Nancy Mayer

Nancy Mayer is an American politician who most recently served as the state Treasurer of Rhode Island from 1993 to 1998.[1] She was the first Republican Treasurer of Rhode Island since Thomas P. Hazard in 1940 and the last Republican Treasurer of Rhode Island as of 2022. She has been credited with introducing and implementing a number of reforms, both in the Office of the General Treasurer and in the General Assembly.[2] In 1996, she ran for U.S. Senate after incumbent Claiborne Pell decided to retire. She won the Republican primary.[3] She lost the general election to Jack Reed.[4]

Nancy Mayer
Treasurer of Rhode Island
In office
January 1993 – January 1999
GovernorBruce Sundlun
Lincoln Almond
Preceded byAnthony Solomon
Succeeded byPaul J. Tavares
Personal details
Born (1937-06-09) June 9, 1937
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
EducationColumbia University (BA)
Brown University (MA)
Northeastern University (JD)

References
  1. "General Treasurer Nancy B. Mayer records".
  2. "The unbearable rightness of being Nancy".
  3. "Rhode Island State Treasurer Nancy Mayer Defeated Three Opponents for the Republican nomination".
  4. "Votes U.S. Senate Election Rhode Island".


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