Lenore Romney
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- See also: Mitt Romney
| Lenore LaFount Romney | |
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| Born | November 9, 1908 |
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| Died | July 7, 1998 (aged 89) |
| Spouse | George W. Romney (1931-1995) |
| Children | 4 Mitt Romney G. Scott Romney |
| Parents | Alma Luella Robison (mother) Harold Arundel (father) |
Lenore LaFount Romney (November 9, 1908 – July 7, 1998) was a former First Lady of Michigan and a Michigan politician in her own right.
Lenore was born in Logan, Utah to Alma Luella Robison and English of Huguenot male ancestry Harold Arundel LaFount.[1] She was the wife of former Michigan Governor George W. Romney, having married him on July 2, 1931 in Salt Lake City, Utah, and the mother of Mitt Romney, who was elected Governor of Massachusetts in 2002. She had three other children: Lynn, Jane, and G. Scott Romney.
She married George Romney while he was a lobbyist in Washington, D.C., after he convinced her to give up a budding acting career in Los Angeles. She abandoned a three-year contract she had just signed with MGM. The couple then moved to Michigan, where George Romney worked as an automobile executive.
When her husband was elected Governor of Michigan, she became the state's first lady. She moved back to Washington in 1969, when her husband became the U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the administration of President Richard Nixon. In 1970, Mrs. Romney ran for the United States Senate from Michigan but was handily defeated by incumbent Democrat Philip A. Hart.
Lenore Romney is interred in Fairview Cemetery in Brighton, Michigan, in the same grave as her husband.
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