First ladies and gentlemen of Oregon

First Lady of Idaho
First Lady of Idaho
	Seal of Oregon
	Current; Aimee Kotek Wilson; since January 9, 2023
Residence	Mahonia Hall
Inaugural holder	Nancy Jane Whiteaker
Formation	July 8, 1858

Last updated September 05, 2025

First Lady or First Gentleman ofOregon is the title attributed to the wife or husband of the governor of Oregon. The holder of the title resides with the governor at the Governor's Mansion in Salem, Oregon.

List of first ladies and gentlemen of Oregon

Provisional Government of Oregon

Name	Image	Term	Governor	Notes
Anne Pope Abernethy^[1]		June 3, 1845 – March 3, 1849	George Abernethy

Territory of Oregon

Name	Term	Governor
Polly Hart Lane^[1]	March 3, 1849 – June 18, 1850	Joseph Lane
Unknown	June 18, 1850 – August 18, 1850	Kintzing Prichette
Margaret B. Wands Gaines	August 18, 1850 – May 16, 1853	John P. Gaines
Polly Hart Lane (Acting)^[1]	May 16, 1853 – May 19, 1853	Joseph Lane (Acting)
Chloe Boone (Acting)	May 19, 1853 – December 2, 1853	George Law Curry (Acting)
Ann Hoover	May 14, 1853 – August 1, 1854	John Wesley Davis
Chloe Boone	August 1, 1854 – March 3, 1859	George Law Curry

State of Oregon

First Lady/Gentlemen	Term	Governor	Notes
Nancy Jane Whiteaker	July 8, 1858 – September 10, 1862	John Whiteaker
Unknown	September 10, 1862 – September 12, 1866	A. C. Gibbs
Louisa A. McBride	September 12, 1866 – September 14, 1870	George Lemuel Woods
Elizabeth Carter	September 14, 1870 – February 1, 1877	La Fayette Grover
Jane A. Smith	February 1, 1877 – September 11, 1878	Stephen F. Chadwick
Samantha C. Thayer	September 11, 1878 – September 13, 1882	W. W. Thayer
Mary Stephenson	September 13, 1882 – January 12, 1887	Zenas Ferry Moody
Mary A. Allen	January 12, 1887 – January 14, 1895	Sylvester Pennoyer
Juliette Montague	February 14, 1900 – March 27, 1903	William Paine Lord
Nancy Batte Duncan	January 9, 1899 – January 14, 1903	Theodore Thurston Geer
Sallie Newman Welch	January 15, 1903 – February 28, 1909	George Earle Chamberlain
Vacant	February 27, 1909 – March 1, 1909	Carolyn B. Shelton (Acting)
Harriet Ruth Benson	March 1, 1909 – June 17, 1910	Frank W. Benson
Elizabeth Hoover Bowerman	June 17, 1910 – January 11, 1911	Jay Bowerman
Mabel West	January 11, 1911 – January 12, 1915	Oswald West
Isabel Withycombe	January 12, 1915 – March 3, 1919	James Withycombe
Lena Olcott	March 3, 1919 – January 8, 1923	Ben W. Olcott
Laura Rudio Pierce	January 8, 1923 – January 10, 1927	Walter M. Pierce
Mary Elizabeth Woodworth	January 10, 1927 – December 21, 1929	I. L. Patterson
Edna Lyle Norblad	December 21, 1929 – January 12, 1931	A. W. Norblad
Grace Mayer	January 12, 1931 – January 14, 1935	Julius Meier
Louise Hughes	January 14, 1935 – January 9, 1939	Charles Martin
Blanche Chamberlain	January 9, 1939 – January 11, 1943	Charles A. Sprague
Edith Welshons	January 11, 1943 – October 28, 1947	Earl Snell
Elizabeth Walch	October 30, 1947 – January 10, 1949	John Hubert Hall
Mabel Hill	January 10, 1949 – December 27, 1952	Douglas McKay
Georgia Patterson	December 27, 1952 – January 31, 1956	Paul L. Patterson
Dorothy Smith	January 31, 1956 – January 14, 1957	Elmo Smith
Marie Hoy Holmes	January 14, 1957 – January 12, 1959	Robert D. Holmes
Antoinette Kuzmanich	January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	Mark Hatfield
Audrey McCall	January 9, 1967 – January 13, 1975	Tom McCall	Like her husband, a Republican environmental activist.
Pat Straub	January 13, 1975 – January 8, 1979	Robert W. Straub
Dolores Atiyeh	January 8, 1979 – January 12, 1987	Victor Atiyeh	Healthcare activist responsible for one of the nation's first seat belt laws.
Margaret Wood Goldschmidt	January 12, 1987 – 1990	Neil Goldschmidt
Frank L. Roberts	January 14, 1991 – January 9, 1995	Barbara Roberts	Member of the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon State Senate. First man to hold the title of First Gentleman of Oregon.
Sharon LaCroix	January 9, 1995 – January 13, 2003	John Kitzhaber
Mary Oberst	January 13, 2003 – January 10, 2011	Ted Kulongoski
Cylvia Hayes	January 10, 2011 – February 18, 2015	John Kitzhaber	Subject of the influence peddling scandal leading to the resignation of Governor Kitzhaber.
Dan Little	February 18, 2015 – January 10, 2023	Kate Brown	Second man to hold the title of First Gentleman of Oregon.
Aimee Kotek Wilson	January 10, 2023 – present	Tina Kotek	First openly lesbian first lady of Oregon

References

1 2 3 "First Ladies of Oregon Gown Collection". Newell Pioneer Village. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

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[:0-1] 1 2 3 "First Ladies of Oregon Gown Collection". Newell Pioneer Village. Retrieved June 29, 2020.

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