Deaf elected officials

Deaf elected officials:

- Wilma Newhoudt-Druchen, member of the South African Parliament

- Kevin Nolan, town councilman, Northampton, MA

- Otto Kruse, 19th century, won an election to a public office in Hamburg, Germany

- Edmund Booth, 19th century, won 3 elections in Iowa as county clerk

- Gary Malkowski, Ontario MPP, one term

- Judith Toth, state delegate, Maryland, several terms

- Alan Gifford, Sewer Commission, Goffstown, New Hampshire, 1982 to 1984; Sewer Commission, Kingston, Massachusetts, April 2004 to April 2006

- Curtis Rodgers, Circuit Clerk, 22nd Judicial Circuit, Covington County, Alabama, in a big election upset, defeated the incumbent to win the 1952 election; served two terms until the former incumbent defeated him

- Glenn Shelton, Constable, District I (Unicol & Erwin counties), Tennessee; won election in 1980, and was re-elected several times; a constable functions as a law enforcement officer, with powers of arrest; was member of Tennessee Constable Association

- Nick Peterson, Constable, Douglas County (Minnesota), won election in year 1914; he did not seek the position; his neighbors put him up to it, and he won.

- Nilo Ruotski won election as Town Treasurer of Biwabik, Minnesota in 1939. It was his first and only try for public office. He downplayed the win, saying it was more of a vote against the unpopular incumbent than a vote for him, as a deaf person.

- Francis Humberstone MacKenzie, Lord Seaforth, Scotland, won a seat in the Parliament (1754-1815). His primary means of communication was in Sign Language.

- Manny Golden, St Augustine, Florida, was elected in year 2003 to a seat on the St Johns County Soil and Water Conservation District Council. He only served a short time as he passed away.

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