From collection Candidates
On March 4, 1919, Henrietta Lane Barmore became the first woman to be elected to office in Westchester County, New York as Village Treasurer. Running on the Democratic ticket, she won by a large plurality to Republican, Max Saloman. In November of the same year, she campaigned on the Democratic ticket against Republican, Thomas Gardner for the position of Tax Receiver in Cortlandt Township. Cortlandt Township held a large Republican majority and Mrs. Barmore lost. Mrs. Barmore's husband, Louis A. Barmore, died the previous year while acting as a volunteer firefighter at the Fleischmann Manufacturing Company's plant. Mrs. Barmore depended largely on the women and firemen votes.
