Charlotte J Godsman was elected to the city council of Burlington, Colorado in 1898, along with another woman Anna Newell. Her husband, Paul Bromley Godsman, was the first county judge of the Kit Carson County, Colorado.
Laura Combs Holtschneider Laura C Holtschneider was elected and alderman at Buena Vista, Colorado in 1898 and was possibly the only woman occupying that post in Colorado at the time.
Jessie Amelia Parker (Gertje) was elected mayor of Kendrick, Idaho in 1898 at the young age of 22. She was married to George Gertje in December 1898, upon which she took his last name.