Eva McCall Hamilton

Eva McCall Hamilton (December 13, 1871 – January 28, 1948) was an American politician from the state of Michigan. A Republican, she was Michigan's first woman to be elected to the Michigan Legislature and served as a State Senator from 1921 to 1922. Hamilton was a teacher from Grand Rapids.

Early life Born on December 13, 1871, in Memphis, Michigan to Scottish and English parents who saw that she was well educated for her era, and that she graduated as a teacher from a normal school.

In 1910, Hamilton – wearing a wide-brimmed hat – held the reins of a large horse-drawn "Lilly Float for Suffragists" entry by the Grand Rapids Equal Franchise Club, followed by 75 local suffragists in decorated cars, in Grand Rapid's annual homecoming parade. Suffrage parade entries were unusual at that time. The portrait was painted by Larry J. Blovits, also from Grand Rapids.