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Morgan County
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Morgan County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Morgan County (incomplete!): Harry Doolin, as of 1950

Republican Party chairs in Morgan County (incomplete!): A. E. Williamson, as of 1950 — William Zachary, Jr., as of 2002


Morgan County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
   1860, Charleston and Baltimore: Murray McConnell
   1876, St. Louis: James M. Epler
   1908, Denver: Millard F. Dunlap
   1916, St. Louis: Millard F. Dunlap
   1924, New York: Millard F. Dunlap — William N. Hairgrove
   1928, Houston: E. A. Brennan — Sara Johns English — William N. Hairgrove
   1932, Chicago: Edward Bowe — William N. Hairgrove — Owen P. Thompson
   1936, Philadelphia: William N. Hairgrove
   1940, Chicago: Sara Johns English
   1944, Chicago: James M. Barnes
   1952, Chicago: Fred A. Cain
   1972, Miami Beach: John C. Watson
   1980, New York: Barbara J. Gross
   1996, Chicago: Barbara J. Gross
Republican National Conventions:
   1880, Chicago: Charles M. Eames
   1884, Chicago: G. S. Weagley
   1888, Chicago: John A. Ayers
   1904, Chicago: Andrew Russel
   1912, Chicago: John R. Robertson
   1916, Chicago: Charles B. Graff — Andrew Russel
   1920, Chicago: Andrew Russel
   1928, Kansas City: Andrew Russel
   1936, Cleveland: Carl E. Robinson — Paul Samuell
   1940, Philadelphia: Edward H. Alexander — Carl E. Robinson
   1944, Chicago: Gail B. Ranson
   1956, San Francisco: Juanita F. Edlen
   1968, Miami Beach: Harris Rowe
   1972, Miami Beach: Eric C. Davis
 
Whig National Conventions:
   1839, Harrisburg: William B. Warren
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