Josephine Corliss Preston (May 26, 1873 – December 10, 1958) was an American educator and politician who was the first woman elected to state office in Washington.

Her older sister, Myrtia Permelia Corliss, was the wife of Frank Lewis Phelps.

[2] In 1911, fellow Republican governor Marion Hay appointed her to the Washington State Board of Education.

[2] While Superintendent, she lived 1502 Columbia St SW, in what is referred to today as the Josephine Corliss Preston House.

After a funeral service at the Burton Community Church, she was buried at the Mountain View Memorial Park in Tacoma, Washington.