Joseph M. Devine
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Joseph McMurray Devine was an American politician who was the sixth governor of North Dakota from 1898 to 1899. He served as governor for less than one year as he finished the term after Governor Fran
Joseph M. Devine, North Dakota Superintendent of Public Instruction, 1901-1902
Laura J. Eisenhuth
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Laura J. Kelly Eisenhuth was an educator and politician from North Dakota. When she was elected the state's superintendent of public instruction in 1892, she became the first woman in the United State
Joseph M. Devine
…Dakota Territory in 1884 and was superintendent of schools for ten years. In 1892 he lost an election for state superintendent of public education to Laura J. Eisenhuth, the first woman elected to state office in the United States. He first entered politics as Lieutenant Governor of North Dakota in 1897. When Governor…
Laura J. Eisenhuth, ND Superintendent of Public Instruction
Laura J. Eisenhuth, North Dakota state superintendent of public instruction from 1893-94, was the first woman elected to statewide office in the U.S.