Vesta M. Roy

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Vesta M. Roy (born March 26, 1925 in Dearborn , Michigan ; † February 8, 2002 in Kenmore , New York ) was an American politician and from 1982 to 1983 governor of the state of New Hampshire .

Career

Vesta Roy was born in Michigan. During the Second World War she was a radio correspondent for the Canadian Air Force . Roy became a member of the Republican Party . She began her political career as a commissioner in Rockingham County , New Hampshire. Between 1973 and 1975 she was a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives and from 1978 to 1986 she was a member of the State Senate , of which she has since become President.

After the gubernatorial elections in 1982, in which the incumbent Democratic governor Hugh Gallen was defeated by John Sununu , Governor Gallen fell ill with a rare blood infection that made it impossible for him to end his remaining term of office himself until January 6, 1983. Therefore, on December 1, 1982, Vesta Roy was appointed President of the Senate as acting governor. When Gallen passed away on December 29, 1982, the next day she officially succeeded him as governor for the remaining seven days before handing over the office to John Sununu on January 6, 1983. Despite her short tenure, Roy went down in US history as the first female Republican governor. She was also the first woman to hold this position in New Hampshire.

Vesta Roy supported the Republican presidential candidates Gerald Ford , Ronald Reagan and George Bush , on whose campaign team for New Hampshire she served as an adviser. She died in 2002 at her home in Kenmore, New York, where she had retired. She had five children with her husband Albert.

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SURNAME Roy, Vesta M.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Dearborn , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 2002
Place of death Kenmore , New York