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![Shoemaker, Martha E.](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/360,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
Martha E. Shoemaker, the Republican candidate, was elected County Superintendent of Schools in Yellowstone County, Montana in 1894. She ran for re-election two years later, but lost to the Democratic and Populist candidate, Gwen F. Burla. Before her election Shoemaker served as a high school principal.