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Grace S. Dorris

Republican

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-05-1918	Republican	AD-56	8214	Win
11-02-1920	Write-in	AD-56	4465	Loss
11-07-1922	Republican	AD-56	12669	Win
11-04-1924	Republican	AD-56	11455	Win

Candidate Biography:

Born: March 14, 1887 in California

Died: December 29, 1968 in California

NOTE: One of the first women to serve in the Assembly in 1919.
LEGISLATION: Dorris introduced legislation urging the U.S. Congress to pass the 19th Amendment (giving women the right to vote nationally). She also introduced several bills that would have shortened the workday of domestic servants to 10 hours and another to permit public defenders in California courts.

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