Libby Mitchell

Libby Mitchell
President of the Maine Senate
In office
2008–2010
Preceded byBeth Edmonds
Succeeded byKevin Raye
Member of the Maine Senate
from the 24th district
In office
2004–2010
Succeeded byRoger Katz
Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives
In office
1997–1999
Preceded byDan Gwadosky
Succeeded bySteven Rowe
Personal details
Born
Elizabeth Anne Harrill

(1940-06-22) June 22, 1940 (age 84)
Gaffney, South Carolina, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJim Mitchell
EducationFurman University (BA)
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (MA)
University of Maine School of Law (JD)

Elizabeth H. Mitchell (born Elizabeth Anne Harrill on June 22, 1940[1]) is an American politician from Maine. Mitchell, a Democrat, represented Vassalboro, which is part of Kennebec County in the Maine Senate from 2004 to 2010. Mitchell was also the Democrats' 2010 candidate for the office of Governor of Maine. She finished in third place behind Republican Paul LePage and unenrolled attorney Eliot Cutler. She is the only woman in United States history to have been elected as both speaker of her state house of representatives and president of her state senate.[2]

  1. ^ Cover, Susan (September 12, 2010). "Mitchell: From small town to governor's race". Maine Sunday Telegram. Retrieved September 12, 2010.
  2. ^ Mallory Horne of Florida and John Hainkel of Louisiana were the first and second people, respectively, to do such. ncsl.typepad.com