Ada M. Bittenbender's Campaign for State Supreme Court Judge, 1891

Bittenbender, Ada M.

In 1891 and 1893 Ada M. Bittenbender was a candidate for Supreme Judge of Nebraska. Bittenbender, a lawyer, practiced in Nebraska and before the U.S. Supreme Court. She was a suffragist and attorney for the Woman's Christian Temperance Union. It was reported that she received 7,322 votes out of a total of 155,000 cast in the State in 1891, the largest vote in proportion ever given for the he...