Burdett, Belle F.

Belle Burdett was elected to the office of County Treasurer in Red River County, Texas in 1908. She was re-elected in 1910.

Dougherty, Lida

Lida Dougherty was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Bee County, Texas in 1910. She was re-elected to the position in 1912. Dougherty left the office prematurely in October of 1913 and Mary Shay filled the position ...

Emmert, Alice

Alice Emmert was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Marion County, Texas in 1908. Emmert was elected several times to the position and retired in 1920. In the mid 1920s Alice and her sister took boarders into their h...

Dalrymple, Zena

Zena Dalrymple was elected County Clerk and Clerk for the District Court in Uvalde County, Texas in 1906. She had been hired to serve as deputy clerk for the county previously to being elected. The Dallas Morning News mistakenly reported...

Johnson, Louisa

Widowed when her husband, the previous county Tax Assessor and re-election runner was killed in a hunting accident in 1910, Louisa Johnson was elected to Collector / Assessor of Taxes in 1910 and again 1912. After serving two terms, she ...

Reynolds, Frances L.

Miss Frances Reynolds was elected to the office of County Treasurer in Wheeler County, Texas in 1910. From 1915-1919, she worked as Wheeler's postmaster. By 1930, she was the County Treasurer of Baca, Colorado.

Templeton, Brevard

In 1909 Brevard Templeton was appointed to fill the remaining term of the County Treasurer of Ellis County, Texas. The following year she campaigned for the office and was elected to the office. She was the first woman in Ellis County, i...

Strickland, Eva

Prior to taking office, Eva Strickland worked as a teacher at and at one point served as the head of the first schoolhouse in Langtry, Texas. Strickland was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Val Verde County, Texas ...

Phillips, Mary E.

Mary E. Phillips was elected Clerk for the District Court in Runnels County, Texas from 1910 to 1916. She ran unsuccessfully for the position of County Clerk in nearby Brown County, Texas in 1922.

Oliver, Doris

Doris Oliver was appointed as County Treasurer by the county commissioners of San Saba, Texas to complete the term of her late husband after his death in 1909. She then ran for herself and was elected to the position in 1910.