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West Virginia Legislative Hand Book and Manual and Official Register, 1920


[Women Party Officials, 1920]

Republican National Convention of 1920
Held in the City of Chicago, June 8-12.

Officials from West Virginia.

Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, Morgantown, Assistant Secretary.

Associate Republican State Committee
By Senatorial Districts

Chairman--Mrs. Ellis A. Yost, Morgantown.

Secretary--Mrs. Thomas Peadro, Parkersburg.

Treasurer--Mrs. C. W. Lynch, Chester.


First District--Mrs. Julian G. Hearne, Wheeling; Mrs. C. W. Lynch, Chester.

Second District--Miss Gertrude White, Moundsville; Mrs. John W. Bunting, Sistersville.

Third District--Mrs. J. Gale Ebert, Parkersburg; Mrs. Robert Morris, Harrisville.

Fourth District—Mrs. H. D. Simmons, Spencer; Mrs. Harry Burnside, Pt. Pleasant.

Fifth District—Miss Bettie Burnside, Winfield; Mrs. Willie Beardsley MacDonald, Huntington.

Sixth District—Mrs. L. C. Anderson, Welch; Mrs. H. S. White, Matewan.

Seventh District—Mrs. Alva Ritz Kingdon; Bluefield; Mrs. Clara Rardin, Beckley.

Eighth District—Mrs. Woodson T. Wills, Charleston; Mrs. Seigel Workman, Madison.

Ninth District—Mrs. Howard Williams, Trout; Mrs. Maggie D. Light, Fayetteville.

Tenth District—Mrs. Beatrice G. Sharp, Marlinton; Mrs. E. G. Rider, Sutton.

Eleventh District—Mrs. James A. Meredith, Fairmont; Mrs. F. L. Emory, Morgantown.

Twelfth District—Mrs. Harry B. Curtin, Clarksburg; Mrs. J. W. Wilson, Weston.

Thirteenth District—Mrs. H. K. Owen, Elkins; Mrs. James A. Rusmisell, Buckhannon.

Fourteenth District—Mrs. A. A. Pickering, Rowlesburg; Mrs. D. E. Cuppett, Thomas.

Fifteenth District—Mrs. E. S. Jarrett, Shepherdstown; Mrs. L. DeW. Gerhardt, Martinsburg.

At Large—Mrs. Maggie Thompson, Hill Top; Mrs. Fanny Carter, Charleston; Mrs. Maggie L. Bailey, Kimball


Democratic State Executive Committee.

Mrs. James R. Moreland, Associate Chairman, Morgantown.

Associate Members by Senatorial Districts.

First District--Mrs. John B. Garden, Wheeling; Mrs. H. M. Russell, Jr., Wheeling.

Second District--Miss Beatrice Yeater, New Martinsville; Mrs. C. B. Riggle, Middlebourne.

Third District--Mrs. B. F. Patton, Harrisville; Mrs. J. B. Sammel, Parkersburg.

Fourth District—Miss Frances Sterrett, Gallipolis Ferry; Mrs. E. C. Smith, Ravenswood.

Fifth District—Mrs. R. L. O’Neal, Huntington; Miss Florence Cargill, Winfield.

Sixth District—Mrs. Joseph B. Straton, Williamson, Mrs. Donald Clark, Wayne.

Seventh District—Mrs. Alice Shirley Stringfellow, Bluefield; Mrs. W. H. Taylor, Beckley.

Eighth District—Dr. Irene Bullard, Charleston; Mrs. R. Sweet, St. Albans.

Ninth District—Mrs. S. W. Price, Scarbro; Miss Gertrude Boggs, Big Otter.

Tenth District—Mrs. B. P. Hall, Sutton; Mrs. Andrew Price, Marlinton.

Eleventh District—Mrs. J. O. Watson, Fairmont; Mrs. S. C. Jackson, Morgantown.

Twelfth District—Mrs. E. G. Smith, Clarksburg; Mrs. Hattie V. Ash, West Union.

Thirteenth District—Miss M. K. Lowther, Buckhannon; Mrs. W. H. Cobb, Elkins.

Fourteenth District—Miss Elizabeth Hoffman, Keyser; Mrs. May Wolfe, Kingwood.

Fifteenth District—Mrs. A. O. Endler, Romney; Mrs. Sallie Faulkner Snodgrass, Martinsburg.


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