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McCaleb, Thedosia Ernest
Theodosia Ernest McCaleb was elected County Treasurer for Armstrong County, Texas in 1912. She was re-elected for two more terms in 1914 and in 1916.
Blair, May Francis
May Francis Blair was elected County Clerk and Clerk for the District Court for Hemphill County, Texas in 1916. She was reelected in 1918 and again 1920. Before being elected to public office, she worked as deputy clerk. Born in New York t…
Baker, Lettie I.
Lettie I. Baker was elected County Treasurer for Cherokee County, Texas in 1916. She was reelected in 1918 but instead took a position working for State Comptroller O. Smith of Henderson in Austin. Baker maintained a detailed scrapbook dur…
Daugherty, Dora
Dora Daugherty was elected County Treasurer for Terry County, Texas in 1916 and again in 1918.
Collins, Leila
Leila Collins was elected County Treasurer for Coleman County, Texas in 1916. She was appointed to the position in 1918, and elected to the position in 1920. Collins divorced her husband with whom she had four children some time before 192…
Douglas, Dora
Mrs. Dora Douglas was elected County Clerk and Clerk for the District Court for Andrews County, Texas in 1916. Her husband died in June of 1915, which may have contributed to her run for office as a source of income.
Dalrymple, Zena
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 t…
Lucky, Verna
Miss Verna Lucky was elected County Clerk for Wilbarger County, Texas in 1916. She was reelected in 1918 and again in 1920.
Brashears, Etta
Etta Brashears was elected County Treasurer for Castro County, Texas in 1916. Brashears was reelected twice more in 1918 and 1920. Widowed at the close of 1910 after the murder-suicide of her mother and husband respectively, running for of…
