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.
May Brownlee was elected Clerk for the District Court for Fannin County, Texas in 1916 and again in 1918. Brownlee worked as deputy district clerk for approximately sixteen years prior to running for office.
Daisy Deely, known as Mrs. J. E. Deely, ran for County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Comanche County, Texas in 1914 and lost. She successfully gained the position in both 1916 and 1918. Deely's husband died in 1913, leaving he...
Mary Conger was elected Clerk for the District Court for Tom Green County, Texas in 1916. She was reelected in 1918. Conger was reelected again in 1920, but then resigned to accept the position of Deputy Clerk for the United States court...
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...
Josephine Jones was appointed to take over for Eva Strickland as County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Val Verde County, Texas in 1914 after Strickland got married and resigned. In 1916, Jones was elected to the position. She w...
Laura G. Jones, also known as Mrs. C. O. Jones, was elected Clerk for the District Court for Lee County, Texas in 1916. She was reelected in 1918 and again in 1920. While already serving her first term in office when her husband died in ...
Alma Huckabee was elected County Treasurer for Swisher County, Texas in 1916. She was reelected in 1918 and 1920. Huckabee continued to campaign through at least 1930.