Some Election Returns [The Woman's Column, December 3, 1892]

Scally, Ann

Ann Scally from Fort McKinney, Johnson County, Wyoming was elected justice of the peace in 1892, becoming the first woman to hold that post in Wyoming. She defeated her Republican candidate 4 to 1, despite being nominated on the day of the…

Crays, Jennie C.

Jennie C. Crays became the first woman to be elected to the Minneapolis, Minnesota school board in 1892. She was nominated by The Woman's Council, which contains representatives of all of the women's societies in the city. Her nomination w…

Gale, Ella

Ella Gale from Groton, New York, was elected School Commissioner of Tompkins County-Second District in 1892, becoming the first woman to occupy that position in New York. She won despite being a Democratic and Prohibition nominee in a prim…

Lena Leota Alsup's Campaign for County Recorder, 1892

Niles, Priscilla M.

Priscilla M. Niles, was endorsed by the Prohibition and People's parties as a candidate for the Minneapolis School Board but came in last in the election with only 5,747 votes. The other female nominee, Jennie C. Crays won with 19,399 vote…

Serena Haugen's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1895

Alsup, Lena Leota

Lena L. Alsup was nominated for county recorder in Henry County, Iowa on the Democratic and People's tickets. She lost to Republican Mrs. S. H. Osgood.

Seraphine H. Osgood's Campaign for County Recorder, 1892

Mary L. Jennings' Campaign for Superintendent of Schools, 1892

Jennie C. Crays' Campaign for School Board Member, 1892