The late Sandra Day O’Connor was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who happens to be a former Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. She was the first woman to serve as a U.S. Supreme Court justice and she served for 25 years; from 1981 to 2006.
Nominated by President Ronald Reagan, she was considered a swing vote for the Rehnquist Court and the first four months of the Roberts Court.
This article will dive into her political career to know more about it, especially the political party she belonged to. Continue reading to find out whether she was Republican or Democrat.
Was Sandra Day O’Connor Republican or Democrat?
According to the information gathered, she was a Republican.
She was a judge and an elected official in Arizona, serving as the first female majority leader of a state senate as the Republican leader in the Arizona Senate.
O’Connor was one of the three children of her parents; Harry Alfred Day and Ada Mae Wilkey. She was the oldest among the three siblings, hence, she had two younger siblings; The late Ann Day and H. Alan Day.
She is no more since she passed away on December 1, 2023, aged 93. She was a widow at the time of her death having been married once. She was married to John Jay O’Connor. The two tied the knot in 1952 and parted ways in 2009 after Jay’s death.
She was the mother of three sons whom she welcomed with her late husband. Her sons are; Scott O’Connor, Brian O’Connor, and Jay O’Connor.
