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Evangeline Heartz

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Evangeline Heartz was a state representative in Colorado. She represented Denver.[1][2] She was first elected to the state house in 1896.[3] She was a Populist Party candidate.

She opposed capital punishment and introduced a bill to ban hanging as a punishment in Colorado.[4]

References

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  1. ^ "House Journal of the General Assembly of the State of Colorado". 1917.
  2. ^ The Woman's Column. American Woman Suffrage Association. 1900.
  3. ^ The Colorado Magazine. State Historical and Natural History Society of Colorado, State Museum. 1967.
  4. ^ "The Republican-Advocate February 22, 1917 — Colorado Historic Newspapers Collection".