Ada M. Bittenbender (1848-1925)
Ada M. Bittenbender was a candidate for Supreme Judge of Nebraska, in 1891 and 1893. Bittenbender, a lawyer, practiced in Nebraska and before the US Supreme Court. She was a suffragist and attorney for the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union. It was reported that she received 7,322 votes out of a total of 155,000 cast in the State in 1891, the largest vote in proportion ever given for the head of the prohibition ticket.
Party Affiliation:
Prohibition Party
Photographs:
Portrait in Article in the Law Student’s Helper (with photograph) Vol. 1, p.303, 1893 http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/articles/adabittenbender.pdf
Resources:
Chapter XXXI The Populist Probation – Return of the Repulican Prodigal – His Conversion to Populism -- A Period of Party Rotation) http://www.webroots.org/library/usahist/honjsm23.html
Article in the Law Student’s Helper (with photograph) Vol. 1, p.303, 1893 http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/articles/adabittenbender.pdf
"Ada M. Bittenbender," Notable American Women, 1607-1950: A Biographical Dictionary, Vol. 1, A-F, eds. Edward T. James, Janet W. James, and Paul S. Boyer, Cambrdige, Mass: The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 1971.
[Additional Notes]:
History of Nebraska - Chapter 31, Page 634 At the ensuing elections the candidates for the office of judge of the Supreme Court received votes as follows: T. O. C. Harrison, republican, 72,032; Silas A. Holcomb, people's independent, 65,666; Frank Irvine, gold democrat, 37,545; Ada M. Bittenbender, prohibition, 6,357. (History of Nebraska - Chapter 31, Page 634]