Vesta M. Roy

Vesta M. Roy

Infobox Governor
name = Vesta M. Roy
order = 84th
office = Governor of New Hampshire
term_start = December 30, 1982
term_end = January 6, 1983
lieutenant =
predecessor = Hugh Gallen
successor = John H. Sununu
birth_date = March 16, 1925
birth_place = Dearborn, Michigan
death_date = February 8, 2002
death_place = Kenmore, New York
party = Republican
spouse =
profession =
religion = |

Vesta M. Roy (March 26, 1925ndash February 8, 2002) was a Republican New Hampshire politician, born in Dearborn, Michigan.

As president of the state Senate, she served as acting governor of New Hampshire from December 30, 1982 until January 6, 1983 as a result of the untimely death of Governor Hugh Gallen shortly before the inauguration of the governor-elect, John H. Sununu. Roy served as a state senator from 1978 until 1986. As acting governor, she was the first Republican woman governor in the history of the United States as well as New Hampshire's first female governor. She was also the first female governor who became her state's executive chief not by being elected but by succession.Fact|date=August 2007 She served as an advisor to the New Hampshire campaigns of Republican presidential candidates Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and George H.W. Bush.

She died at her home in Kenmore, New York, at the age of 76 and was buried at Saint Joseph's Cemetery in East Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

External links

* [http://www.vestaroyseries.com The Vesta Roy Excellence in Public Service Series]
* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=9723516 Find-A-Grave page on Vesta M. Roy]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9505E1DB133EF931A15751C0A9649C8B63 New York Times obituary]

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