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Miriam Ferguson wurde als Miriam Amanda Wallace geboren. Sie besuchte das Salado College und dann das Baylor Female College in Belton. 1899 heiratete sie James E. Ferguson, der zwischen 1915 und 1917 Gouverneur von Texas war und im Sommer 1917 kurz vor einer sicheren Amtsenthebung wegen Unterschlagungen und Betrugs von diesem Amt zurücktrat.
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. [1]
Ferguson, Miriam A. (1875–1961) Texan who was the first woman in the U.S. to be elected to a full term as a state governor. Name variations: Ma Ferguson. Born Miriam Amanda Wallace in Bell County, Texas, on June 13, 1875; died on June 25, 1961, in Austin, Texas; daughter of Joseph Lapsley and Eliza (Garrison) Wallace (well-to-do rancherfarmers);
Miriam A. Ferguson was Texas' first woman governor. She served two terms, 1925 to 1927 and 1933 to 1935. She first ran in 1924 on the platform of vindicating her husband, former Governor Jim Ferguson, who had been impeached.
Miriam Amanda Wallace "Ma" Ferguson war eine US-amerikanische Politikerin und zwischen 1925 und 1935 zweimal Gouverneurin des Bundesstaates Texas.
Vor 4 Tagen · Miriam Ferguson (born June 13, 1875, Bell county, Texas, U.S.—died June 25, 1961, Austin, Texas) was an American politician who in 1925 became the first female governor of Texas after campaigning as a stand-in for her husband, James Edward (Jim) Ferguson, who had been convicted of financial crimes and impeached as governor in 1917 ...
Inaugurated fifteen days after Wyoming's Nellie Ross, Miriam Ferguson became the second woman governor in United States history. Political strife and controversy characterized her first administration.
