Wright v. Noell
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Coffey 'District Court. ■ At the general election held in Coffey county on the 3d of November 1874, Miss Mary P. Wright received the highest number of legal votes cast for any person for the office of county superintendent of public instruction, and Julius PC. Noell received the next highest number of legal votes cast for any person for the same office.
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Error from Coffey 'District Court. ■ At the general election held in Coffey county on the 3d of November 1874, Miss Mary P. Wright received the highest number of legal votes cast for any person for the office of county superintendent of public instruction, and Julius PC. Noell received the next highest number of legal votes cast for any person for the same office. The board of county canvassers declared Miss Wright elected to the said office, and granted her the certificate of election, whereupon she took the oath of office and filed her official bond. Afterward, Noell filed with the probate…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Brewer, J.:
Is a woman eligible to the office of county superintendent? In favor of it is the fact that the constitution contains no express disqualification of her, and no affirmative statement of the qualifications therefor, leaving, as is *603claimed, the people free to choose whomsoever they will. Against it, is the fact that the right to vote is limited to males, implying, as is said, that a fortiori the right to hold office is likewise so restricted, and also the fact that at the time of the adoption of the constitution there was no serious thought of…
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