Indiana

Gougar, Helen M.

Helen M. Gougar, a political activist and national suffrage leader, was the National Party faction candidate for Attorney General of Illinois, in 1896.  Gougar was the first woman in Indiana to run as a candidate for Prohibition int...

Virginia Brooks' Campaign for School Board Member, 1912

Helen M. Gougar's Campaign for Attorney General, 1896

Davis, Ida May

Ida May Davis was elected to the Board of Education for Terre Haute, Indiana in 1891. By 1893 Davis was chair of the Board. Some sources list Davis as having been appointed to the office, rather than elected.

Stella Courtright Stimson's Campaign for School Board, 1909

Smith, Julia C.

Julia C. Smith was one of three women candidates for a seat on the school board of Terre Haute, Indiana in 1909. She did not win a seat.

Anna L. Glenn's Campaign for Mayor, 1917

Culla J. Vayhinger's Campaign for U.S. Senator, 1920

Glenn, Anna L.

Anna L. Glenn was the Socialist Party candidate for Mayor of Crawfordsville, Indiana in 1917. She received 51 and did not win the race.

Redman, Lydia Pearl

Lydia Pearl Redman was a candidate for the school board of Terre Haute, Indiana in 1909. She did not win a seat. By 1892 Redman also served as a notary public in the state.