Zena Dalrymple was elected County Clerk and Clerk for the District Court in Uvalde County, Texas in 1906. She had been hired to serve as deputy clerk for the county previously to being elected. The Dallas Morning News mistakenly reported...
Mrs. Mattie Trimble was appointed County Treasurer in 1911, after the previous County Treasurer (who was her husband) died. Mrs. Trimble was then elected to the position continuously before retiring in 1922.
Addie Thagard was elected County Treasurer for Floyd County, Texas in 1914. Thagard was widowed the previous year and had one daughter, so the need for a source of financial income may have provided motivation in running for office. She ...
Alice Emmert was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Marion County, Texas in 1908. Emmert was elected several times to the position and retired in 1920. In the mid 1920s Alice and her sister took boarders into their h...
Mary E. Phillips was elected Clerk for the District Court in Runnels County, Texas from 1910 to 1916. She ran unsuccessfully for the position of County Clerk in nearby Brown County, Texas in 1922.