Nancy Hall | |
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Arkansas State Treasurer | |
In office January 1963 – January 1981 | |
Governor | Orval Faubus Winthrop Rockefeller Dale Bumpers David Pryor Bill Clinton |
Preceded by | Lee Arthur Clayton |
Succeeded by | Jimmie Lou Fisher |
Secretary of State of Arkansas | |
In office 1961–1963 | |
Governor | Orval Faubus |
Preceded by | Claris G. “Crip” Hall |
Succeeded by | Kelly Bryant |
Personal details | |
Born | Prescott, Arkansas, U.S. | October 5, 1904
Died | January 1, 1991 | (aged 86)
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse |
Crip Hall (m. 1929) |
Nancy Pearl Johnson Hall (October 5, 1904 – January 1, 1991) was the first female Arkansas State Treasurer, serving as a Democrat from 1963 to 1981. Prior to becoming Treasurer, Hall was appointed Secretary of State of Arkansas by Governor Orval Faubus in 1961, after the death of her husband, Crip Hall.
Upon her election in 1962, she became the first woman to be elected to a constitutional office in Arkansas.[1]