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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 to be governor of any U.S. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Miriam A. Ferguson has received more than 1,674,517 page views. Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2019). Miriam A. Ferguson is the 15,360th most popular politician (down from 13,674th in 2019), the 9,656th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,713th in 2019) and the 601st most popular American Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Miriam A. Ferguson ranks 15,360 out of 15,577Before her are Petra Roth, José Montilla, Jean-Michel Blanquer, Ali Treki, Mackenzie Bowell, and Hanna Gronkiewicz-Waltz. After her are Nelson W. Aldrich, Lolo Matalasi Moliga, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Eadberht of Northumbria, John McEwen, and Fatma Samoura.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Miriam A. Ferguson ranks 166Before her are Béla Békessy, Františka Plamínková, Prithvi Bir Bikram Shah, Roscoe Lockwood, Gunnar Höjer, and László Berti. After her are Maurice Hemelsoet, Émile Delchambre, Mary McLeod Bethune, Samuel S. Hinds, Charles Perrin, and Charles Holden. Among people deceased in 1961, Miriam A. Ferguson ranks 170Before her are Gail Russell, Earle Page, Victor d'Arcy, Augusto Barcía Trelles, Howard P. Robertson, and Clarence Pinkston. After her are Adela Pankhurst, Gustaf Rosenquist, Kazimierz Laskowski, George Simpson, George Formby, and Maribel Vinson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Miriam A. Ferguson ranks 9,656 out of 18,182Before her are Thomas Pollock Anshutz (1851), Bruce Ames (1928), Richard Grieco (1965), Wendell Pierce (1963), Cliff DeYoung (1945), and Pauline Starke (1901). After her are Nelson W. Aldrich (1841), Guion Bluford (1942), Charley Borah (1906), Ellen Hansell (1869), Don Meineke (1930), and Colton Haynes (1988).

Among POLITICIANS In United States

Among politicians born in United States, Miriam A. Ferguson ranks 601Before her are Terry Branstad (1946), George Deukmejian (1928), Ted Stevens (1923), George Read (1733), Henry Cabot Lodge (1850), and Jim Inhofe (1934). After her are Nelson W. Aldrich (1841), Bob Kerrey (1943), Leonard Wood (1860), Daniel Goldin (1940), John Delaney (1963), and Lisa Murkowski (1957).