Sandra Mortham, also known as Sandra Barringer (born January 4, 1951), is an American political who served as the 22nd Florida Secretary of State from 1995 to 1999.
Political career
Mortham was a City Commissioner from Largo, Florida from 1982 to 1986 also serving as Vice Mayor in 1985–86. She was a member of the
Florida House of Representatives
The Florida House of Representatives is the lower house of the Florida Legislature, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Florida, the Florida Senate being the upper house. Article III, Section 1 of the C ...
from 1987 to 1995 and was elected Republican Leader Pro Tempore in 1990-1992 and Republican Leader for the 1993-1994 legislative sessions. Mortham was the first woman in Florida's history to be nominated to be Speaker of the House. She was the
Secretary of State of Florida
The secretary of state of Florida is an executive officer of the state government of the U.S. state of Florida, established since the original 1838 Constitution of Florida, state constitution. Like the corresponding officials in other states, th ...
from 1995 to 1999. Mortham was defeated in the 1998 Republican primary by
Katherine Harris
Katherine Harris (born April 5, 1957) is an American politician from Florida. A Republican, she served in the Florida Senate from 1994 to 1998, as Secretary of State of Florida from 1999 to 2002, and as a member of the United States House of Re ...
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1951 births
Living people
Republican Party members of the Florida House of Representatives
Politicians from Erie, Pennsylvania
Secretaries of state of Florida
Women in Florida politics
Eckerd College alumni
21st-century American women
20th-century members of the Florida Legislature
20th-century American women politicians
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