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Miriam A. Ferguson

1875 - 1961

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Miriam Amanda "Ma" Ferguson (née Wallace; June 13, 1875 – June 25, 1961) was an American politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the governor of Texas: from 1925 to 1927, and from 1933 to 1935. She was the first female governor of Texas, and the second woman elected to the governorship of any U.S. state to assume office, after Nellie Tayloe Ross of Wyoming. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2024). Miriam A. Ferguson is the 16,690th most popular politician (down from 15,760th in 2024), the 10,252nd most popular biography from United States (down from 8,572nd in 2019) and the 774th most popular American Politician.

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Among politicians, Miriam A. Ferguson ranks 16,690 out of 19,576. Before her are Shelly Yachimovich, Philippe Douste-Blazy, Rashidi Kawawa, Marcia Fudge, Sergei Ponomarenko, and Murat Zyazikov. After her are Boubou Cissé, Adolfas Šleževičius, Peter Sutherland, Haim Ramon, Santeri Alkio, and Erwin Teufel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Miriam A. Ferguson ranks 189. Before her are Isak Saba, Walter Middelberg, Shaqe Çoba, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, José Santos Chocano, and Elvira Notari. After her are Emīls Dārziņš, Eddie Polo, Alexei Ivanovich Abrikosov, Alphonzo Bell, Angeliki Panagiotatou, and Samuel S. Hinds. Among people deceased in 1961, Miriam A. Ferguson ranks 188. Before her are Niels Petersen, Kazimierz Laskowski, Whittaker Chambers, Zoltan Korda, Augustus John, and Gail Russell. After her are Eugene Bullard, Augusto Barcía Trelles, Eddie Polo, Adela Pankhurst, Gustaf Rosenquist, and Uberto De Morpurgo.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Miriam A. Ferguson ranks 10,254 out of 20,380. Before her are Ted McGinley (1958), Norman Z. McLeod (1898), Dorothy Comingore (1913), Kellan Lutz (1985), Harry Turtledove (1949), and Debra Mooney (1947). After her are Michael Horse (1949), Alicia Witt (1975), George Herriman (1880), Cynthia Watros (1968), Tom Shadyac (1958), and Irene Rosenfeld (1953).

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Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Miriam A. Ferguson ranks 774. Before her are Josiah Bartlett (1729), John Kasich (1952), Philip Francis Thomas (1810), Philip Schuyler (1733), Henry Jarvis Raymond (1820), and Marcia Fudge (1952). After her are Usha Vance (1986), George M. Bibb (1776), Joe Manchin (1947), Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927), George Ryan (1934), and Richard Rush (1780).

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