The Political Graveyard: Kent County, Mich.

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Kent County
Michigan

Kent County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Kent County (incomplete!): Owen F. Bieber, 1964-67 — Stephen B. Deem, 2000 — Lana L. Boldi, 2001-02 — Lupe Ramos-Montigny, 2003-04 — Susan Levy, 2007

Republican Party chairs in Kent County (incomplete!): Paul O. Strawhecker, 1950 — Alice Lichty Loomis, 1952 — Glenn D. Steil, 2001-02 — Karl Hascall, 2007

Kent County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
	1876, St. Louis: James Blair
	1888, St. Louis: Isaac M. Weston
	1892, Chicago: Edwin F. Uhl
	1912, Baltimore: Emanuel J. Doyle — Frank E. Pulte — Thaddeus B. Taylor
	1916, St. Louis: Adolphus A. Ellis — John E. Goul — Ben H. Lee — Dudley Waters
	1920, San Francisco: Cora L. Batts — Josephine Bender — Frank C. Jarvis
	1924, New York: Mrs. William H. Anderson — Etta C. Boltwood — Charles E. Boylan — Myron H. Walker — M. Thomas Ward
	1928, Houston: William R. McCaslin — Richard L. Newnham — Mrs. Claude O. Taylor — David E. Uhl — M. Thomas Ward
	1932, Chicago: John L. Bailey — Etta C. Boltwood — Ella V. Gibney — David E. Uhl — Cornelius Vander Weele
	1936, Philadelphia: John H. Haven — Tunis Johnson — Dorothy S. McAllister
	1940, Chicago: Charles W. Crane — William Delaney — Laurel L. Kosten — Clifford McMann
	1944, Chicago: Joseph E. Arsulowicz — Grace Loucks — Dorothy S. McAllister — Martha McMann
	1948, Philadelphia: Joseph E. Arsulowicz — Josephine Donovan — Floyd Stevens
	1952, Chicago: Alfredo De Allen — Mrs. Perry Lawr — Florence Peterson — Floyd Stevens — Floyd Thompson — Leo Walsh
	1956, Chicago: Louis Bozin — George E. Clay — Florence Peterson — Kenneth Robinson
	1960, Los Angeles: Norene J. Brooks — Fred Lanting — Edward L. Lucas — Martin Packard — K. W. Robinson — Theodore H. Williams
	1964, Atlantic City: John J. Annulis — Margaret DeVos — Charles R. Doyle — Lillian Kiel — A. Robert Kleiner — Kenneth Robinson — Elaine Wilson
	1972, Miami Beach: Kurt Calveneau — Richard Endres — Donna Halvorsen — Joan Johnson — Gerald Lamb — Edward L. Lucas — Dale R. Sprik — Alice Vaughn — Sue Wilson
	1980, New York: John J. Annulis — Lana L. Boldi — Tim Curtin — Betsy J. Flory — Kathleen Johnston-Calati — Paul Mayhue — Patrick Morrissey — Dorothy Newman — Frances Parks — Katherine Y. Sella — Lillian Stoner — MaChere Young
	1984, San Francisco: Margaret Bellenger — Lana L. Boldi — Robert Fliearman — Kathleen Johnston-Calati — W. Paul Mahue — Dorothy Newman — Herbert H. Seamons, Jr. — Catherine Ida Smalligan — Pamela Jo Sprik
	1996, Chicago: George N. Andros — William H. Kooistra — Walter Laskowski — Debra Nixon — Lupe Ramos-Montigny — Jack C. Wurm, Jr.
	2000, Los Angeles: Lana L. Boldi — William H. Kooistra — Lupe Ramos-Montigny
	2004, Boston: Susan Levy — Sandra Nyman — Bob Potter — Lupe Ramos-Montigny — James Vaughn — Jack C. Wurm, Jr.
	2008, Denver: Randy J. Belliel — Susan Levy — Lupe Ramos-Montigny — Armand M. Robinson — Margaret A. Simmons — Jack C. Wurm, Jr.
Republican National Conventions:
	1856, Philadelphia: Noyes L. Avery
	1880, Chicago: J. C. Waterbury — E. C. Watkins — A. B. Watson
	1884, Chicago: Don J. Leathers — Aaron B. Turner
	1888, Chicago: Moreau S. Crosby — A. B. Watson
	1896, St. Louis: Thomas J. O'Brien
	1900, Philadelphia: Delos A. Blodgett — Peter McPherson — Henry Spring
	1904, Chicago: F. P. Hicks — William Judson — Thomas J. O'Brien
	1908, Chicago: Roy S. Barnhart — John W. Blodgett — Frank W. Gilchrist — W. Millard Palmer
	1912, Chicago: Claude T. Hamilton — William Judson — Melvin McPherson
	1916, Chicago: Claude T. Hamilton — Benjamin S. Hanchett — Charles J. Rice — Henry T. Stanton
	1920, Chicago: Alde L. T. Blake — Claude T. Hamilton — Frank D. McKay
	1924, Cleveland: John W. Blodgett — Robert W. Irwin — Mrs. Jacob Steketee — George W. Welsh
	1928, Kansas City: Frank D. McKay — Mrs. Jacob Steketee — William J. Thomas
	1932, Chicago: John W. Blodgett — Frank D. McKay — Nellie McPherson — Arthur F. Shaw
	1936, Cleveland: Sierd Andringa — Mary E. Doran — Frank D. McKay — Melville B. McPherson
	1940, Philadelphia: Mrs. Frank P. Burt — Howard C. Lawrence — Frank D. McKay — Maurice E. Post
	1944, Chicago: Mrs. E. G. Anderson — Frank D. McKay — Melville B. McPherson
	1948, Philadelphia: Gerald R. Ford — Ella D. Koeze — Willard B. VerMeulen
	1952, Chicago: Mrs. Albert S. Koeze — Daniel H. Treleven — Willard B. VerMeulen
	1956, San Francisco: Viva Gaunt — Paul G. Goebel — Carol Josephson — Ella D. Koeze — John B. Martin, Jr.
	1960, Chicago: Gerald R. Ford — Robert G. Howlett — Mrs. Albert S. Koeze — John B. Martin, Jr. — Frederick H. Mueller
	1964, San Francisco: Louis M. Dexter — Gerald R. Ford — Mrs. Albert S. Koeze — John B. Martin, Jr. — Walter J. Russell — Marion Steketee
	1972, Miami Beach: William S. Farr, Jr. — Paul G. Goebel, Jr. — Catherine P. Lee — Richard Posthumus — Elliott A. Serafin — Robert VanderLaan
	1988, New Orleans: Barbara Cable — Betsy DeVos — Richard DeVos — Gail Riesch — Don Wilson — Chuck Yob
	2000, Philadelphia: Bob Eleveld — Richard Posthumus — Glenn D. Steil
	2004, New York: Dave Dishaw — Terri Lynn Land — Rusty Richter — Kim Yob
	2008, St. Paul: Sam Cummings — Dave Dishaw — Joanne Voorhees

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