The Political Graveyard: Kanawha County, W.Va.

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Kanawha County
West Virginia

Kanawha County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Kanawha County (incomplete!): E. B. Stephenson, 1917 — R. Carl Andrews, 1929 — J. Hornor Davis II, 1940-41 — Grover C. Robertson, 1941-49 — Kenneth G. May, 1955 — Luther H. Carson, 1961-62 — A. Garnett Thompson, 1968-70 — Robert L. Reed, 1975 — G. Kemp Melton, 1983

Republican Party chairs in Kanawha County (incomplete!): Ira H. Mottesheard, 1917 — William W. Wertz, 1940-42 — P. G. Meador, 1945-46 — Orville Hackney, 1961-62 — Kent S. Hall, 1969 — Olaf Walker, 1973 — Paul Hart, 1983

Kanawha County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
	1860, Charleston and Baltimore: Henry Fitzhugh
	1904, St. Louis: William A. MacCorkle
	1912, Baltimore: William A. MacCorkle
	1916, St. Louis: J. F. Callison — Maynard F. Stiles
	1920, San Francisco: William A. MacCorkle — H. H. McCormick — David Blain Shaw
	1924, New York: A. W. Cox — B. Kemp Littlepage — William A. MacCorkle — Grover C. Robertson
	1928, Houston: Mrs. J. Walter Barnes — Clyde B. Johnson — Angus MacDonald — R. C. Melton
	1932, Chicago: William E. Chilton, Jr. — Mrs. Tom Gates — E. L. James — Charles G. Peters — E. L. Powell
	1936, Philadelphia: Herman Bennett — John L. Biddle — E. L. James — E. L. Powell — Edith Mohler Sweet
	1940, Chicago: Clara L. Boyd — Dale G. Casto — Robert G. Kelly — E. L. Powell
	1944, Chicago: Mrs. W. E. Chilton, Sr. — Don F. Freeman — Bess E. Harrison — E. L. James — Robert L. Mayes — J. B. McLaughlin — Maysel R. Wills
	1948, Philadelphia: W. T. 'Suey' Brotherton — Frank A. Knight
	1952, Chicago: Arch J. Alexander — W. T. 'Suey' Brotherton — E. L. James — James G. Jeter, Jr. — Frank A. Knight — Clarence W. Meadows
	1956, Chicago: Clarence J. Benson — Clara L. Boyd — W. T. 'Suey' Brotherton — Arthur B. Koontz — Charles M. Love
	1960, Los Angeles: W. T. 'Suey' Brotherton — A. Carl Carey — W. E. 'Ned' Chilton — Charles M. Love — Charles Meyer — Mrs. Charles G. Peters — Burl A. Sawyers — John M. Slack, Jr. — Miles C. Stanley — A. Garnett Thompson
	1972, Miami Beach: Kelly L. Castleberry — Leo Catsonis — Marvin Crouch — William L. Dodd, Jr. — Denzil L. Gainer — Si Galerin, Jr. — J. Dempsey Gibson — Leroy Harris — Thomas A. Hutto — Paul J. Kaufman — Jack Kinder — Robert McDonough — Charles Meyer — Jack L. Pauley — Robert L. Reed — Jay Rockefeller — Paula Smith — Miles C. Stanley — Leonard I. Underwood — William Watson
	1996, Chicago: Marian Alston — John Bailey — Kevin Boggs — George Carenbauer — Chuck Chamber — Judy Hale — Elaine Harris — Barbara Hatfield — Larry LaCorte, Jr. — Shelby Leary — Joseph Powell — Marie L. Prezioso — Charlotte Pritt — Sharon Percy Rockefeller — Larry Rowe
	2000, Los Angeles: Elaine Harris — Barbara Hatfield — Marie L. Prezioso
	2004, Boston: Sharon Smith Banks — Jim Bowen — Bonnie L. Brown — G. Nick Casey, Jr. — Cathy Gatson — Elaine Harris — Barbara Hatfield — James F. Humphreys — Anita Maroney — Stephen McElroy — Kenneth Perdue — Marie L. Prezioso — Cecil Roberts — Kellie Shamblin — Natalie Tennant — Erik Wells
	2008, Denver: Ellen Capellanti — Deborah Carper — G. Nick Casey, Jr. — Elaine Harris — James F. Humphreys — Thomas S. King — Pat Maroney — Meshea Poore — Marie L. Prezioso — Natalie Tennant — Erik Wells
Republican National Conventions:
	1868, Chicago: Greenbury Slack
	1900, Philadelphia: J. Eugene Dana — John H. Hill
	1904, Chicago: George W. Atkinson — Enoch Carver — Byrd Phillerman — Phil Waters
	1908, Chicago: William S. Edwards — J. McHenry Jones — Charles E. Mitchell
	1912, Chicago: William S. Edwards — Joe Taylor
	1916, Chicago: Samuel Brashear Avis — Charles E. Mitchell — S. A. Scott
	1920, Chicago: Joseph H. Gaines
	1924, Cleveland: Joseph H. Gaines — J. C. Gilmer — Emma L. Irving — John Laing
	1928, Kansas City: Walter S. Hallanan
	1932, Chicago: Joseph H. Gaines — J. C. Gilmer — Walter S. Hallanan — A. A. Lilly — Sarah M. Nutter — William W. Sanders — Cora L. Terry
	1936, Cleveland: Walter S. Hallanan — A. A. Lilly — William W. Sanders — T. C. Townsend
	1940, Philadelphia: G. E. Ferguson — Walter S. Hallanan — Arthur M. Hill — A. A. Lilly — William W. Sanders — T. C. Townsend
	1944, Chicago: D. L. Ferguson — Walter S. Hallanan — Robert H. C. Kay — A. A. Lilly — William W. Sanders — W. H. Surface — Siegel Workman
	1948, Philadelphia: G. E. Ferguson — Walter S. Hallanan — Arthur P. Hudson — Robert H. C. Kay — Nathan L. Poffenbarger — Joe L. Silverstein
	1952, Chicago: Oscar B. Chenoweth — Phil M. Conley — J. Fleet Greene — Walter S. Hallanan — Robert H. C. Kay — Stanley C. Morris — John C. Morrison
	1960, Chicago: Phil M. Conley — B. I. Gentry — J. Fleet Greene — Mrs. Regis Heinzer — Cleo S. Jones — John L. Thomas
	1968, Miami Beach: Chapman Revercomb
	1972, Miami Beach: D. Boone Dawson — Rank O. Dawson — James C. Jeter — Robert Q. Jones — Claude Lacy — Thomas E. Potter — Sara Revercomb — Chapman Revercomb — Robert Silverstein — Virginia Stevens — John M. Wells — Tom Winter
	2000, Philadelphia: Vic Sprouse
	2004, New York: Lora Abernathy — E. C. Anderson — Tim Armstead — Bill Pauley — Vic Sprouse — Kris Warner — Rusty Webb
	2008, St. Paul: Gary Abernathy — David Bailey — Edward Burgess — Brian Castro — Beth Elmore — Dan Greear — Kristen Harrison — Steve Harrison — Betty S. Ireland — Charles Minimah — Jim Reed — Larry D. Swann — Will Swann — William Shane Wilson

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