R) | 2003-2007 |
| Pennsylvania | Catherine Baker Knoll (D) | 2003-2008 |
| Minnesota | Carol Molnau (R) | 2003-2011 |
| New Mexico | Diane Denish (D) | 2003-2011 |
| Wisconsin | Barbara Lawton (D) | 2003-2011 |
| Indiana | Becky Skillman (R) | 2005-present |
| Colorado | Barbara O'Brien (D) | 2007-2011 |
| Iowa | Patty Judge (D) | 2007-2011 |
| Oklahoma | Jari Askins (D) | 2007-2011 |
| Rhode Island | Elizabeth Roberts (D) | 2007-present |
| California | Mona Pasquil (D) | 2010-2010 |
| New Jersey | Kim Guadagno (R) | 2010-present |
| Alabama | Kay Ivey (R) | 2011-present |
| Connecticut | Nancy Wyman (D) | 2011-present |
| Florida | Jennifer Carroll (R) | 2011-present |
| Iowa | Kim Reynolds (R) | 2011-present |
| Illinois | Sheila Simon (D) | 2011-present |
| Minnesota | Yvonne Solon (DFL) | 2011-present |
| Ohio | Mary Taylor (R) | 2011-present |
| Wisconsin | Rebecca Kleefisch (R) | 2011-present |
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| *ACP = A Connecticut Party; IP = Independence Party |
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| **DFL indicates Democratic Farmer Labor, which is the name of the Democratic party in Minnesota; IR indicates Independent Republican, which was the name of the Republican party in Minnesota prior to 1996. |
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| The following states do not have the position of Lt. Governor: Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon, and West Virginia |
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| In Tennessee the Lt. Governor is elected by the State Senate. | ||