1924 New York state election
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The 1924 New York state election was held on November 4, 1924, to elect the governor, the lieutenant governor, the Secretary of State, the state comptroller, the attorney general, the state treasurer
Unsuccessful 1928
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Florence E. S. Knapp
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Florence Elizabeth Smith Knapp was an American politician who was the first woman elected to a state cabinet office in New York state.
1924 New York state election
…automatic ballot access (necessary 25,000 votes for governor), the Socialist Labor Party did not re-attain it, and the Workers Party did not attain it. Florence E. S. Knapp was the first woman elected to a statewide office in New York. She remained the only one for fifty years, until Mary Anne Krupsak was elected lieutenant…
Florence E. S. Knapp in 1920