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![Cavanaugh, Alice](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/360,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Alice Cavanaugh, who ran as a Democrat and on the Peoples party ticket was elected as County Superintendent of Schools in Dawson County, Montana in 1888. She ran again for re-election in 1889 and won against her Republican opponent Gertrude G. Hoopes. Cavanaugh ran for a third term in 1892, but was defeated by her Republican opponent Alvira A. Truax.