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Kay Avonne Orr (née Stark; January 2, 1939) is an American politician who served as the 36th governor of Nebraska from 1987 to 1991. A member of the Republican Party, she was the state's first and to date only female governor.
Jun 3, 2020 · Kay A. Orr served as governor of Nebraska from 1987-1991, Nebraska's first female governor and the first female Republican governor. Orr was born in Burlington, Iowa, on January 2, 1939.
Jan 21, 2019 · KAY A. ORR was born in Burlington, Iowa. She attended the University of Iowa. In 1963, she moved with her family to Lincoln Nebraska, where she became a leader in the Republican Party at the local, state, and national levels. She was elected as a delegate to the national conventions of 1976, 1980, 1984, and 1988.
Kay A. Orr (born January 2, 1939) was an American politician. She was born in Burlington, Iowa. Orr was the 36th Governor of Nebraska from 1987 to 1991. [1] She is a member of the Republican Party .
Orr, Kay (1939–) American politician. Name variations: Kay A. Orr. Born Jan 2, 1939, in Burlington, Iowa; moved to Lincoln, Nebraska, 1963.
Nebraska's 36th Governor and the first elected female Republican Governor in the United States.
Orr's tenure as First Gentleman began on January 9, 1987, with the inauguration of his wife, Kay A. Orr, as Governor of Nebraska. Kay Orr, a Republican, defeated Democrat Helen Boosalis in the 1986 gubernatorial election to become both the first female Governor of Nebraska and the first female Republican governor of any U.S. state.
