Laura Stockton Starcher (d. 1960) was the first female mayor in Umatilla elected through the Petticoat Revolution in 1916.[1][2] She was the wife of incumbent mayor EE Starcher, and was elected by a vote of 26–8. Her husband only discovered she was his opponent on the afternoon of election day.[3][4][5]
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