Ellen P. Yates was elected as County Clerk of Chautauqua County, New York in 1918. Yates received 12,000 more votes than her closest opponent. She was elected to a second term in 1920.
In 1918, Grace Martin campaigned on the Democratic ticket to represent Monroe County, New York in the State Assembly. She came in second in a four-way race.
Socialist, Bernetta Bowman, of Westchester County's 2nd District, first campaigned for the New York State Assembly in 1918. She repeated her bid for the position in 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, and 1923. She was not successful in any of her c...