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Female Politicians in Virginia, Q-R

  May Quarles — also known as Mrs. A. G. Quarles — of Richmond, Va. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia; Dry candidate for delegate to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Burial location unknown.
  Virginia T. Quick — of Falls Church, Va. Republican. Postmaster at Falls Church, Va., 1924-28. Female. Burial location unknown.
  Marie Fagg Quinn (born c.1940) — also known as Marie Quinn — of Richmond, Va.; Bon Air, Chesterfield County, Va. Born about 1940. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2004, 2008 (alternate). Female. Still living as of 2008.
  Barboura G. Raesly — of Virginia. Republican. Candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia. Female. Still living as of 1992.
  Martha Jefferson Randolph (1772-1836) — also known as Patsy Randolph; Martha Jefferson — Born in Albemarle County, Va., September 27, 1772. First Lady of Virginia, 1819-22. Female. Died in Albemarle County, Va., October 10, 1836 (age 64 years, 13 days). Interment at Monticello Graveyard, Near Charlottesville, Albemarle County, Va.
  Relatives: Daughter of Thomas Jefferson and Martha (Wayles) Jefferson; married, February 23, 1790, to Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.; mother of Thomas Jefferson Randolph, Benjamin Franklin Randolph, Meriwether Lewis Randolph and George Wythe Randolph; aunt of Francis Wayles Eppes; grandmother of Thomas Jefferson Coolidge; grandaunt of Frederick Madison Roberts; great-grandmother of John Gardner Coolidge; great-grandniece of Richard Randolph; first cousin of Dabney Carr and John Wayles Eppes; first cousin once removed of Dabney Smith Carr; first cousin twice removed of Richard Bland and Peyton Randolph (1721-1775); first cousin thrice removed of Edith Wilson; second cousin once removed of Theodorick Bland, Edmund Jenings Randolph, Beverley Randolph, John Randolph of Roanoke, John Jordan Crittenden, Thomas Turpin Crittenden, Robert Crittenden and Carter Henry Harrison; second cousin twice removed of Alexander Parker Crittenden, Thomas Leonidas Crittenden, Thomas Theodore Crittenden and Carter Henry Harrison II; second cousin thrice removed of Thomas Theodore Crittenden Jr.; third cousin of John Marshall, Henry Lee, Charles Lee, James Markham Marshall, Alexander Keith Marshall, Edmund Jennings Lee, Peyton Randolph (1779-1828) and Henry St. George Tucker; third cousin once removed of Thomas Marshall, Benjamin William Sheridan Cabell, James Keith Marshall, Edmund Randolph and Nathaniel Beverly Tucker; third cousin twice removed of William Lewis Cabell, Fitzhugh Lee, George Craighead Cabell, Edmund Randolph Cocke, John Augustine Marshall and William Henry Robertson; third cousin thrice removed of Thomas Lawton Davis, Connally Findlay Trigg, Benjamin Earl Cabell, William Marshall Bullitt, Alexander Scott Bullitt and Francis Beverley Biddle; fourth cousin of Thomas Jones Hardeman and Bailey Hardeman.
  Political families: Harrison-Randolph-Marshall-Cabell family of Virginia; Breckinridge-Preston-Cabell-Floyd family of Virginia; Kellogg-Adams-Seymour-Chapin family of Connecticut and New York; Walker-Randolph family of Huntsville, Alabama (subsets of the Four Thousand Related Politicians).
  See also Wikipedia article — Find-A-Grave memorial
  Margaret Bevans Ransone — of Kinsale, Westmoreland County, Va. Republican. Member of Virginia state house of delegates 99th District; elected 2011. Female. Still living as of 2011.
  Judy Rasmussen — of Ivy, Albemarle County, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2008. Female. Still living as of 2008.
  Elizabeth Raspolic (b. 1939) — of Virginia. Born in 1939. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Gabon, 1995-98; Sao Tome & Principe, 1995-98. Female. Still living as of 1998.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  Jessie M. Rattley (1929-2001) — also known as Jessie Menifield — of Newport News, Va. Born in Birmingham, Jefferson County, Ala., May 4, 1929. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1980; mayor of Newport News, Va., 1986-90. Female. African ancestry. Died March 2, 2001 (age 71 years, 302 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Daughter of Alonzo Menifield and Altona Menifield.
  See also Wikipedia article
  Joanna E. Reagan — of Virginia. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996, 2000. Female. Still living as of 2000.
