Jane Dee Hull
| Jane Hull | |
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| 20th Governor of Arizona | |
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In office September 5, 1997 – January 6, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | Fife Symington |
| Succeeded by | Janet Napolitano |
| 16th Secretary of State of Arizona | |
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In office January 2, 1995 – September 5, 1997 |
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| Governor | Fife Symington |
| Preceded by | Richard D. Mahoney |
| Succeeded by | Betsey Bayless |
| Member of the Arizona House of Representatives | |
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In office 1979-1993 |
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| Personal details | |
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Jane Dee Bowersock August 8, 1935 Kansas City, Missouri, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Terry Hull |
| Children | 4 |
| Alma mater |
University of Kansas, Lawrence Arizona State University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Jane Dee Hull (née Bowersock; born August 8, 1935) is an American politician who served as the 20th Governor of Arizona from 1997 to 2003. She was the second woman to serve as Governor of Arizona and the first female Republican governor of the state.
Born Jane Dee Bowersock in Kansas City, Missouri, Hull graduated from the University of Kansas with a degree in education. She taught elementary school in Kansas and, while her husband was a public health physician there, in Navajo Nation schools at Chinle, Arizona.
She moved to Arizona in 1962, after hearing a Barry Goldwater speech. She campaigned for Goldwater in the United States presidential election in 1964.
Hull entered politics in 1978 by being elected to the Arizona House of Representatives as a Republican. She served for seven terms, including two as Speaker of the House, the first female Speaker in Arizona history.
In 1991, while she was Speaker, the Arizona legislature experienced a major political scandal called AZSCAM, which resulted in the resignation or removal of ten members of the House and Senate. As a result, Speaker Hull instituted a number of ethics reforms to reestablish public confidence in the legislature.
Hull was elected Arizona Secretary of State in 1994. After Governor Fife Symington was forced to resign due to a felony conviction, Hull became governor on September 5, 1997. She was sworn in by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, herself a former Arizona legislator. Arizona has no lieutenant governor, so the secretary of state, if holding office by election, stands first in the line of succession.
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