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Naomi M. Phelps was the Prohibition nominee for State Auditor of Idaho in 1898. Two years later the party nominated her for the office of County Representative. Phelps was a well-known evangelist and poet in her adopted state of Idaho. She worked on suffrage campaigns and was involved with the Woman's Christain Temperance Union. After her 14-year old son was convicted of a burglary Phelps worked on reforming the juvenile justice system.
