The Political Graveyard: West Virginia Democratic Party offices

The Political
Graveyard

West Virginia Democratic Party offices

Index of Politicians by Party Office Held

State Party Officers:

Democratic state chairs
Democratic state vice-chairs
Members of Democratic National Committee
Democratic state party secretaries
Democratic state party treasurers
Democratic state associate chairs
Democratic state associate party secretaries
Democratic state party parliamentarians
Democratic state party resident secretaries
Members of Democratic State Executive Committee

West Virginia Delegates to Democratic National Conventions: very incomplete!

West Virginia Democratic Party County Chairs: very incomplete!

Barbour - Berkeley - Boone - Braxton - Brooke - Cabell - Calhoun - Clay - Doddridge - Fayette - Gilmer - Grant - Greenbrier - Hampshire - Hancock - Hardy - Harrison - Jackson - Jefferson - Kanawha - Lewis - Lincoln - Logan - Marion - Marshall - Mason - McDowell - Mercer - Mineral - Mingo - Monongalia - Monroe - Morgan - Nicholas - Ohio - Pendleton - Pleasants - Pocahontas - Preston - Putnam - Raleigh - Randolph - Ritchie - Roane - Summers - Taylor - Tucker - Tyler - Upshur - Wayne - Webster - Wetzel - Wirt - Wood - Wyoming

Democratic state chairs, 1866-1991 (Incomplete!)

Daniel Lamb 1866-70 Lewis Baker 1872-76 Alexander Campbell 1876-80 Michael J. Reilly 1880-84 David H. Leonard 1884-88 Thomas S. Riley 1888-92 William E. Chilton 1892-96 Andrew Edmiston 1896-1900 James H. Miller 1900-04 John T. McGraw 1904-08 W. G. Bennett 1908-12 Stuart W. Walker 1912-13 Clem L. Shaver 1913-16 C. C. Lewis 1916 Clem L. Shaver 1916-20 J. Finley Dunlap 1920-28 Andrew Edmiston 1928-32 Robert G. Kelly 1932-36 R. Carl Andrews 1936-40 A. Hale Watkins 1940-44 Joe L. Smith 1944-47 R. D. Bailey 1947-48 J. Howard Myers 1948 Ernest L. Bailey 1948-52 J. Howard Myers 1952-56 Hulett C. Smith 1956-62 Robert P. McDonough 1962-64 James M. Sprouse 1965-67 Rudolph L. DiTrapano 1968-72 J. C. Dillon, Jr. 1973 Charles S. Smith 1980- Lloyd G. Jackson II 1988-90

Democratic state vice-chairs, 1928-69 (Incomplete!)

Charles Lively 1928-39 Sophia Benedum 1943 A. W. Paull, Sr. 1945-47 J. Howard Myers 1949 Robert D. Bailey 1964-67 Milton J. Ferguson 1964 Pat R. Hamilton 1969 James Pyles 1969

Members of Democratic National Committee, 1866-2004 (Incomplete!)

Thomas Sweeney 1866-68 John Hull 1868-72 John B. Hoge 1872-76 Alexander Campbell 1876-84 Lewis Baker 1884-85 Johnson N. Camden 1888-92 John Sheridan 1892-96 John T. McGraw 1896-1916 Clarence W. Watson 1916-18 John T. McGraw 1918-20 Rose McGraw 1920-24 Charles W. Osenton 1920-28 Mrs. Frank N. Mann 1924-28 Mrs. J. C. Burchinal 1928-36 Herbert Fitzpatrick 1928-36 Mrs. Douglas W. Brown 1936-40 Gory Hogg 1936-40 Mrs. A. S. Booker 1940-44 Arthur B. Koontz 1940-59 Mrs. Carl B. Galbraith 1944-52 Mrs. Lynn S. Hornor 1952-53 Violet Snedegar 1956-60 John E. Amos 1959-64 Mary Hart Davisson 1960-64 Robert P. McDonough 1964-65 Violet Snedegar 1964-67 John E. Amos 1965-67 Hilda Sheets Long 1969 Hulett C. Smith 1969 Rudolph L. DiTrapano 1972-73 Joanne Pownell Powell 1973 Martin Shaffer 1986-91 Charles S. Smith 1991 Mara L. Watson 1991 Jim Bowen 2004 Nick Casey 2004 Alice Travis Germond 2004 Emilie Holroyd 2004 Marie L. Prezioso 2004

Democratic state party secretaries, 1937-69 (Incomplete!)

