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Mary E. Chrisman, a Democrat, was elected County Superintendent of Schools in Gallatin County, Montana in 1898. She won against the Republican party candidate Josephine Macleod. In 1900 Chrisman won a second term in the office, winning against Eleanor Ferris, the Republican candidate.
![Report of the Commissioner of Education, 1899 - 1900, Volume 2 [U.S. Bureau of Education]](https://odyssey.historyit.com/img/thumbnail/Shelf.png?no_errors=1)
