Thalia M. Rhoads was a Republican candidate for Arapahoe County Superintendent of Schools in 1895. She also ran for the Colorado State House of Representatives in 1900 on the Republican ticket. Rhoads was a reformer active in women's rig...
Jessie Riley was the Republican candidate for Idaho State Superintendent of Public Instruction in 1900. She lost to another woman, Fusion candidate Permeal French.