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Index of Politicians by Party Office Held

State Party Officers:

Michigan Delegates to Republican National Conventions: very incomplete!

Michigan Republican Party County Chairs: very incomplete!

Alcona - Alger - Allegan - Alpena - Antrim - Arenac - Baraga - Barry - Bay - Benzie - Berrien - Branch - Calhoun - Cass - Charlevoix - Cheboygan - Chippewa - Clare - Clinton - Crawford - Delta - Dickinson - Eaton - Emmet - Genesee - Gladwin - Gogebic - Grand Traverse - Gratiot - Hillsdale - Houghton - Huron - Ingham - Ionia - Iosco - Iron - Isabella - Jackson - Kalamazoo - Kalkaska - Kent - Keweenaw - Lake - Lapeer - Leelanau - Lenawee - Livingston - Luce - Mackinac - Macomb - Manistee - Marquette - Mason - Mecosta - Menominee - Midland - Missaukee - Monroe - Montcalm - Montmorency - Muskegon - Newaygo - Oakland - Oceana - Ogemaw - Ontonagon - Osceola - Oscoda - Otsego - Ottawa - Presque Isle - Roscommon - Saginaw - SAINT Clair - SAINT Joseph - Sanilac - Schoolcraft - Shiawassee - Tuscola - Van Buren - Washtenaw - Wayne - Wexford


Republican state chairs, 1860-2000 (Incomplete!)

William A. Howard 1860-61 Zachariah Chandler 1878-79 James McMillan 1879-80 Henry P. Baldwin 1880-81 Edward S. Lacey 1882-83 James McMillan 1886-87 James McMillan 1890-96 Dexter M. Ferry, Jr. 1897-99 Arthur F. Marsh 1899 Gerrit J. Diekema 1900-11 Gilman M. Dame 1915 John D. Mangum 1917 Burt D. Cady 1919-25 Kennedy L. Potter 1925-26 Gerrit J. Diekema 1927-29 Howard C. Lawrence 1929-36 James F. Thomson 1936-39 Leslie B. Butler 1941 John R. Dethmers 1942-45 John A. Wagner 1945-48 Owen J. Cleary 1949-53 John Feikens 1953-57 Lawrence B. Lindemer 1957-61 George M. Van Peursem 1961-63 Arthur G. Elliott, Jr. 1963-65 Elly M. Peterson 1965-69 William F. McLaughlin 1969-79 Melvin L. Larsen 1979-81 Spencer Abraham 1983-90 G. J. 'Rusty' Hills 2000

Republican state vice-chairs, 1927-79 (Incomplete!)

Mrs. Jacob Steketee 1927-29 Martha S. Barber 1937 Fern Smith Hammond 1939 Rae C. Hooker 1947-48 Mary Streit 1949-51 Catharine Gibson 1953-57 Ella D. Koeze 1957-60 Elly M. Peterson 1961-63 William F. McLaughlin 1965 Earl Kennedy 1969 Ranny Riecker 1969 Nancy B. Chase 1979 Timothy McBride 1979 William Pickard 1979 Al Zaparackas 1979

Members of Republican National Committee, 1856-1992 (Incomplete!)

Zachariah Chandler 1856-60 Marsh Giddings 1866-70 Zachariah Chandler 1870-72 William A. Howard 1872-76 John W. Blodgett 1900-12 Charles B. Warren 1912 James E. Davidson 1924 Bina M. West 1924 James E. Davidson 1932-39 Mrs. Jacob Steketee 1932-39 Frank D. McKay 1940-44 Mrs. Charles Beecher Warren 1940 Arthur E. Summerfield 1944-52 Mrs. Dudley C. Hay 1947 Rae C. Hooker 1949-61 Owen J. Cleary 1952-53 David W. Kendall 1953-57 John Feikens 1954 Lawrence B. Lindemer 1957-61 John B. Martin, Jr. 1957-69 Mrs. Albert S. Koeze 1961-69 Harold M. McClure, Jr. 1969-73 Elly M. Peterson 1969-71 Ranny Riecker 1971-81 Creighton Holden 1973-77 Peter B. Fletcher 1977-81 Ronna Romney 1984-92 Peter F. Secchia 1988

Republican state party secretaries, 1899-1979 (Incomplete!)

Harvey A. Sherman 1899 Dennis E. Alward 1903-07 Paul H. King 1910-12 Dennis E. Alward 1915-19 Dennis E. Alward 1927 Frank D. Fitzgerald 1929-30 James G. Frey 1937-39 Ralph T. Wills 1947 Harry F. Smith 1949-51 Norman O. Stockmeyer 1957-65 Alfred O. LaPorte 1965-69 Weldon O. Yeager 1979

Republican state party treasurers, 1899-1979 (Incomplete!)

Clarence A. Black 1899 Homer Warren 1903 Paul F. Bagley 1907 Fred W. Green 1915-19 John S. Haggerty 1927-29 Howard M. Warner 1937-39 Ben O. Shepherd 1947 Robert C. C. Heaney 1949-51 Berry N. Beaman 1956-61 Ardale Ferguson 1957-59 Robert J. Brown 1961-65 Wendell W. Hobbs 1969 Denzil L. Hammond 1979

Members of Republican State Central Committee, 1876-1981 (Incomplete!)

Antrim County Republican co-chairs, 2007 (Incomplete!)

Ed Boettcher 2007 Carol Perrin 2007

Members of Republican State Executive Committee, 1899 (Incomplete!)

William H. Aitkin 1899 H. W. Carey 1899 Charles Flowers 1899 John Holbrook 1899 William Judson 1899 J. W. McCausey 1899 Robert Oakman 1899 Chase S. Osborn 1899 Arthur R. Rood 1899 Coleman C. Vaughan 1899

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Henry L. Clinton, Apollo Hall, New York City, February 3, 1872
The Political
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The Political Graveyard is a web site about U.S. political history and cemeteries. It is the Internet's most comprehensive source for American political biography, listing 180,022 politicians, living and dead.

The Political Graveyard is created and maintained by Lawrence Kestenbaum, of Ann Arbor, Michigan, who is solely responsible for its structure and content. Web hosting is provided by Paul Haas, of Ypsilanti, Michigan. The site opened on July 1, 1996; the last full revision was done on June 16, 2008.