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Lee County
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Lee County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Lee County (incomplete!): William Keho, as of 1950

Republican Party chairs in Lee County (incomplete!): Henry C. Warner, as of 1950 — Doug Farster, as of 2002


Lee County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
   1912, Baltimore: William B. Brinton
   1916, St. Louis: Henry F. Gehant
   1920, San Francisco: A. H. Hanneken
   1924, New York: Henry S. Dixon
   1928, Houston: John P. Devine
   1932, Chicago: John P. Devine — George Fruin
   1936, Philadelphia: John P. Devine
   1940, Chicago: Sherwood Dixon — Michael M. Kinney
   1952, Chicago: Sherwood Dixon
   1956, Chicago: Sherwood Dixon
   2004, Boston: Sharon Thompson
Republican National Conventions:
   1856, Philadelphia: Cyrus Aldrich — David Welty
   1884, Chicago: Henry T. Noble
   1888, Chicago: Josiah Little
   1896, St. Louis: Richard S. Farrand
   1912, Chicago: Jason Ayers
   1916, Chicago: Henry C. Warner
   1924, Cleveland: George C. Dixon
   1932, Chicago: Glen F. Coe — A. G. Harris
   1936, Cleveland: George C. Dixon
   1940, Philadelphia: George B. Shaw
   1944, Chicago: George B. Shaw
   1952, Chicago: George B. Shaw
   1956, San Francisco: George B. Shaw
   1960, Chicago: George B. Shaw
   1964, San Francisco: Robert E. Shaw
   1968, Miami Beach: Robert E. Shaw
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