First ladies and gentlemen of Oregon

First lady or first gentleman of Oregon is the title attributed to the wife or husband of the governor of Oregon. The holder of the title resides with the governor at the Governor's Mansion in Salem, Oregon.

First Lady of Oregon
Seal of Oregon
Current Aimee Kotek Wilson since January 9, 2023
Style	Mrs. Wilson Madam First Lady
Residence	Mahonia Hall
Inaugural holder	Nancy Jane Whiteaker (as first lady) Frank Roberts (as first gentleman)
Formation	July 8, 1858 (167 years ago) (1858-07-08)
Website	Official website

The current first lady is Aimee Kotek Wilson, wife of Governor Tina Kotek, who has held the position since January 9, 2023.^[1][2] To date, only two people has served as the first gentleman since statehood: Frank Roberts from 1991 to 1995 and Dan Little 2015 to 2023.

List of first ladies and gentlemen of Oregon

Provisional Government of Oregon

Name	Image	Term	Governor	Notes
Anne Pope Abernethy[3]		June 3, 1845 – March 3, 1849	George Abernethy

Territory of Oregon

Name	Image	Term	Governor	Notes
Polly Hart Lane[3]		March 3, 1849 – June 18, 1850	Joseph Lane
Unknown		June 18, 1850 – August 18, 1850	Kintzing Prichette
Margaret B. Wands Gaines		August 18, 1850 – May 16, 1853	John P. Gaines
Polly Hart Lane (Acting)[3]		May 16, 1853 – May 19, 1853	Joseph Lane (Acting)
Chloe Boone (Acting)		May 19, 1853 – December 2, 1853	George Law Curry (Acting)
Ann Hoover		May 14, 1853 – August 1, 1854	John Wesley Davis
Chloe Boone		August 1, 1854 – March 3, 1859	George Law Curry

State of Oregon

First Lady/Gentlemen	Image	Term	Governor	Notes
Nancy Jane Whiteaker		July 8, 1858 – September 10, 1862	John Whiteaker
Unknown		September 10, 1862 – September 12, 1866	A. C. Gibbs
Louisa A. McBride		September 12, 1866 – September 14, 1870	George Lemuel Woods
Elizabeth Carter		September 14, 1870 – February 1, 1877	La Fayette Grover
Jane A. Smith		February 1, 1877 – September 11, 1878	Stephen F. Chadwick
Samantha C. Thayer		September 11, 1878 – September 13, 1882	W. W. Thayer
Mary Stephenson		September 13, 1882 – January 12, 1887	Zenas Ferry Moody
Mary A. Allen		January 12, 1887 – January 14, 1895	Sylvester Pennoyer
Juliette Montague		February 14, 1900 – March 27, 1903	William Paine Lord
Nancy Batte Duncan		January 9, 1899 – January 14, 1903	Theodore Thurston Geer
Sallie Newman Welch		January 15, 1903 – February 28, 1909	George Earle Chamberlain
Vacant		February 27, 1909 – March 1, 1909	Carolyn B. Shelton (Acting)
Harriet Ruth Benson		March 1, 1909 – June 17, 1910	Frank W. Benson
Elizabeth Hoover Bowerman		June 17, 1910 – January 11, 1911	Jay Bowerman
Mabel West		January 11, 1911 – January 12, 1915	Oswald West
Isabel Withycombe		January 12, 1915 – March 3, 1919	James Withycombe
Lena Olcott		March 3, 1919 – January 8, 1923	Ben W. Olcott
Laura Rudio Pierce		January 8, 1923 – January 10, 1927	Walter M. Pierce
Mary Elizabeth Woodworth		January 10, 1927 – December 21, 1929	I. L. Patterson
Edna Lyle Norblad		December 21, 1929 – January 12, 1931	A. W. Norblad
Grace Mayer		January 12, 1931 – January 14, 1935	Julius Meier
Louise Hughes		January 14, 1935 – January 9, 1939	Charles Martin
Blanche Chamberlain		January 9, 1939 – January 11, 1943	Charles A. Sprague
Edith Welshons		January 11, 1943 – October 28, 1947	Earl Snell
Elizabeth Walch		October 30, 1947 – January 10, 1949	John Hubert Hall
Mabel Hill		January 10, 1949 – December 27, 1952	Douglas McKay
Georgia Patterson		December 27, 1952 – January 31, 1956	Paul L. Patterson
Dorothy Smith		January 31, 1956 – January 14, 1957	Elmo Smith
Marie Hoy Holmes		January 14, 1957 – January 12, 1959	Robert D. Holmes
Antoinette Kuzmanich		January 3, 1995 – January 3, 1997	Mark Hatfield
Audrey McCall		January 9, 1967 – January 13, 1975	Tom McCall	Like her husband, a Republican environmental activist.
Pat Straub		January 13, 1975 – January 8, 1979	Robert W. Straub
Dolores Atiyeh		January 8, 1979 – January 12, 1987	Victor Atiyeh	Healthcare activist responsible for one of the nation's first seat belt laws.
Margaret Wood Goldschmidt		January 12, 1987 – 1990	Neil Goldschmidt
Frank L. Roberts		January 14, 1991 – January 9, 1995	Barbara Roberts	Member of the Oregon House of Representatives and the Oregon State Senate. First man to hold the title of First Gentleman of Oregon.
Sharon LaCroix		January 9, 1995 – January 13, 2003	John Kitzhaber
Mary Oberst		January 13, 2003 – January 10, 2011	Ted Kulongoski
Cylvia Hayes		January 10, 2011 – February 18, 2015	John Kitzhaber	Subject of the influence peddling scandal leading to the resignation of Governor Kitzhaber.
Dan Little		February 18, 2015 – January 10, 2023	Kate Brown	Second man to hold the title of First Gentleman of Oregon.
Aimee Kotek Wilson		January 10, 2023 – present	Tina Kotek	First openly lesbian first lady of Oregon.[4]

See also

• List of governors of Oregon
• Governor of Oregon