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Kate Preston's Campaign for County Recorder, 1912

Alcesta Lowe's Campaign for County Treasurer, 1918

Alice M. Young's Campaign for County Recorder, 1918

Maude Toombs' Campaign for County Clerk, 1918

Elizabeth DeGroot's Campaign for School Director, 1915

Toombs, Maude

Maude Toombs (aka Tomb or Tombs) was a candidate for County Clerk of Lassen County, California in 1918.  She won her race and went on to be re-elected to the position for many years. Although Toombs remained married, she left her husb…

Rankin, Mary E.

Mary E. Rankin was elected as County Auditor of Siskiyou County in 1918. She received more than four hundred votes than her two opponents.

Horn, Kate E.

Kate E. Horn was elected as County Superintendent of Schools for Siskiyou County, California in 1918. Before her election Horn was a teacher in the area schools.

Ida L. Hutchins' Campaign for County Treasurer, 1918

Jennie Malaley's Campaign for County Superintendent of Schools, 1918