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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Nancy_HollisterNancy Hollister - Wikipedia

    Nancy Elizabeth Hollister (née Putnam; born May 22, 1949) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first and, to date, only female governor of Ohio, serving briefly from December 1998 to January 1999. Hollister attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college she became a housewife.

  2. www.dispatch.com › story › newsNancy Hollister reflects on career as Ohio’s first woman governor

    Mar 29, 2021 · Formerly the lieutenant governor of Ohio, Hollister became the first — and only — woman governor of the state on December 31, 1998. She served just 11 days, or the interim between former...

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  4. www.wvxu.org › politics › 2022/01/14Ohio has had one woman governor. She served for 11 days

    Jan 14, 2022 · Nancy Hollister of Marietta is someone who truly deserves to be remembered in the annals of Ohio history. Why, you ask? Because most Ohioans – even those who were adults at the end of 1998...

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  5. www.cantonrep.com › story › newsThe Monday After: Remembering when Nancy Hollister became ...

    Jan 1, 2024 · 0:56. Twenty-five years ago, Nancy P. Hollister was serving her initial full day as Ohio's first and only female governor. Sworn in on Dec. 31, 1998, she would lead the state for the...

  6. www.bgsu.edu › arts-and-sciences › political-scienceNancy P. Hollister's story - Bowling Green State University

    Nancy P. Hollister's story. Nancy Putnam Hollister was born on May 22, 1949. A descendant of Rufus Putnum, who founded Marietta in 1788, Hollister thrice made history as the first woman mayor of Marietta, first woman lieutenant governor, and first woman governor of Ohio. She served as governor when Governor George Voinovich resigned early to be ...

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  8. ohiostatehouse.org › nancy-p-hollisterNancy P. Hollister | Ohio Statehouse

    Republican. Biography. Nancy Putnam Hollister was elected to the Ohio House in 1999 after becoming Ohio's first female governor in 1998. Hollister was born on May 22, 1949, in Marietta, Ohio. She attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college, she became a housewife.

  9. www.nga.org › governor › nancy-p-hollisterNancy P. Hollister - National Governors Association

    Dec 31, 1998 · About. NANCY P. HOLLISTER was born in Marietta, Ohio and attended Kent State University. She served on the Marietta, Ohio City Council from 1980 to 1984 and became the city’s first female Mayor, a position that she held from 1984 until 1991, when Governor George Voinovich appointed her Director of the Governor’s Office of Appalachia. In ...