Grace M. Sloan


Grace McCalmont Sloan was an American politician who served as Pennsylvania State Treasurer and Pennsylvania Auditor General. A Democrat from Clarion, Pennsylvania, Sloan was the first woman to serve in either state office and only the second woman to serve in any statewide elected office.
Sloan began her career as a civic leader in Clarion. She ran for Congress on the Democratic ticket but lost the 1956 general election. She went on to win three four-year terms as state treasurer and one four-year term as auditor general. She is the longest-serving treasurer in Pennsylvania's history. Her husband, John Sloan, was a county sheriff and US Marshal.