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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…
Black, Nellie McClure
Nellie Black, was elected County Treasurer for Lipscomb County, Texas in 1916. She was continually reelected for the next decade, serving in office through 1928 before losing the position in an unsuccessful campaign.
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.
Cunningham, M.
Miss M. Cunningham was elected County Superintendent of Public Instruction for Erath County, Texas in 1916.
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.
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…
Boyd, Elizabeth
Elizabeth Boyd was elected County Clerk and Clerk of the District Court for Lubbock County, Texas in 1908.
Jones, Laura G.
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 19…
Conger, Mary Lou
Mary Lou Conger was elected as Clerk of the District Court for Tom Green County, Texas in 1916. She was elected to a second term two years later. By 1920 she had accepted a position with the federal government.
