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Alsup, Lena Leota
Miss Lena L. Alsup was nominated for county recorder in Henry County, Iowa on the Democratic and People's tickets. She lost to Republican Mrs. S. H. Osgood.
Crays, Jennie C.
Jennie C. Crays became the first woman to be elected to the Minneapolis, Minnesota school board in 1892. She was nominated by The Woman's Council, which contains representatives of all of the women's societies in the city. Her nomination was backed by the Republican, Prohibition and People's parties. She received a total of 19399 votes, leading the election. The other female nominee, Priscil...
Gale, Ella
Ella Gale from Groton, New York, was elected School Commissioner of Tompkins County-Second District in 1892, becoming the first woman to occupy that position in New York. She won despite being a Democratic and Prohibition nominee in a primarily Republican county. 1892 was the first year that women were eligible to vote in the School Commissioner election and declare themselves candidates for...
Jennings, Mary L.
Mary L. Jennings was elected school superintendent for Carbon County, Wyoming in 1892 as the Republican candidate.
Scally, Ann
Ann Scally from Fort McKinney, Johnson County, Wyoming was elected justice of the peace in 1892, becoming the first woman to hold that post in Wyoming. She defeated her Republican candidate 4 to 1, despite being nominated on the day of the election itself.
Niles, Priscilla M.
Priscilla M. Niles, was endorsed by the Prohibition and People's parties as a candidate for the Minneapolis school board but came in last in the election with only 5747 votes. The other female nominee, Jennie C. Crays won with 19,399 votes, leading the election.
