From collection Candidates
In 1906 Eva M. Smith ran for the office of University of Illinois Trustee as a candidate of the Prohibition Party. She polled 30,366 votes (1.26%). In 1914 Smith campaigned for the office of Illinois State Superintendent of Instruction as the nominee of the Prohibition Party. She ran a poor fourth in a five-way race, polling 7,211 votes to the winner's 427,000.
