Griffin, Ida L.

Ida L. Griffin was elected County School Commissioner for Oswego County, New York. She was one of the first women in the state to be elected to the office, perhaps the first. Griffin was elected by the men of the county, as women could not vote at the time. Griffin's male opponent challenged the outcome of the election solely based on gender, but the New York legislature had previously made women eligible for this office. One source reported that the voters of Oswego County protested this move. Griffin attended Normal School in Oswego, New York and worked as a teacher. In 1891 she married Daniel Keating, who had also served as a School Commissioner, first elected in 1888.