Garda Bachtel 1937 Charles E. Arnold 1943-47 Walter T. Crofton, Jr. 1949 Hazel Starcher 1964-69

Democratic state party treasurers, 1945-69 (Incomplete!)

Charles E. Nethken 1945 Edwin Ratcliffe 1946-50 E. G. Otey 1964 Walter Dempsey 1967 Robert Burke 1969

Democratic state associate chairs, 1945-69 (Incomplete!)

Corinne Booker 1945 Lucille Short 1949 Anne Hearst 1964-67 Violet Snedegar 1969

Democratic state associate party secretaries, 1964-67 (Incomplete!)

Clara Lincoln 1964 Clara Lincoln Armstead 1967

Democratic state party parliamentarians, 1964-69 (Incomplete!)

Curtis B. Trent, Jr. 1964-67 Norris Kantor 1969

Democratic state party resident secretaries, 1964-67 (Incomplete!)

Walter R. Mitchell 1964-67

Members of Democratic State Executive Committee, 1876-1967 (Incomplete!)

Blank district: Thomas B. Davis 1876-1907 George S. Wallace 191? Fred L. Fox 1924-36 James B. Riley 1932-36 Paul H. Kidd 1936-40 John H. Bowling, Jr. 1960-64
At-Large: Mrs. J. C. Burchinal 1937 Robert G. Kelly 1937 J. Z. Terrell 1937 William G. Branham 1945 Alfred F. Chapman 1945 Mrs. Bird Forney 1945 Mary Hart Davisson 1949 D. T. Murray 1949 J. Howard Myers 1949 Ernest L. Bailey 1952-53 Stewart A. Calhoun 1952-53 Ina Lee Hartleben 1952-53
1st District: Anna Graner 1937 Mrs. E. I. Jones 1937 Bernard J. Killeen 1937 Patrick J. McGuire 1937 Ruth Baxter 1945 Gordon P. Fought 1945-49 Ruth B. Poe 1945-47 D. J. Steiner 1945-49 Mrs. Louis Hill 1947-49 Lucille Chapman 1949 Grace L. Beckner 1952-53 Alfred F. Chapman 1952-53 Kenneth H. Hill 1952-53 Mrs. Bernard T. Starkey 1952-59 Robert J. Riley, Sr. 1957-67 Callie Tsapis 1957-59 William Conklin 1959 G. Thomas Love 1964 Frances C. Poilek 1964-67 Lucille Schwinn 1964-67 William Watson 1967
2nd District: H. E. Chaney 1937 Eleanor N. Simpson 1937 Beatrice Yeater 1937 Elmer C. Yoho 1937 Robert E. Sellers 1945-49 Lillian Stone 1945-49 Robert H. Wells 1945-49 Pearl Yoho 1947-67 Raphael M. Deegan 1957-67 Bertha Parsons 1957-59 Henry C. Schupbach 1957-59 Harry L. Lantz 1964-67 Lillian Stone 1964-67
3rd District: O. W. Coplin 1937 Louis N. Pickens 1937 Mildred Arbuckle 1945 O. W. Coplin 1945 A. C. Herold 1945 Virginia L. Loudin 1945 Roland Butcher 1949 Blanche DePue Hiehle 1949-57 Rolla A. Johnston, Sr. 1949-64 Hallie L. Jones 1949 Jack F. Broadwater 1957 Mildred Pepper 1957-64 Gene S. Campbell 1964 Pearl Morris 1964
4th District: Byron E. Holswade 1937 Levantia Knotts 1945 Geraldine Dyer Layne 1945-49 A. Keith McClung 1945-49 Fred D. Wolfe 1945 Hoy S. Goff 1949 Helen K. Reed 1949 Bernard N. Hays 1964 Genevieve Hedrick 1964 Zelma Lawson 1964 Vallie E. Toney 1964
