Object Record
Images
Metadata
Catalog Number |
2016.018.043 |
Object Name |
Button, Campaign |
Collection |
Matt Dole Collection |
Title |
Hollister campaign button |
Year Range from |
1993 |
Year Range to |
1994 |
Description |
Campaign button used for Nancy Hollister's Lieutenant Governor campaign. The front of the pin features an image of Nancy with the text: "NANCY HOLLISTER / * FOR OHIO'S LT. GOVERNOR *" |
Notes |
Nancy Putnam Hollister was Ohio's first female governor. Hollister was born on May 22, 1949, in Marietta, Ohio. She attended Kent State University, and upon leaving college, she became a housewife. A member of the Republican Party, Hollister decided to pursue a political career by the early 1980s. She served on the Marietta City Council from 1980 until 1984, and she then became mayor of Marietta, holding this office until 1991. As mayor, Hollister promoted tourism, sought to attract new businesses to Marietta, and helped to secure funding for a new bridge across the Ohio River. In 1991, Governor George Voinovich appointed Hollister as the director of the Governor's Office of Appalachia. Having served as mayor of an Appalachian community, Hollister was well suited for this position. She advised the governor on how to improve economic life for people living in twenty-nine Ohio counties deemed to be part of Appalachia. Hollister was elected Ohio's 60th Lieutenant Governor in 1994 to replace incumbent lieutenant governor Mike DeWine, who was elected to the U.S. Senate. In this capacity, Hollister assisted Governor Voinovich by overseeing several state offices and commissions, including the State and Local Government Commission, the Governor's Workforce Development Board, the Ohio Bureau of Employment Services, the Ohio Farmland Preservation Task Force, the Governor's Office of Appalachia, the Ohio School-to-Work Initiative, the Office of Housing and Community Partnership, the Ohio Department of Agriculture, and the Ohio Coal Development Office. Upon Governor Voinovich's resignation to become one of Ohio's two U.S. Senators, Hollister became Ohio's chief executive. Hollister was the first woman to become Ohio's governor. Her term was a short one, however, lasting only eleven days from late December 1998 to early January 1999. Bob Taft, whom voters elected in November 1998, took office in January 1999. Upon leaving office, Hollister won election to the Ohio House of Representatives. She represented the 93rd District. She remained in this office until 2005, having been defeated in a reelection bid in 2004. Since her defeat, Hollister remains active in many community-service initiatives. |
Provenance |
Matt Dole donated this button to the Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board museum collection in 2016 as part of a collection of items related to the Ohio Statehouse and the Ohio government. The Capitol Square Review and Advisory Board took over the care of the Statehouse and its collections in 1988. |
People |
Hollister, Nancy, 1949- |
Search Terms |
Ohio Lieutenant Governor Republican Party |
Subjects |
Campaigns, Political Governors Political campaigns Political candidates Political elections Politicians Politics & government |