First first lady to win elected office
Who
Hillary Clinton
What
first
Where
United States ()
When
As wife of US President Clinton, Hillary Diane Rodham Clinton, was First Lady of the USA from 1993 to 2001. In an election in 2000, she was the first, First Lady to run for elected office and served as a senator for New York State from 3 January 2001 until 21 January 2009. She has served as the US Secretary of State since then and is the first, former First Lady to serve in a presidential cabinet.