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What year was ma Ferguson elected the first female governor of Texas?
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"Ma" Ferguson (Miriam Amanda Wallace Ferguson) was first elected governor in 1924 and served her first term from January 20, 1925 to January 17, 1927.
She was elected to a second 2-year term in 1932, serving from 1933 to 1935.
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∙ 11y agoShe was first elected in 1924 and served a 2-year term from 1925 to 1927. She was again elected in 1932 and served from 1933 to 1935.
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Who was the first woman elected as governor of Texas?
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How many female governors in Texas since 1876?
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Does Kansas allow a governor to be impeached?
1917 - James E. Ferguson, Texas"Farmer Jim" Ferguson had been elected to a second term as governor in 1916, with support of prohibitionists. In his second term, he "became embroiled" in a dispute with the University of Texas. In 1917 a Travis County grand jury indicted him on nine charges; one charge was embezzlement. The Texas Senate, acting as a court of impeachment, convicted (25-3) Ferguson on 10 charges. Although Ferguson resigned before being convicted, "the court of impeachment's judgment was sustained, preventing Ferguson from holding public office in Texas."
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Who was the first woman to become a state governor?
The first woman to act as governor was Soledad Chávez Chacón, who held the office of Governor of New Mexico for 2 weeks in 1924 while Governor James F. Hinkle attended the Democratic Convention in New York.The first elected female governor was Nellie Tayloe Rossof Wyoming (coincidentally, the first state to provide women's suffrage) who was elected on November 4, 1924 and sworn in on January 5, 1925. She was preceded in office by her late husband William B. Ross. Also elected on November 4 was Miriam A. Ferguson of Texas, succeeding her impeached husband James Edward Ferguson, but she was not sworn in until January 20, 1925.The first female governor elected without being the wife or widow of a past state governor was Ella T. Grasso of Connecticut, elected in 1974 and sworn in on January 8, 1975.
Which president was elected twice as governor of Texas?
President George W. Bush is the US president that was twice elected the governor of Texas. He served as governor from January 17, 1995 to December 21, 2000.
Who was The only governor in Texas' history to be impeached and removed from office was?
James E. Ferguson James E. Ferguson
