Gov. Beverly Perdue and other elected officials will make history at this month’s meeting of the North Carolina Council of State.

Perdue presides Tuesday over her first council meeting since being elected governor in November. It’s also the first meeting in which there’s a female majority on the council, comprised of 10 statewide elected officials.

Six of the 10 are women following the elections of Beth Wood as state auditor and Janet Cowell as state treasurer.

The council usually approves land transactions on behalf of the state and signs off on borrowing decisions.

The gathering will probably take a somber tone after Monday’s death of former Insurance Commissioner Jim Long. He served on the council for 24 years before retiring last month.