Sue Myrick

Sue Myrick
Chair of the Republican Study Committee
In office
January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
Preceded byJohn Shadegg
Succeeded byMike Pence
Member of the U.S. House of Representatives
from North Carolina's 9th district
In office
January 3, 1995 – January 3, 2013
Preceded byAlex McMillan
Succeeded byRobert Pittenger
51st Mayor of Charlotte
In office
1987–1991
Preceded byHarvey Gantt
Succeeded byRichard Vinroot
Personal details
Born
Sue Ellen Wilkins

(1941-08-01) August 1, 1941 (age 82)
Tiffin, Ohio, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse(s)Jim Forest (Divorced)[1]
Ed Myrick
Children2 (including Dan)
3 stepchildren
EducationHeidelberg University, Ohio

Sue Ellen Myrick[2][3] (née Wilkins; born August 1, 1941) is an American businesswoman and the former U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 9th congressional district, serving from 1995 to 2013. She is a member of the Republican Party. She was the first Republican woman to represent North Carolina in Congress. On February 7, 2012, she announced that she was retiring. She left Congress in January 2013 and was succeeded by Robert Pittenger.

Myrick's son Dan Forest was the 34th Lieutenant Governor of North Carolina.

  1. ^ Sue Myrick: Women in Congress Office of the Historian of the United States House of Representatives
  2. ^ "Announce Engagement". The Sandusky Register. November 29, 1960.
  3. ^ 1992 PAC Briefing Chairman's Report (PDF). February 25, 1992. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)

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