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![Elizabeth [Bessie] Harriet Merrillees](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/400,/0/default.jpg)
Bessie H. Merrillees, the Democrat and Silver Republican candidate, was elected County Superintendent of Schools for Sweet Grass County, Montana in 1896. She married while in office and served for only one term.
