Former Pennsylvania First Ladies Midge Rendell, Frances Wolf, and Michele Ridge in October 2017.

The first lady of Pennsylvania is the title attributed to the wife of the governor of Pennsylvania. The honorary position is styled as First Lady or First Gentleman of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. To date there have been no female governors of Pennsylvania, and all first spouses have been first ladies.

From 1777 until late 1790, Pennsylvania was governed by a "Supreme Executive Council" whose head had the title of President. These presidents' wives are included here as well.

List of first ladies of Pennsylvania

Image Name Took role Left role President of Pennsylvania
Elizabeth Fishbourne 1777 1778 Thomas Wharton Jr.
Elizabeth Smith 1778 1778 George Bryan (acting)
Esther de Berdt 1778 1781 Joseph Reed
Sarah Lloyd 1781 1782 William Moore
Mary Norris Dickinson 1782 1785 John Dickinson
none (Franklin not married) 1785 1788 Benjamin Franklin
Image Name Took role Left role Governor of Pennsylvania
Sarah Morris 1788 1799 Thomas Mifflin
Sarah Armitage 1799 1808 Thomas McKean
Catherine Antes 1808 1810 Simon Snyder
none (Snyder was a widower) 1810 1814
Mary Slough Scott 1814 1817
Nancy Irwin 1817 1820 William Findlay
Elizabeth Whitman 1820 1823 Joseph Hiester
Susan Kimmell 1823 1829 John Andrew Schulze
Mary Erb 1829 1833 George Wolf
none (Mary Erb Wolf died in 1833) 1833 1835
Susan Alter 1835 1839 Joseph Ritner
Josephine McDermott 1839 1845 David R. Porter
Jane Findlay 1845 1848 Francis R. Shunk
none 1848 1848 none (office vacant)
Mary Montieth 1848 1852 William F. Johnston
Maria Jane Reed 1852 1855 William Bigler
Sarah Ann Hepburn 1855 1858 James Pollock
Mary W. Vanderbilt 1858 1861 William F. Packer
Catherine Irvine Wilson 1861 1867 Andrew Gregg Curtin
Mary Church Henderson 1867 1873 John W. Geary
Sallie Douglas Sebring 1873 1879 John F. Hartranft
Mary Elizabeth Loveland 1879 1883 Henry M. Hoyt
unknown 1883 1887 Robert E. Pattison
Mary Allison McAllister 1887 1891 James A. Beaver
unknown 1891 1895 Robert E. Pattison
Jane Armstrong Rankin 1895 1899 Daniel H. Hastings
Elizabeth B. White 1899 1903 William A. Stone
Virginia Earle Broomall 1903 1907 Samuel W. Pennypacker
unknown 1907 1911 Edwin Sydney Stuart
Harriet Day 1911 1915 John K. Tener
none (Brumbaugh was a widower) 1915 1916 Martin Grove Brumbaugh
Flora Belle Parks 1916 1919
Emeline Roach 1919 1923 William Cameron Sproul
Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce 1923 1927 Gifford Pinchot
none (Fisher was a widower) 1927 1931 John Stuchell Fisher
Cornelia Elizabeth Bryce 1931 1935 Gifford Pinchot
Huberta F. Potter 1935 1939 George Howard Earle III
Grace Hainey Morris (hostess) 1939 1939 Arthur James
Dorothy James (hostess) 1939 1941
Emily Radcliffe Case 1941 1943
Mary Charity Scott 1943 1947 Edward Martin
Sarah Andrews Baker 1947 1947 John C. Bell Jr.
Jean Kerr Taylor 1947 1951 James H. Duff
Helene Pennebecker Morgan 1951 1955 John S. Fine
Mary Jane Strickler 1955 1959 George M. Leader
Alyce Golden Lawrence 1959 1963 David L. Lawrence
Mary Lowe Chamberlin 1963 1967 William Scranton
Jane Harris Davies 1967 1971 Raymond P. Shafer
Muriel Matzkin Shapp 1971 1979 Milton Shapp
Ginny Judson Thornburgh 1979 1987 Dick Thornburgh
Ellen Harding Casey 1987 1995 Robert P. Casey
Michele Ridge 1995 2001 Tom Ridge
Katherine Schweiker 2001 2003 Mark S. Schweiker
Marjorie "Midge" Rendell 2003 2011 Ed Rendell
Susan Corbett 2011 2015 Tom Corbett
Frances Wolf 2015 2023 Tom Wolf
Lori Shapiro 2023 serving Josh Shapiro
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Ladies_of_Pennsylvania
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