Frances S. Klock (January 1, 1844 – October 6, 1908) was an American politician in the state of

Colorado Colorado (, other variants) is a state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States. It encompasses most of the Southern Rocky Mountains, as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of t ...

Legislative career

Colorado became the first state in which women obtained the right to vote through popular election on January 7, 1893. The following year, on November 6, 1894, three women were elected to serve in the

Colorado House of Representatives The Colorado House of Representatives is the lower house of the Colorado General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Colorado. The House is composed of 65 members from an equal number of constituent districts, with each distr ...

. Besides Frances Klock, they included

Clara Cressingham Clara Cressingham (October 6, 1863 – 1906) was one of the first women elected to serve in any state legislature in the United States. She was also the first woman to serve in a leadership position in any state legislature. Early life Cressingh ...

and Carrie C. Holly.Judy Gaughan
Klock"
''Colorado Encyclopedia''. All three were Republicans and were sworn into office in 1895. Each served one term, from 1895 to 1896.

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*''Colorado Encyclopedia:'
"Frances Klock"
by Judy Gaughan. {{DEFAULTSORT:Klock, Frances S. Members of the Colorado House of Representatives 1844 births 1908 deaths 19th-century American politicians