Who was the first wife of a US president to be elected to pubilc office?

Answer 1

Hilary Clinton. She ran for New York Senate while Bill was in Office and she won the Democratic Nomination, and General Nomination. She is also the first former First Lady to be in the Cabinet of the President (Sec. of State).

Answer 2

Unfortunately, the answer is not Hillary Clinton.

This answer takes into account the actual definition of a public servant, but restricts it to elected positions in the United States.

Public office can be either an appointed position or an elected position. An appointed position would be one of employment, such as an employee of a government. These are department heads, judges, administrators, and blue collar workers. It would be very difficult to identify the first woman to hold an appointed office other than on the U.S. States Supreme Court.

In terms of an elected public servant, the first woman to hold public office was Susanna Medora Salter. She was elected as mayor of Argonia, Kansas in 1887.

In 1916, Jeannette Rankin was elected to the House of Representatives.

This was before women could vote.

In 1922, Rebecca Felton was appointed to the United States Senate to fill a temporary vacancy.

In 1925, Nellie Taylor Ross became the first woman governor of a state.

Between 1925 and 2016, there were a host of women who were elected to public office prior to the time of Hillary Clinton.

Answer 3

Hillary Clinton became the 1st wife of a former US President to be elected to national office when she was elected to the US senate in 2000.

Answer 4

Hillary Clinton, wife to former President Bill Clinton, was elected Senator of New York in 2001.