Woman Nominee For Every Office in the State

Marks, Myra

Myra Marks was a Democratic candidate to the New York State Assembly, Fifteenth District in 1918. She came in second in a four-way race.

Mary Olsen's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1904

Annie Cheeney Spofford's Campaign for Coroner, 1918

Bowman, Bernetta

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...

Watson, Bertha R.

In 1918, Bertha R. Watson ran for the New York State Assembly as the Prohibition candidate from the 21st District. In 1920, she ran again for the New York State Assembly under the Prohibition ticket for the 21st District and lost.

Evalyn Bradford's Campaign for County Register of Deeds, 1895

Annie T. Connelly's Campaign for Member of State Assembly, 1918

Yates, Ellen P.

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.

Annie E. Rogers' Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1902

Lilly, Mary M.

Mary M. Lilly, a widow, ran successfully for the New York State Assembly in 1918 as a Democrat from the 7th District. She was one of first women to be elected after New York State women won the vote in 1917. Lilly was backed in NYC by th...