Jo Ann Zimmerman

Jo Ann Zimmerman
42nd Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
In office
January 1987 – January 1991
Governor Terry Branstad
Preceded by Robert T. Anderson
Succeeded by Joy Corning
Personal details
Born Jo Ann McIntosh
(1936-12-24) December 24, 1936
Van Buren County, Iowa, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Spouse(s) Tom Zimmerman
Profession Nurse

Jo Ann McIntosh Zimmerman (born December 24, 1936) is an American politician who served as the 42nd Lieutenant Governor of Iowa from 1987 to 1991.[1] A member of the Democratic Party, she was the first woman to serve in the office of Lieutenant Governor in Iowa history.

Early life

Zimmerman was born on December 24, 1936, in Van Buren County, Iowa as the eldest of three children.

Political career

In 1982, Zimmerman won election to the Iowa House where she advocated various health issues, and won the 1986 election for Lieutenant Governor of Iowa, separately from Governor Terry Branstad.[2] As Lt. Governor, Zimmerman advocated for the removal of her own office (as it was considered a figurehead position) and championed other progressive causes in her position. Zimmerman briefly entered the 1990 gubernatorial election to unseat incumbent governor Branstad, but dropped out to run on the Iowa Democratic Party ticket as Lt. Governor with Donald Avenson (who subsequently lost to Branstad).

She left office in 1991 and has since continued to advocate on behalf of healthcare, farming, and human rights issues.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Iowa's Lieutenant Governor Faces Family-farm Foreclosure". Gainesville Sun. February 25, 1987. Retrieved May 25, 2010.
  2. ↑ Jo Ann Zimmerman at Iowa Women's Archives
Political offices
Preceded by
Robert T. Anderson		 Lieutenant Governor of Iowa
1987–1991		 Succeeded by
Joy Corning


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