Timeline Monday 5 January 1925

Events on Monday 5 January 1925 1

• 1925 Nellie Tayloe Ross becomes first female US state governor Wyoming inaugurates the first woman governor in the United States Nellie Tayloe Ross was sworn in as governor of Wyoming, becoming the first woman to serve as a state governor in the United States. She completed the term of her late husband, William B. Ross, who had died in office. Miriam Ferguson of Texas took office as governor just weeks later that same year.