List of female governors in the United States

Chacón said that she believed that her 1924 elevation was the first time in the United States that a woman had been called on to assume the responsibilities of the governor.

As of 2025, Alabama, Arizona, Connecticut, New Hampshire, and New Mexico are the only states to have elected women as governors from both major parties.

A record 14 out of 50 state governorships were currently held by women following Kelly Ayotte's inauguration as Governor of New Hampshire on January 9, 2025.

[9] 3 women of color have been state governors: Susana Martinez and Michelle Lujan Grisham of New Mexico (both Hispanic) and Nikki Haley of South Carolina (Indian-American).

Additionally, all 6 women who governed an insular area have been of an ethnic minority group: Sharon Pratt and Muriel Bowser of Washington, D.C. (both African-American), Sila María Calderón, Wanda Vázquez Garced and Jenniffer González-Colón of Puerto Rico (all Hispanic), and Lou Leon Guerrero of Guam (Pacific Islander), all Democratic, with the exceptions of Vázquez Garced and Gonzalez-Colon, who are Republican.