Franklin D. Roosevelt Harry S. Truman Dwight D. Eisenhower
Preceded by
Robert J. Grant
Succeeded by
William H. Brett
14th Governor of Wyoming
In office January 5, 1925 – January 3, 1927
Preceded by
Frank Lucas
Succeeded by
Frank Emerson
First Lady of Wyoming
In office January 1, 1923 – October 2, 1924
Preceded by
Ida Mason Christy (1919)
Succeeded by
Ina Belle Craven
Personal details
Born
Nellie Davis Tayloe
(1876-11-29)November 29, 1876 St. Joseph, Missouri, U.S.
Died
December 19, 1977(1977-12-19) (aged 101) Washington, D.C., U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
William B. Ross
(m. 1902; died 1924)
Children
3
Relatives
Nellie Tayloe Sanders (great-granddaughter)
Nellie Davis Ross (née Tayloe; November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American educator and politician who served as the 14th governor of Wyoming from 1925 to 1927, and as the 28th and first female director of the United States Mint from 1933 to 1953. She was the first woman to serve as governor of a U.S. state, and remains the only woman to have served as governor of Wyoming.[1] She was a Democrat and supported Prohibition. She ran for re-election but refused to campaign herself.
Ross was born in St. Joseph, Missouri,[2] to James Wynns Tayloe, a native of Tennessee, and Elizabeth Blair Green, who owned a plantation on the Missouri River. Her family moved to Miltonvale, Kansas in 1884, and she graduated from Miltonvale High School in 1892. She attended a teacher-training college for two years and taught kindergarten for four years.
On September 11, 1902, Ross married William B. Ross, whom she had met when visiting relatives in Tennessee in 1900. William B. Ross was governor of Wyoming from 1923 to his death on October 2, 1924. Ross succeeded her late husband's successor Frank Lucas as governor when she won the special election, becoming the first female American governor on January 5, 1925. She was a staunch supporter of Prohibition during the 1920s. She lost re-election in 1926, but remained an active member of the Democratic Party.
In 1933, Ross became the first female Director of the United States Mint. Despite initial mistrust, she forged a strong bond with Mary Margaret O'Reilly, the assistant director of the Mint and one of the United States' highest-ranking female civil servants of her time. Ross served five terms as Director, retiring in 1953. During her later years, she wrote for various women's magazines and traveled. Ross died in Washington, D. C., at the age of 101.
^"Today in History". The Library of Congress. Retrieved July 27, 2012.
^"Nellie Tayloe Ross Biography" (PDF). Made In Wyoming. June 2, 2014.[permanent dead link]
and 20 Related for: Nellie Tayloe Ross information
Nellie Davis Ross (née Tayloe; November 29, 1876 – December 19, 1977) was an American educator and politician who served as the 14th governor of Wyoming...
NellieTayloe Sanders is an American politician who has served as the Oklahoma Secretary of Education since January 24, 2024. NellieTayloe Sanders graduated...
special election was held to fill the remainder of Ross's term and his widow, NellieTayloeRoss, defeated Republican nominee E. J. Sullivan in a landslide...
horse breeder, planter, and land speculator John Tayloe Lomax (1781–1862), American jurist NellieTayloeRoss (1876–1977), American politician, 14th Governor...
election took place on November 3, 1926. Incumbent Democratic Governor NellieTayloeRoss, first elected in the 1924 special election, ran for re-election to...
the Philadelphia, Denver, and San Francisco mints. Mint director NellieTayloeRoss had long admired Franklin, and wanted him to be depicted on a coin...
27, 2012. "NellieTayloeRoss Biography" (PDF). Made In Wyoming. June 2, 2014.[permanent dead link] "Wyoming Governor NellieTayloeRoss". Former Governors'...
governor pursuant to a special election was NellieTayloeRoss of Wyoming (widow of late Governor William B. Ross, served from January 1923 to October 1924)...
governor of Texas and the second to be governor of any U.S. state, after NellieTayloeRoss, although Ferguson was the first to be elected to the office. Thomas...
$1,000. The deadline for submissions was April 15; Mint Director NellieTayloeRoss and three sculptors were to be the judges. Competitors were to place...
female politics continued into the 20th century. In 1925, Democrat NellieTayloeRoss became the first elected female governor of a U.S. state. Wyoming...
Cordell Hull 71.84 50.84 Alben W. Barkley 77 Walter F. George 52.5 52.5 NellieTayloeRoss 31 James A. Reed 48 52 Henry Tureman Allen 28 Atlee Pomerene 47 3...
2023. "Governor Ross Is Dead". Casper Star-Tribune. October 2, 1924. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2023. Sobel 1978, p. 1775. "NellieTayloeRoss". National Governors...
21, 1938, Schlag's design for the Jefferson nickel was selected by NellieTayloeRoss, Director of the United States Mint. Schlag won $1,000 for his winning...
Sullivan Ross (1838–1898), 19th Governor of Texas NellieTayloeRoss (1876–1977), 14th Governor of Wyoming, wife of William B. Ross William H. H. Ross (1814–1887)...
(1965–1967; 1971–1978) NellieTayloeRoss (1876–1977), Governor of Wyoming (1925–1927), first female governor of a U.S. state William B. Ross (1873–1924), Governor...
late 1924 and was succeeded first by Frank Lucas, then by Ross's widow NellieTayloeRoss, who won the 1924 special election to complete her husband's...
Caulfield, Michael (June 11, 2005). "Joan Allen receives the 2005 NellieTayloeRoss Award from Patricia Heaton". Getty Images. Archived from the original...
Global Information