Women by Office

Women campaigned for, or were elected to, at least 60 different political offices on the local, state, and federal level. In 1855 two women, Marietta Patrick and Lydia Hall were elected to the School Board of Ashfield, Massachusetts. They were perhaps the first U.S. women to be elected to political office. 1866 Elizabeth Cady Stanton declared herself a candidate for Congress, the first woman to announce her intention to run for a federal office. By the end of the 1870s over 100 women had run for office at all levels.
Read more about the offices women sought throughout this period.

Political Offices

Assessor	Board of Education	Circuit Court Commissioner
City Attorney	City Auditor	City or Town Clerk
City or Town Council Member	City or Town Librarian	City or Town Recorder
City or Town Superintendent of Schools	City or Town Treasurer	City Police Chief
City School Director	Clerk of the Appellate Court	Clerk of the Distict Court
Commissioner of Public Lands	Constable	Coroner
County Assessor	County Attorney General	County Auditor
County Clerk	County Clerk/Recorder	County Commissioner
County Judge	County Recorder	County Register of Deeds
County Register of Probate	County Sheriff	County Superintendent of Schools
County Surveyor	County Treasurer	Delegate Constitutional Convention
Delegate to State Party Convention	Elector of Deeds	Governor
Judge	Judge of Elections	Judge of the Juvenile Court
Judge of the Superior Court	Justice of the Peace	Lieutenent Governor
Mayor	National Delegate	Overseer of the Poor
Police Judge	Postmaster	Precinct Constable
President of Election Commission	Presidential Elector	Probate Judge
Public Administrator	Reporter of the State Supreme Court	School Board Director
School Board Member	School Board President	School Commissioner
School Inspector	Sheriff	State Attorney General
State Auditor	State Board of Education	State Board of Equalization
State Commissioner of Charities & Correction	State Committee	State Constitutional Convention Delegate
State Controller	State House of Representatives or Assembly	State Secretary of State
State Senate	State Superintendent of Insurance	State Superintendent of Schools
State Supreme Court Judge	State Treasurer	Tax Assessor
Tax Collector	Town Sheriff	U.S. House of Representatives
U.S. President	U.S. Senate	U.S. Vice President
University Trustee	Unknown	Wreckmaster