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Berkshire County
Massachusetts

Berkshire County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Berkshire County: [none currently in database]

Republican Party chairs in Berkshire County: [none currently in database]


Berkshire County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
   1860, Charleston and Baltimore: Charles Heebner
   1864, Chicago: Phineas Allen
   1876, St. Louis: Cebra Quackenbush
   1896, Chicago: John C. Crosby
   1912, Baltimore: Garrett Droppers — Phillip W. Goewey — Luke J. Minihan
   1916, St. Louis: Joseph W. Farrell — William F. Grenier — Patrick J. Moore
   1924, New York: Alice E. Birmingham — Thomas F. Cassidy — Thomas E. Hurley — William A. O'Hearn — William E. Staples
   1928, Houston: Jeremiah M. Linnehan
   1932, Chicago: John C. Roe — Michael E. Troy
   1936, Philadelphia: James M. Coughlin — John M. Deely
   1940, Chicago: John M. Deely
   1944, Chicago: Daniel Casey — Augusta R. Dee — Rose O'Brien
   1948, Philadelphia: Daniel Casey — Thomas F. Graham — Samuel E. Levine
   1952, Chicago: James M. Burns — John J. Dwyer — Thomas F. Graham — Samuel E. Levine
   1956, Chicago: James M. Burns — John J. Dwyer
   1960, Los Angeles: James M. Burns — Robert P. Cramer — John J. Dwyer
   1964, Atlantic City: James M. Burns — John D. Courtney, Jr. — Robert B. Dillon
   1972, Miami Beach: Flora H. Bloedel
   1980, New York: Remo Del Gallo — Mary Flynn — Mary K. O'Brien — James Rowley
   1996, Chicago: Mary K. O'Brien — Margaret Ware Johnson
   2004, Boston: Mary K. O'Brien — Margaret Johnson Ware — Tela Zasloff
   2008, Denver: Harry Dobelle — Kit Dobelle — Katherine M. O'Brien — Molly O'Grady
Republican National Conventions:
   1856, Philadelphia: Z. M. Crane
   1860, Chicago: John H. Coffin — Ensign H. Kellogg
   1864, Baltimore: Jonathan Edwards Field — James T. Robinson — Andrew J. Waterman
   1888, Chicago: William M. Prince — Frank H. Wright
   1896, St. Louis: George K. Baird — W. Murray Crane — Parley A. Russell
   1900, Philadelphia: William B. Plunkett — Francis W. Rockwell — Nathan B. Wood
   1904, Chicago: John H. C. Church — W. Murray Crane — Arthur B. Daniels — William A. Gallup
   1908, Chicago: W. Murray Crane — Arthur W. Eaton — Frank H. Wright
   1912, Chicago: Cummings C. Chesney — Charles H. Cutting
   1916, Chicago: W. Murray Crane — Charles E. Hull — James R. Savery
   1920, Chicago: W. Murray Crane — James R. Savery — John H. Waterhouse
   1924, Cleveland: John B. Hull — Robert M. Stevens — John H. Waterhouse
   1928, Kansas City: John B. Hull — Denis T. Noonan
   1936, Cleveland: Gladys S. Brothers — Denis T. Noonan — Allen T. Treadway
   1940, Philadelphia: Frank A. Bond — John B. Hull, Jr.
   1944, Chicago: Frank A. Bond — Helena Fossa
   1948, Philadelphia: Frances Dwight Buell — Fred H. Purches
   1952, Chicago: George W. Schryver — Helena A. Viale
   1956, San Francisco: Bruce Crane — Frederick M. Myers, Jr.
   1960, Chicago: Silvio O. Conte — Bruce Crane
   1972, Miami Beach: Silvio O. Conte
   1988, New Orleans: Silvio O. Conte — Peter C. Webber — Henry Williams, Jr.
   2008, St. Paul: Richard Dohony — Jane M. Swift
   2012, Tampa: Robin Almgren — Mike Case
 
Whig National Conventions:
   1839, Harrisburg: Henry Shaw
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