Nellie Tayloe Ross
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Nellie Davis Tayloe Ross was an American educator and politician who served as the 14th governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and as the 28th and first female director of the United States Mint from
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Nellie Tayloe Ross inspects silver arriving at the West Point Mint in 1938
The 1924 Wyoming gubernatorial special election took place on November 4, 1924. William B. Ross, the Democratic Governor of Wyoming, died in office on October 2, 1924, temporarily elevating Republican
Nellie Tayloe Ross
…Ross was governor of Wyoming from 1923 to his death on October 2, 1924. Ross succeeded her husband's successor Frank Lucas as governor when she won the special election, becoming the first female American governor on January 5, 1925. She was a staunch supporter of Prohibition during the 1920s. She lost re-election in…
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