The Woman Who Ran for President

Woodhull, Victoria

Victoria Woodhull, a medical clairvoyant, stock broker, and newspaper publisher, was born into a poor family in Homer, Ohio. A hard-luck marriage to an alcoholic at the age of 15 made it necessary that she support her family. In 1867 she t…

Victoria Woodhull's Campaign for U.S. President, 1872

Claflin, Tennie C.

Tennie C. Claflin announced her intention to run for Congress from the Eighth Congressional district of New York in 1872. She made this announcement at a meeting of the German-American Progressive Society in New York City on August 11, 187…

Tennie C. Claflin's Campaign for U.S. House of Representatives, 1871