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Addition, Lucia Faxton
Addition ran for the Oregon House of Representatives in 1914 from Multnomah County on a Prohibition ticket and lost. She had been active in the Prohibition movement since at least 1900. Addition supported women's suffrage.
Bailey, Elmetta
Elmetta Bailey was elected County School Superintendent for Baker County, Oregon in 1916. She was one of the first two women elected in the county.
Althouse, Sadie
In 1914 Sadie Althouse ran a campaign for a seat in the Oregon House of Representatives as a Socialist. She lost.
Cameron, Hattie F.
In 1916, Hattie F. Cameron ran in the primary and general election as a Democrat to be a state Representative for Marion County. She lost. Cameron was a member of the National Woman's Relief Corps.
Bleakman, Ida Cupon
Ida Bleakman (neÈ Cupon) was elected County Treasurer in Hardman, Morrow County, Oregon in 1918. She was married to county politician G.A. Bleakman, a Republican, who was nominated to run for county commissioner in 1922. The magazine Orego…
Blakely, Myrtle W.
Myrtle Blakely ran for County Treasurer as a Republican candidate in Jackson County, Oregon in 1916. She subsequently won the election and served a two-year term from 1917 to 1919. In 1920, the Oregon Voter reported in its article 'Politic…
Brownell, Frances Zella
Zella Brownell was elected to the city council of Umatilla, Oregon in 1918. She served under a woman mayor, Stella Paulu, and with several other women officers.
Brandes, Katherine
In 1916 Katherine Brandes ran as a Socialist for the Oregon House of Representatives from Multnomah County and lost.
Boswell, Mary
Mary Boswell was a candidate for County Clerk, on the Independent ticket, in Baker County, Oregon in 1918. She lost the race by one vote.
