36th Speaker of the Arizona House of Representatives
In office January 2, 1989 – July 1992
Preceded by
Joe Lane
Succeeded by
Mark Killian
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 18th district
In office January 1, 1983 – October 4, 1993
Serving with Burton S. Barr, George E. Weisz, Susan Gerard
Preceded by
Pete Dunn
Succeeded by
Barry Wong
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives from the 19th district
In office January 1, 1979 – January 1, 1983
Serving with W. A. "Tony" West Jr.
Preceded by
Stan Akers
Succeeded by
Jan Brewer Nancy Wessel
Personal details
Born
Jane Dee Bowersock
(1935-08-08)August 8, 1935 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Died
April 16, 2020(2020-04-16) (aged 84) Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Terry Hull
(m. 1954; died 2020)
Children
4
Education
University of Kansas (BA) Arizona State University, Tempe (JD)
Jane Dee Hull (née Bowersock; August 8, 1935 – April 16, 2020) was an American politician and educator who was the 20th governor of Arizona from 1997 to 2003. She ascended to the office following the resignation of Fife Symington; Hull was elected in her own right in 1998 and served one term. She was the first woman formally elected as Governor of Arizona, and the second woman to serve in the office after Rose Mofford. She was a member of the Republican Party.[1][2][3]
A native of Kansas City, Missouri, Hull was a graduate of the University of Kansas with a degree in education. Hull worked as an elementary school teacher while her husband studied to become an obstetrician. She moved to Arizona with her husband, Terry, in 1962 where he began working on the Navajo Nation, while Jane raised the couple's four children and taught English. In 1964, the family moved to Phoenix, where she continued to raise her family. A decade later, she started her political career, and became involved with Republican women groups, in addition to volunteering on political campaigns.
In 1978, Hull was elected to her first political office, as a member of the Arizona House of Representatives. During her tenure in office, she would become House Majority Whip and Speaker of the House. In 1994, she was elected to the office of Secretary of State of Arizona, becoming the first Republican to hold the office in more than six decades. After ascending to the office of Governor of Arizona following Fife Symington's resignation, Hull was elected Governor in 1998 over former Mayor of Phoenix Paul Johnson, in a landslide election. Hull was constitutionally barred from running for a second full term in 2002, and retired from public service.
^Purdum, Todd S. (September 5, 1997). "Once Again in Arizona, Secretary of State Is Suddenly Thrust Into the Job of Governor". New York Times. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
^"Governor's Information – Arizona Governor Jane Dee Hull". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on October 6, 2008. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
^"Governor Jane Dee Hull". Arizona Blue Book – Chapter 3. Secretary of State of Arizona. Archived from the original on December 2, 2003. Retrieved April 20, 2009.
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