Nancy Hollister
| Nancy Hollister | |
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| Member of the Ohio House of Representatives from the 96th district |
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In office January 5, 1999 – December 31, 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Tom Johnson |
| Succeeded by | Charlie Wilson |
| 66th Governor of Ohio | |
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In office December 31, 1998 – January 11, 1999 |
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| Preceded by | George Voinovich |
| Succeeded by | Bob Taft |
| 60th Lieutenant Governor of Ohio | |
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In office January 9, 1995 – December 31, 1998 |
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| Governor | George Voinovich |
| Preceded by | Mike DeWine |
| Succeeded by | Maureen O'Connor |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 22, 1949 Marietta, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Jeff Hollister |
| Alma mater | Kent State University |
Nancy Putnam Hollister (born May 22, 1949) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Ohio. Hollister was the first, and to date only, female Governor of Ohio, serving briefly from December 1998 to January 1999. She attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college she became a housewife. She began her political career in the 1980s. She is a member of the Republican Party.
Nancy Hollister first entered public office when she was elected to the Marietta City Council in 1980. Hollister would serve on city council until being elected Mayor of Marietta in 1984. As Mayor, Hollister worked to attract new businesses to the area, promote tourism, and secured funding for a new bridge across the Ohio River.
Since Hollister was a mayor in Southeastern Ohio, Governor Voinovich appointed Nancy Hollister as director of the Governor's Office of Appalachia. In this position, Hollister would advise the Governor on how to improve the economy, and life, for twenty-nine counties.
Hollister was elected Ohio's 60th Lieutenant Governor in 1994 to replace incumbent lieutenant governor Mike DeWine, who was elected to the U.S. Senate. Hollister would oversee several State and Local Government Commissions. These included the Governor's Office of Appalachia, the Governor's Workforce Development Board,the Ohio Department of Agriculture, the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, the Ohio School-to-Work Initiative, the Office of Housing and Community Partnership, the Ohio Coal Development Office, and the Ohio Farmland Preservation Task Force.
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