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![Terpening, Ella](https://cdn1.historyit.com/iiif/2/5edfd98ccc4f69.54593064/65428dc980c977.99155819.png/full/360,/0/default.jpg?no_errors=1)
In 1896 Ella Terpening, the Peoples party candidate, was elected to be the Columbia County, Washington Superintendent of Schools. She successfully ran for re-election two years later. She later moved to Oregon. In 1918, Terpening ran in the primaries and general election for the Oregon House of Representatives as a Democrat and lost in the general election.