First ladies of Pennsylvania

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First Lady of Pennsylvania
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Incumbent
Lori Shapiro
since January 17, 2023
Inaugural holderElizabeth Fishbourne
Formation1777
Website First Lady
Former Pennsylvania First Ladies Midge Rendell, Frances Wolf, and Michele Ridge in October 2017. Midge Rendell, First Lady Frances Wolf, and Michele Ridge.jpg
Former Pennsylvania First Ladies Midge Rendell, Frances Wolf, and Michele Ridge in October 2017.

The first lady of Pennsylvania is the title attributed to the wife of the governor of Pennsylvania. The honorary position is styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To date there have been no female governors of Pennsylvania, and all first spouses have been first ladies.

From 1777 until late 1790, Pennsylvania was governed by a "Supreme Executive Council" whose head had the title of President. These presidents' wives are included here as well.

List of first ladies of Pennsylvania

ImageNameTook roleLeft role President of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Fishbourne17771778 Thomas Wharton Jr.
Elizabeth Smith17781778 George Bryan (acting)
Esther de Berdt Reed by Charles Peale.png Esther de Berdt 17781781 Joseph Reed
Sarah Lloyd17811782 William Moore
Mrs. John Dickinson (Mary Norris) and Daughter, Sallie Norris Dickinson.jpg Mary Norris Dickinson 17821785 John Dickinson
none (Franklin not married)17851788 Benjamin Franklin
ImageNameTook roleLeft role Governor of Pennsylvania
Sarah Morris17881799 Thomas Mifflin
Mrs Thomas McKean (Sarah Armitage) and Her Daughter, Maria Louisa by, Charles Willson Peale (1741 - 1827).jpg Sarah Armitage17991808 Thomas McKean
Catherine Antes18081810 Simon Snyder
none (Snyder was a widower)18101814
Mary Slough Scott18141817
Nancy Irwin18171820 William Findlay
Elizabeth Whitman18201823 Joseph Hiester
Susan Kimmell18231829 John Andrew Schulze
Mary Erb18291833 George Wolf
none (Mary Erb Wolf died in 1833)18331835
Susan Alter18351839 Joseph Ritner
Josephine McDermott18391845 David R. Porter
Jane Findlay18451848 Francis R. Shunk
none18481848none (office vacant)
Mary Montieth18481852 William F. Johnston
Maria Jane Reed18521855 William Bigler
Sarah Ann Hepburn18551858 James Pollock
Mary W. Vanderbilt18581861 William F. Packer
Catherine Irvine Wilson18611867 Andrew Gregg Curtin
Mary Church Henderson18671873 John W. Geary
Sallie Douglas Sebring18731879 John F. Hartranft
Mary Elizabeth Loveland18791883 Henry M. Hoyt
unknown18831887 Robert E. Pattison
Mary Allison McAllister18871891 James A. Beaver
unknown18911895 Robert E. Pattison
Jane Armstrong Rankin18951899 Daniel H. Hastings
Elizabeth B. White18991903 William A. Stone
Virginia Earle Broomall19031907 Samuel W. Pennypacker
unknown19071911 Edwin Sydney Stuart
Harriet Day19111915 John K. Tener
none (Brumbaugh was a widower)19151916 Martin Grove Brumbaugh
Flora Belle Parks19161919
Emeline Roach19191923 William Cameron Sproul
Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce19231927 Gifford Pinchot
none (Fisher was a widower)19271931 John Stuchell Fisher
Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce19311935 Gifford Pinchot
Huberta F. Potter19351939 George Howard Earle III
Grace Hainey Morris (hostess)19391939 Arthur James
Dorothy James (hostess)19391941
Emily Radcliffe Case19411943
Mary Charity Scott19431947 Edward Martin
Sarah Andrews Baker19471947 John C. Bell Jr.
Jean Kerr Taylor19471951 James H. Duff
Helene Pennebecker Morgan19511955 John S. Fine
Mary Jane Strickler19551959 George M. Leader
Alyce Golden Lawrence19591963 David L. Lawrence
Mary Lowe Chamberlin 19631967 William Scranton
Jane Harris Davies19671971 Raymond P. Shafer
Muriel Matzkin Shapp19711979 Milton Shapp
Ginny Judson Thornburgh19791987 Dick Thornburgh
Ellen Harding Casey (cropped).jpg Ellen Harding Casey19871995 Robert P. Casey
Michele Ridge (cropped).jpg Michele Ridge19952001 Tom Ridge
Katherine Schweiker20012003 Mark S. Schweiker
Midge Rendell (24830209439) (2).jpg Marjorie "Midge" Rendell 20032011 Ed Rendell
Susan Manbeck.jpg Susan Corbett20112015 Tom Corbett
Frances Wolf.jpg Frances Wolf 20152023 Tom Wolf
Lori Shapiro 2023serving Josh Shapiro

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