caption district predecessor successor birth_place profession party office state_house birth_date order term_start spouse image article_title term_end name
former governor roberts at a dinner in 2009 . 17th neil goldschmidt robert liberty norma paulus george starr john kitzhaber bob stacey phil keisling mike burton corvallis , oregon politician democratic governor of oregon metro councilor , district 6 oregon 21 december 1936 34th 21st oregon secretary of state january 7 , 1985 1981 14 , 1991 february 24 , 2011 january neal roberts -lrb- 1974 -- 1993 -rrb- sanders -lrb- 1954 -- 1972 -rrb- frank l. governor barbara roberts.jpg barbara roberts
 january 1991 1985 9 , 1995 january 2013 january 14 , barbara roberts
barbara roberts

barbara kay roberts -lrb- born december 21 , 1936 -rrb- 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 .
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 senator frank l. roberts .
from february 2011 until january 2013 she served on the council of metro , the regional government in the portland metropolitan area .
