# Gwyn Shea

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{{Short description|American politician (born 1937)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name         = Gwyn Shea
| order        =
| office       = 103rd [Secretary of State of Texas](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_Texas)
| term_start   = January 7, 2002
| term_end     = August 14, 2003
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1937|8|3}}
| birth_place  = 
| governor     = [Rick Perry](/source/Rick_Perry)
| predecessor  = [Henry Cuellar](/source/Henry_Cuellar)
| successor    = [Geoff Connor](/source/Geoff_Connor)
| state_house2 = Texas
| district2    = 98th
| term_start2  = 3 January 1983
| term_end2    = 3 January 1993
| preceded2    = 
| succeeded2   = Nancy Moffat
| profession   = Businesswoman
| alma_mater   = [North Texas State University](/source/North_Texas_State_University)<br>[Dallas Baptist University](/source/Dallas_Baptist_University)
| party        = [Republican](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States))
| spouse       = John Joseph Shea
| children     = 2 
}}
'''Gwyn Clarkston Shea''' (born August 3, 1937) is an American politician from [Texas](/source/Texas). A member of the [Republican Party](/source/Republican_Party_(United_States)), she served as the [Texas State Representative](/source/Texas_House_of_Representatives) for the 98th district from 1983 to 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lrl.texas.gov/legeleaders/members/memberdisplay.cfm?memberID=414 |title=Legislative Reference Library &#124; Legislators and Leaders &#124; Member profile |publisher=Lrl.texas.gov |date= |accessdate=2019-10-15}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.untsystem.edu/leadership/board-regents/gwyn-shea |title=Gwyn Shea &#124; UNT System |publisher=Untsystem.edu |date= |accessdate=2019-10-15 |archive-date=2019-10-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015034215/https://www.untsystem.edu/leadership/board-regents/gwyn-shea |url-status=dead }}</ref> Shea also served as the 103rd [Secretary of State of Texas](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_Texas) from 2002 to 2003 under Governor [Rick Perry](/source/Rick_Perry). She was appointed to the office following the resignation of [Henry Cuellar](/source/Henry_Cuellar).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Governor-names-Gwyn-Shea-secretary-of-state-2063333.php |title=Governor names Gwyn Shea secretary of state - Houston Chronicle |publisher=Chron.com |date=2001-12-07 |accessdate=2019-10-15}}</ref>

==References==
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{{succession box 
|before=Missing
|title=[Texas State Representative for District 98 (Dallas County)](/source/Texas_House_of_Representatives)
|years=1983&ndash;1993
|after=[Nancy Moffat](/source/Nancy_Moffat)
}}
{{s-off}}
{{succession box 
|before=[Henry Cuellar](/source/Henry_Cuellar)
|title=[Secretary of State of Texas](/source/Secretary_of_State_of_Texas)
|years=2002&ndash;2003
|after=[Geoff Connor](/source/Geoff_Connor)
}}
{{succession box 
|before=Missing
|title=[Constable](/source/Constable), Precinct 2, [Dallas County](/source/Dallas_County%2C_Texas), [Texas](/source/Texas)
|years=1993&ndash;2002
|after=Missing
}}
{{s-end}}

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Category:1937 births
Category:People from Irving, Texas
Category:Republican Party members of the Texas House of Representatives
Category:Secretaries of state of Texas
Category:Texas local politicians
Category:Businesspeople from Texas
Category:Women state legislators in Texas
Category:Baptists from Texas
Category:Living people
Category:Burials at Texas State Cemetery
Category:Dallas Baptist University alumni
Category:21st-century American women
Category:20th-century members of the Texas Legislature
Category:20th-century American women politicians

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