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Franklin County
Illinois

Franklin County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Franklin County (incomplete!): Danny Jones, as of 1950

Republican Party chairs in Franklin County (incomplete!): Aden Summers, as of 1950 — Marion Presley, as of 2002


Franklin County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
   1912, Baltimore: W. S. Cantrell
   1916, St. Louis: George A. Hickman
   1920, San Francisco: Mrs. William H. Hart — R. E. Hickman — Walter W. Williams
   1928, Houston: W. Joe Hill
   1936, Philadelphia: C. Edwin Hair — Louie E. Lewis
   1944, Chicago: Walter W. Williams
   1948, Philadelphia: L. F. Tomlinson — Walter W. Williams
   1956, Chicago: J. Palmer Rea
   1960, Los Angeles: J. Palmer Rea
   1964, Atlantic City: Bennie Cherry
   1972, Miami Beach: Bennie Cherry — Kenneth J. Gray
   1980, New York: Bernice Covill — Kenneth J. Gray
   1996, Chicago: James Rea — Gary Lee Roan
Republican National Conventions:
   1880, Chicago: W. H. Williams
   1888, Chicago: George C. Ross
   1928, Kansas City: Noah Henson
   1932, Chicago: James D. Snyder
   1936, Cleveland: Cole L. Jones
   1940, Philadelphia: Cole L. Jones
   1944, Chicago: Roger G. Kelly
   1952, Chicago: Roy C. Martin
   1960, Chicago: Aden Summers
   1964, San Francisco: James N. Willhite
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