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Vivian E. Watts

Vivian E. Watts
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 39th district
Assumed office
January 10, 1996
Preceded by Alan E. Mayer
In office
January 12, 1983 – January 14, 1986
Succeeded by Alan E. Mayer
7th Virginia Secretary of Transportation
and Public Safety
In office
January 14, 1986 – January 1990
Governor Gerald L. Baliles
Preceded by Andrew B. Fogarty
Succeeded by John G. Milliken
(as Secretary of Transportation)
Robert L. Suthard
(as Secretary of Public Safety)
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
from the 51st district
In office
January 13, 1982 – January 12, 1983
Serving with Jim Dillard, Robert E. Harris
Preceded by George W. Grayson
Succeeded by David G. Brickley
Personal details
Born ( 1940 -06-07) June 7, 1940 (age 77)
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) David A. Watts
Children Cynthia Simpson, Jeffrey E. Watts
Residence Annandale, Virginia
Alma mater University of Michigan
Committees Courts of Justice; Finance; Science and Technology
Website www.vivianwatts.com

Vivian Edna Watts (born June 7, 1940) is an American politician who is serving as a Democrat in the Virginia House of Delegates. She was first elected in 1981; but left to serve as the state's Secretary of Transportation and Public Safety in 1986. She was again elected to the House in 1996. She represents the 39th district, which includes part of Fairfax County.

She was born in Detroit, Michigan, but has been a resident of Virginia since 1963, and has four grandchildren. She married her husband, David Watts, in 1960.



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