A Woman Candidate for Governor

Johnson, Mary C.

Mary C. Johnson, from Idaho Falls was the Prohibition nominee for governor of Idaho in 1898, and received 3% of the vote.

Mary C. Johnson's Campaign for Governor, 1898

Phelps, Naomi McDonald

Naomi M. Phelps was the Prohibition nominee for State Auditor of Idaho in 1898. Two years later the party nominated her for the office of County Representative. Phelps was a well-known evangelist and poet in her adopted state of Idaho. She…

A. Phelps' Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1873