  Mrs. William A. Reid — of Troutville, Botetourt County, Va. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1948. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Wava Reigel — of Virginia Beach, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2004. Female. Still living as of 2004.
  Mame Reiley — of Alexandria, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008; member of Democratic National Committee from Virginia, 2004-08. Female. Still living as of 2008.
  Mary Jodi Rell (b. 1946) — also known as Jodi Rell; Mary Carolyn Reavis — of Brookfield, Fairfield County, Conn.; Hartford, Hartford County, Conn. Born in Norfolk, Va., June 16, 1946. Republican. Member of Connecticut state house of representatives 107th District, 1985-95; Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut, 1995-2004; delegate to Republican National Convention from Connecticut, 2000, 2008 (delegation chair); Governor of Connecticut, 2004-11. Female. Episcopalian. Member, Lions. Still living as of 2014.
  Relatives: Married 1967 to Lou Rell.
  See also National Governors Association biography — Wikipedia article — NNDB dossier
  Arlene Render (b. 1943) — of Virginia. Born in 1943. Foreign Service officer; U.S. Ambassador to Gambia, 1990; Zambia, 1996-Côte d'Ivoire, 2001-. Female. Still living as of 2001.
  See also U.S. State Dept career summary
  M. Beth Rennick — of Richmond, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2004. Female. Still living as of 2004.
  Virginia W. Reynolds — of Richmond, Va. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1964. Female. Still living as of 1964.
  Lucy Rice — of Appomattox County, Va. Dry candidate for delegate to Virginia convention to ratify 21st amendment, 1933. Female. Burial location unknown.
  V. Denyse D. Ricks — of Virginia. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2000. Female. Still living as of 2000.
  Annie Riddleberger (1874-1949) — also known as Anna R. Williams; Mrs. F. B. Riddleberger — of Mansfield, Richland County, Ohio; Shenandoah, Page County, Va.; Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va. Born in White County, Ga., 1874. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1924. Female. Died in Woodstock, Shenandoah County, Va., 1949 (age about 75 years). Interment at Massanutten Cemetery, Woodstock, Va.
  Relatives: Married, September 10, 1902, to Frank Belew Riddleberger (son of Harrison Holt Riddleberger); mother of James Williams Riddleberger.
  Political family: Riddleberger family of Woodstock, Virginia.
  See also Find-A-Grave memorial
  Rachel Rifkind — of Annandale, Fairfax County, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2008. Female. Still living as of 2008.
  Sheila Margaret Riley (born c.1965) — of Fredericksburg, Va. Born about 1965. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2004. Female. Still living as of 2004.
  Doris B. Roberts — of Pulaski, Pulaski County, Va. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 1956. Female. Still living as of 1956.
  Mrs. Cabell Robertson — of Amherst, Amherst County, Va. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Mrs. Robert E. Robertson — of Virginia. Democrat. Alternate delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1940. Female. Presumed deceased. Burial location unknown.
  Roxann L. Robinson — of near Richmond, Chesterfield County, Va. Republican. Elected Virginia state house of delegates 27th District 2011. Female. Still living as of 2011.
  Theresa Robinson — of Chester, Chesterfield County, Va. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2008. Female. Still living as of 2008.
  Nancy Rodrigues — of Surry, Surry County, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1996. Female. Still living as of 1996.
  Wilhelmina Jackson Rolark (1916-2006) — also known as Wilhelmina J. Rolark; M. Wilhelmina Jackson — of Washington, D.C. Born in Portsmouth, Va., September 12, 1916. Democrat. Lawyer; co-founder of Washington Informer newspaper; member, Washington, D.C. city council, 1977-92; delegate to Democratic National Convention from District of Columbia, 1980. Female. African ancestry. Inducted in 2001 to the Washington, D.C. Hall of Fame. Died, of colon cancer, in Greater Southeast Community Hospital, Washington, D.C., February 14, 2006 (age 89 years, 155 days). Burial location unknown.
  Relatives: Married to Calvin Rolark.
  Penelope Rood — of Fairfax, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 1980. Female. Still living as of 1980.
  Susan Johnston Rowland — of Chesapeake, Va. Democrat. Delegate to Democratic National Convention from Virginia, 2004, 2008; candidate for Presidential Elector for Virginia. Female. Still living as of 2012.
  Virginia Anderson Russell (born c.1934) — of Richmond, Va. Born about 1934. Republican. Delegate to Republican National Convention from Virginia, 2004. Female. Still living as of 2004.
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