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Caldwell, Mrs. T. E.
Mrs. Caldwell campaigned for the office of County Surveyor of Fremont County, Wyoming in 1884. She received one vote.
Boone, Mattie
Mattie Boone was one of three women who ran for County Commissioner in Laramie County, Wyoming in 1870. Boone received one vote.
Bellamy, Mary Godat
Mary Godat Bellamy was the first woman elected to the Wyoming State Legislature in 1910. Bellamy was elected from Albany County and served a second term in 1918. She had worked as a school teacher and had run for County Superintendent of Schools in 1888. Bellamy lost that race having gained 47% of the votes. She was elected as county superintendent in 1902 and 1904. Bellamy had been active in suffrage and local politics before her election. Bellamy supported an eight hour day for women and children, supported labor, prisoner's rights and some temperance measures. She was a strong supporter of women's abilities for public office and in one speech had said: "Men are usually willing to elect those [women] that run. You see in Wyoming, when it comes to politics, the men don't think of women as women but as citizens. They are willing to accord us equal rights with themselves, to consider what we want, and if it seems desirable, to grant it...Between the men and the women of this state there is a sympathetic understanding and the best kind of cooperation...working together for the good of Wyoming. There is no sex antagonism here and consequently no opposition to women's holding office."
Boyd, Eliza Stewart
Eliza Boyd ran for County Superintendent of Schools for Albany County, Wyoming in 1872. Boyd did not win the race, but she did receive almost 49% of the votes cast. Boyd became of the first women in Wyoming to serve on a jury. In 1873 Boyd was nominated by the Woman's Party, along with Esther Hobart Morris, as a candidate for the Territory House. Boyd received only 5 votes.
Bradford, Miss
Miss Bradford ran for the office of Justice of the Peace for Meeteese, Fremont County, Wyoming in 1884. She received one vote.
Bradshaw, Helen W.
Helen W. Bradshaw campaigned for County Superintendent of Schools in Albany County, Wyoming in 1884. Bradshaw received almost twice as many votes as her (female) rival. In the 1884 election women gained six out of the eight County Superintendent offices in the territory.
Clark, Mrs. D. A.
Mrs. D.A. Clark campaigned for the office of County Superintendent of Schools for Sweetwater, Wyoming in 1886. She received 48% of the vote, but lost to her female rival in the race.
Davis, Mary
Mary Davis was elected City Treasurer of Ridgway, Colorado some time before 1914.
Cunningham, Thankful
Thankful Cunningham ran for Justice of the Peace in Carbon County, Wyoming in 1870. She was the first woman in the county to run for office. Cunningham received five votes.
