Marion West Higgins, Date of Birth, Date of Death
TweetMarion West Higgins
Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly
Date of Birth: 09-Jan-1915
Date of Death: 24-Dec-1991
Profession: politician
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn 
About Marion West Higgins
- Marion West Higgins (January 9, 1915 – December 24, 1991) was an American Republican Party politician who served as the first female Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly.
- She was only the third woman (after Minnie D.
- Craig of North Dakota and Consuelo N.
- Bailey of Vermont) to serve as speaker of a state House of Representatives in the United States.
- She also served as Acting Governor of New Jersey in early 1965.
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