5th District: H. A. Erwin 1937 Abe Forsythe 1945 J. Floyd Harrison 1945 Myrtle Lee 1945-49 Mrs. E. G. Strank 1945 R. L. Drown 1949 Catherine B. Enslow 1949 Fred Rotroff 1949 Frank Canterbury 1964 Mary McMaster 1964 J. Hanly Morgan 1964 Mrs. Andy Myers 1964
6th District: Lawrence L. Belcher 1937-49 Ruth Farris Davis 1945 John R. Murphy 1945-49 Mrs. W. V. Webb 1945-49 Maud Christian 1949
7th District: Ben H. Ashworth 1937 Pearl Barker 1945-49 C. W. Bias 1945 Tilden Hendrick 1945 Della Lawson 1945-49 Sherman Smith 1949 Dell White 1949
8th District: A. B. C. Bray, Jr. 1937 Ernest K. James 1945-49 Charles G. Peters 1945 Pearl Poteet 1945 Neva Marion Frist 1945 Lois Ford 1949 Edwin Hutchinson 1949 Neva Frist Raisbeck 1949
9th District: William N. Jasper 1937 A. K. Canterbury 1945 Mrs. C. V. Feller 1945 Jack Shipman 1945 Helen Keyser Sydnor 1945 Maxine Davis Cottrell 1949 D. Grove Moler 1949 Edwin Ratcliffe 1949 Nena S. Ross 1949
10th District: O. O. Eakle 1937 John R. Ballard 1945-49 Frank S. Easley 1945 Nellie Poff 1945 Grace Shumate 1945 Sallie Louise Hughes 1949 Don McClaugherty 1949 Mary Ann McClaugherty 1949
11th District: F. Guy Ash 1937 Marion E. Brown 1945-49 Charles L. McClung 1945 Okey L. Patteson 1945 Hassie H. Tucker 1945-49 John L. Campbell 1949 William R. Laird III 1949
12th District: Roy R. Hale 1937 Frank C. Baker 1945 O. O. Eakle 1945-49 Mrs. Allen P. Edgar 1945 Mabel Newlon Huffman 1945 Henry J. McKinley 1947-49 Hazel T. Kump 1949 Jane Price Sharp 1949
13th District: W. Guy Tetrick 1917-53 Frank C. Baker 1937 Mary Hart Davisson 1941-45 Rose K. Coughlin 1945 W. L. Pritchard 1945-49 Eva Jane Casto 1949 Mrs. Howard J. James 1949
14th District: Milford L. Gibson 1937 H. V. King 1945 James Morgan 1945-49 Ethel Jean Whitecotton 1945 Marie T. Whitfield 1945 Ethel Glenn DeVille 1949 John C. Hoffman 1949 Mary Johnston 1949
15th District: Robert M. Knott 1937 Winona H. Dunmire 1945 S. Harper 1945 I. Raymond Murphy 1945-49 Ruby Frances Reynolds 1945-53 Kate Curran 1949 J. H. Weirich 1949 Gladys Hehle 1952-53 John C. Murphy 1952-53 Walter H. Wolfe 1952-53
16th District: Amelia Davis 1945 Hilda C. Judd 1945 Charles H. Newkirk 1945 J. Burr Saville 1945-49 Charles M. Crabbe 1949-53 Mary S. Hicks 1949 Carrie Lee Strider 1949 Donald J. Baker 1952-53 Kathleen Miller 1952-53 Virginia Miller 1952-53

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