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Miriam Amanda Wallace (Ma) Ferguson (1875-1961), first woman governor of Texas, daughter of Joseph L. and Eliza (Garrison) Wallace, was born in Bell County, Texas, on June 13, 1875. She attended Salado College and Baylor Female College at Belton. In 1899, at the age of twenty-four, she married James Edward Ferguson, also of Bell County.
About. Born in Bell County, Texas, MIRIAM A. (“MA”) FERGUSON attended Salado College and Baylor Female College. When her husband, who had resigned the governorship in 1917 under threat of impeachment, was unable to get his name on the ballot for the governor’s race of 1924, “Ma” Ferguson entered and won the race, becoming the first woman to be elected to the office of governor and ...
14. Jan. 2024 · Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson (13 June 1875 – 25 June 1961) became the first woman Governor of Texas in 1924, and the second woman state governor in the United States. This article about a political figure is a stub .
Miriam Amanda " Ma " Ferguson ( née Wallace; June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961) was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the governor of Texas: from 1925 to 1927, and from 1933 to 1935. She was the first female governor of Texas, and the second woman to be governor of any U.S. state, after Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming.
Miriam Amanda Wallace "Ma" Ferguson war eine US-amerikanische Politikerin und zwischen 1925 und 1935 zweimal Gouverneurin des Bundesstaates Texas. For faster navigation, this Iframe is preloading the Wikiwand page for Miriam A. Ferguson .
Miriam A. Ferguson, 1925–1927. M. Ferguson attended Salado College and Baylor Female College in Belton. When her husband was prohibited from placing his name on the ballot in 1924, she entered the governor’s race. Supporters called her “Ma” because most of her energy was spent providing for her husband and their two daughters during his ...
b. 1875 – Anahuac, Texas Governor: 1931–1933. Ferguson was defeated by Attorney General Dan Moody in the 1926 governor’s race. She did not seek office in 1928, however, after the Texas Supreme Court rejected her husband’s petition to run in 1930, she entered the race but was defeated by Ross Sterling in a runoff.
