Elizabeth Colbert

Elizabeth V. Colbert (1865 – July 13, 1929) was an American politician from New York.

Career Elizabeth who was from Albany County, New York, was one of the founders of the first Equal Suffrage Club of Albany and served as an Assembly district leader in the New York State Woman Suffrage Party. which led to a controversy between the "Governor and Republican leaders which ended when her appointed was finally accepted after the Governor had written a sharp message to the Senate charging a violation of constitutional principles in blocking the appointment." In 1927, then Secretary of State Robert Moses appointed her as chief clerk and Second Deputy Secretary of State of New York. After her death, Smith appointed Susan V. Ord of Albany to succeed her.

A prominent Democrat, she also served as vice-chairman of the Albany County Democratic organization. In 1920, she attended the Democratic National Convention in San Francisco, California. According to a May 1920 profile: Colbert died in Albany, New York on July 13, 1929. Her husband died in March 1937.