Vesta M. Roy

Vesta Roy
Roy's oil portrait in the New Hampshire Statehouse, the first portrait of a woman to be hung there.
Acting Governor of New Hampshire
In office
December 29, 1982 – January 6, 1983
Preceded byHugh Gallen
Succeeded byJohn H. Sununu
President of the New Hampshire Senate
In office
1982–1986
Preceded byRobert B. Monier
Succeeded byWilliam S. Bartlett Jr.
Member of the New Hampshire Senate
from the 22nd district
In office
1978–1986
Preceded byDelbert F. Downing
Succeeded byJoseph Delahunty
Member of the
Rockingham County Commission
from the 3rd district
In office
1974–1976
Preceded byRussell J. Hall
Succeeded byErnest P. Barka
Personal details
Born(1925-03-26)March 26, 1925
Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
DiedFebruary 9, 2002(2002-02-09) (aged 76)
Kenmore, New York, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseDr. Albert Roy
EducationWayne State University (BA)

Vesta M. Roy (née Coward; March 26, 1925 – February 9, 2002) was a Republican New Hampshire politician. She was the first woman to ever serve as the President of The New Hampshire Senate, Acting Governor, and Governor of New Hampshire. Her brief time as Governor was a complicated New Hampshire Constitutional set of events that unfolded when the sitting, post-election, outgoing governor fell ill and died just prior to the end of his term in January, 1983.