Socialist, Bernetta Bowman, of Westchester County's 2nd District, first campaigned for the New York State Assembly in 1918. She repeated her bid for the position in 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923. She was not successful in any of her campaigns.
Mrs. Sarah N. Bradshaw, of Buffalo, Erie County's 7th District, campaigned for the New York State Assembly on the Democratic ticket in 1919. She lost the election to her Republican opponent, Robert A. Zimmerman. Mrs. Bradshaw was later appointed the managing director of the Western House of Refuge for Women in 1920.
Luella B. Clark, of Oneonta, Otsego County, ran for the New York State Assembly in 1919 on the Democratic ticket. She lost the election to Republcan, Allen J. Bloomfield.
Marion Dickerman ran as the Democratic candidate from Oswego County for the New York State Assembly in 1919. Dickerman had been a Republican before being approached by labor reformer Elisabeth Dreier to run as a Democrat against incumbent Thaddeus C. Sweet. As speaker of the assembly, Sweet had opposed minimum wage and shorter work days for women and children. Dickerman lost but received 10,...
Kate W. Gates was the Prohibition Candidate in Onondaga County, 3rd District, for the New York State Assembly in 1918. She lost the election, coming in fourth in a four-way race, receiving about four percent of the votes cast.
In 1919, Kate T. Griffin ran for the State Assembly in the first district of Dutchess County, New York on the Democratic ticket. She lost the election to her Republican opponent, J. Griswold Webb.