Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from Buncombe County[1]
In office 1921–1923
Serving with Luke Herman Young
Preceded by
James Dixon Eckles[2]
Succeeded by
Harry L. Nettles R. Eugene Taylor[3]
Personal details
Born
Lillian Exum Clement
Black Mountain, North Carolina, U.S.
Died
(1925-02-21)February 21, 1925 Asheville, North Carolina, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Spouse
Elias Eller Stafford
(m. 1921)
Lillian Exum Clement (1894 – February 21, 1925), later known as Lillian Stafford, was an American politician who was the first woman elected to the North Carolina General Assembly and the first woman to serve in any state legislature in the Southern United States.
^"North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1921".
^"North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1919-1920".
^"North Carolina State House of Representatives - 1923-1924".
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