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Lillian Carey, endorsed by the Democrats and Populists, was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Jefferson County, Montana in 1896. She successfully ran for a second term in 1898, and married late in her term in office. Carey died in childbirth in May of 1901.
![Report of the Commissioner of Education for the year 1896-1897, Volume 2 [U.S. Bureau of Education]](https://odyssey.historyit.com/img/thumbnail/Shelf.png?no_errors=1)
