List of female lieutenant governors in the United States
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As of September 8, 2023, there are 22 women currently serving (excluding acting capacity) as lieutenant governors in the United States. Overall, 119 women have served (including acting capacity).
Women have been elected lieutenant governor from 40 of the 50 states. The states that have the position of lieutenant governor and have not yet elected a woman are Georgia, Tennessee, Texas, Washington and West Virginia. The states that do not have the position of lieutenant governor are Arizona, Maine, New Hampshire, Oregon and Wyoming. The holders of the first in line to the governorship there, either the secretary of state or senate president, are listed here separately.
14 female lieutenant governors have become governors of their respective states and 6 female secretaries of state have become governors of their respective states.
Nancy E. Dick is the oldest living former female lieutenant governor at the age of 93.