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Lyon County
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Lyon County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Lyon County (incomplete!): Susan Fowler, as of 2011

Republican Party chairs in Lyon County (incomplete!): Karen Hartenbower, as of 2011


Lyon County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
   1904, St. Louis: J. M. McCowan
   1908, Denver: J. M. McCowan
   1916, St. Louis: William M. Price
   1920, San Francisco: W. W. Price
   1924, New York: William M. Price
   1928, Houston: William M. Price
   1936, Philadelphia: Mayme Bowling — Mae Clausen
   1940, Chicago: Mrs. E. M. Hollister
   1952, Chicago: Mayme Bowling
   1956, Chicago: Kenneth T. Anderson
   1972, Miami Beach: Karen Smith
   2004, Boston: Jesse Solis
Republican National Conventions:
   1860, Chicago: Addison G. Proctor
   1880, Chicago: Preston B. Plumb
   1888, Chicago: W. W. Scott
   1896, St. Louis: Isaac E. Lambert
   1916, Chicago: D. S. Fisher
   1920, Chicago: William Allen White
   1928, Kansas City: William Allen White
   1936, Cleveland: William Allen White
   1940, Philadelphia: Ray Overpeck
   1944, Chicago: Mrs. J. C. McKinney
   1952, Chicago: Mrs. John M. Walls
   1956, San Francisco: W. A. Larkin
   1960, Chicago: Sam Mellinger — Mrs. Roscoe Mendenhall
   1964, San Francisco: Sam Mellinger
   1972, Miami Beach: Ray Call
   2004, New York: Alberta Brinkman
   2008, St. Paul: Alberta Brinkman — Virginia Graham
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