Noble, Harriet F.

Harriet ("Hattie") Noble was elected to the Idaho State House of Representatives in 1898. She had been active in Democratic Party politics.. She served one term but continued to be active in educational issues until her death in 1930. Noble was born in Iowa. Her father was a gold prospector and saloonkeeper. She moved frequently as a child. She attended a good school and later taught public school in Idaho City. She married William B. Noble in 1875 when she was twenty-seven. Her husband was twenty-five years her senior. In this year she was also elected (presumably by the members) Engrossment Clerk of the Legislature, a clerical position that was based on personal popularity with members of the legislature. In 1889 her husband was paralyzed and she took over the successful family business.