Barbara Roberts
| Barbara Roberts | |
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| 34th Governor of Oregon | |
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In office January 14, 1991 – January 9, 1995 |
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| Preceded by | Neil Goldschmidt |
| Succeeded by | John Kitzhaber |
| 21st Secretary of State of Oregon | |
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In office January 7, 1985 – January 14, 1991 |
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| Governor |
Victor Atiyeh Neil Goldschmidt |
| Preceded by | Norma Paulus |
| Succeeded by | Phil Keisling |
| Member of the Oregon House of Representatives from the 17th district |
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In office January 1981 – January 1985 |
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| Preceded by | |
| Succeeded by | Mike Burton |
| Personal details | |
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December 21, 1936 Corvallis, Oregon, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Neal Sanders (1954–1972) Frank Roberts (1974–1993) |
| Alma mater | Portland State University |
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Barbara Kay Roberts (born December 21, 1936) is an American politician from the state of Oregon. A native of the state, she served as the 34th Governor of Oregon from 1991 to 1995. She was the first woman to serve as Oregon governor, and the only woman elected to that office until 2016. A Democrat, Roberts was also the first woman to serve as majority leader in the Oregon House of Representatives. She also won two terms as Oregon Secretary of State, and served in local and county government in Portland. Roberts was married to Oregon state Sen. Frank L. Roberts from 1974 until his death in 1993. From February 2011 until January 2013, she served on the council of Metro, the regional government in the Portland metropolitan area.
Roberts was born Barbara Kay Hughey on December 21, 1936, in Corvallis, Oregon, to Bob and Carmen Murray Hughey. Her father, a millworker, was a descendant of Oregon Trail pioneers. The Hugheys' second daughter Pat was born a few years later and then they moved to Los Angeles, California in 1940 where her father worked as a machinist. Following World War II, the Hugheys returned to Oregon, settling in Gold Creek in Yamhill County in 1945, and then finally in Sheridan.
In 1954, she married her high-school sweetheart Neal Sanders, graduating the following year from Sheridan High School. The couple moved to Texas, where they had two children, Mike and Mark, before returning to Oregon several years later, settling in Portland where she attended Portland State University from 1961 to 1964.
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