STATE GOVERNORS WHO HAVE BEEN SORORITY WOMEN

After the 2018 election, I was notified of four sorority women who had been elected or reelected as U.S. Governors. It prompted me to put together this list. If I have missed anyone, please contact me and I will update it. It is in the order of when they were elected. This list only covers the 50 United States.

Nellie Tayloe Ross, Wyoming, attended an unnamed teacher’s college, perhaps in Kansas, in the 1890s

Miriam A. Ferguson, Texas, Baylor Female College

Lurleen Wallace, Alabama, did not attend college

Ella T. Grasso, Connecticut, Mount Holyoke College 

Dixy Lee Ray, Washington, Mills College

Vesta M. Roy, New Hampshire, Wayne State University

Martha Layne Collins, Kentucky, University of Kentucky, Chi Omega

Madeleine Kunin, Vermont, University of Massachusetts

Kay A. Orr, Nebraska, University of Iowa

Rose Mofford, Arizona, did not attend college

Joan Finney, Kansas, Washburn University

Barbara Roberts, Oregon, Portland State University

Ann Richards (1933-2006), Texas, Baylor University

Christine Todd Whitman, New Jersey, Wheaton College (MA)

Jeanne Shaheen, New Hampshire, Shippensburg University

Jane Dee Hull, Arizona, University of Kansas

Nancy Hollister, Ohio, Kent State University

Judy Martz, Montana, Eastern Montana College

Ruth Ann Minner, Delaware, Delaware Technical and Community College

Jane Swift, Massachusetts, Trinity College, Kappa Kappa Gamma

Linda Lingle, Hawaii, California State University, Northridge

Jennifer Granholm, Michigan, University of California, Berkeley

Janet Napolitano, Arizona, Santa Clara University

Kathleen Sebelius, Kansas, Trinity Washington University

Olene Walker, Utah, Brigham Young University

Kathleen Blanco, Louisiana, University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Kappa Delta

Jodi Rell, Connecticut, Western Connecticut State University

Christine Gregoire (1947-), Washington, University of Washington, Kappa Delta

Sarah Palin, Alaska, University of Idaho

Bev Perdue, North Carolina, University of Kentucky, Kappa Kappa Gamma

Jan Brewer, Arizona, Glendale Community College

Susana Martinez, New Mexico, University of Texas at El Paso

Mary Fallin, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, Kappa Alpha Theta

Nikki Haley, South Carolina, Clemson University

Maggie Hassan, New Hampshire, Brown University

Gina Raimondo, Rhode Island, Harvard University

Kate Brown, Oregon, University of Colorado

Kay Ivey, Alabama, Auburn University, Alpha Gamma Delta (she was reelected in 2018)

Kim Reynolds, Iowa, Iowa State University

Gretchen Whitmer, Michigan, Michigan State University, Kappa Alpha Theta

Michelle Lujan Grisham, New Mexico, University of New Mexico, Delta Delta Delta

Janet T. Mills, Maine, University of Massachusetts Boston

Kristi Noem, South Dakota, South Dakota State University

Laura Kelly, Kansas, Bradley University, Pi Beta Phi

Kathy Hochul, New York, Syracuse University

Katie Hobbs, Arizona, Northern Arizona University

Maura Healey, Massachusetts, Harvard University

Tina Kotek, Oregon, Georgetown University and University of Oregon

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Arkansas, Ouachita Baptist University