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Campaign Title
Bessie J. Bears' Campaign for County Recorder, 1910
Candidate
Bears, Bessie J.
Marital Status
Single
Political Office - Local
County Recorder
Campaign Success
Yes
Political Party During Campaign
Republican
Political Office Type
County
Campaign Date
1910
County
O'Brien
State/Territory
Iowa
Region
Mid-West
Resources
Iowa Official Register (1911-1912)
Past and present of O'Brien and Osceola counties, Iowa , Volume 2
Polk's Real Estate Register and Director of the United States and Canada, Sixth Edition, 1915-1916
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Bears, Bessie J.
Bessie J. Bears ran for the office of Count Recorder of O'Brien County, Iowa in 1910. She was elected for a second term in 1912, and once more in 1914. Beers was the first woman in O'Brien County elected to public office.
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