North Carolina

Helen Morris Lewis' Campaign for U.S. House of Representatives, 1896

Clement, Lillian Exum

On November 2, 1920 Lillian Exum Clement of Buncombe County, North Carolina won election to the state House of Representatives, as the Democratic Party nominee, becoming the first woman in the history of North Carolina to be elected to the…

Helen Morris Lewis' Campaign for Superintendent of Waterworks, 1899

Lewis, Helen Morris

Helen Morris Lewis was a prominent suffragist who unexpectedly received five votes for a North Carolina seat in the U.S. House of Representatives in 1896. Although she did not win that election, she went on to launch a campaign for Superin…

Mary Settle Sharpe's Campaign for State Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1920

Lillian Exum Clement's Campaign for State Assembly, 1920

Sharpe, Mary Settle

In 1920 Mary Settle Sharpe was nominated by the Republican Party for the office of State Superintendent of Public Instruction. She was the first woman to be nominated by a political party for public office in North Carolina. She did not wi…