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'''Miriam Ferguson''', known popularly as '''Ma Ferguson''', was a two-time Governor of [[Texas]], serving from 1925-1927 and again from 1933-1935.

'''Miriam Ferguson''', known popularly as '''Ma Ferguson''', was a two-time Governor of [[Texas]], serving from 1925-1927 and again from 1933-1935.

After her husband, [[Pa Ferguson|James "Pa" Ferguson]] was impeached and removed from office in 1917 (the only Texas Governor to have been), and his failure to either win another term or win the United States Presidency, he entered Ma as candidate for Governor in 1924.  Ma openly admitted he would provide "advice" and most of her campaign stops had her speaking briefly then turning the platform over to her husband.  Notwithstanding that the incumbent Governor Hobby openly campaigned for the Republican candidate, she won the election, making her the first female Governor of Texas and only the second in the United States at that time.

After her husband, [[Pa Ferguson|James "Pa" Ferguson]] was impeached and removed from office in 1917 (the only Texas Governor to have been), and his failure to either win another term or win the United States Presidency, he entered Ma as candidate for Governor in 1924.  Ma openly admitted he would provide "advice" and most of her campaign stops had her speaking briefly then turning the platform over to her husband.  Notwithstanding that the outgoing Governor openly campaigned for the Republican candidate, she won the election, making her the first female Governor of Texas and only the second in the United States at that time.

She lost in 1926 to the state Attorney General (who investigated Pa Ferguson for embezzlement and recovered over $1 million for Texas taxpayers), but won again in 1932.

She lost in 1926 to the state Attorney General (who investigated Pa Ferguson for embezzlement and recovered over $1 million for Texas taxpayers), but won again in 1932.