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Berrien County
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Berrien County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Berrien County (incomplete!): Ron Ferguson, as of 2003 — Marletta B. Seats, as of 2007

Republican Party chairs in Berrien County (incomplete!): Roy Clark, as of 1919 — Robert J. Criddle, as of 1950 — Gary Campbell, as of 2007


Berrien County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
   1856, Cincinnati: Jacob Beeson
   1860, Charleston and Baltimore: Franklin Muzzy
   1864, Chicago: Rufus W. Landon
   1876, St. Louis: Henry Chamberlain
   1896, Chicago: Henry Chamberlain
   1912, Baltimore: G. H. Knaak
   1916, St. Louis: James O'Hara
   1920, San Francisco: James O'Hara
   1924, New York: Robert Codd
   1928, Houston: Henry H. Heimann
   1932, Chicago: Henry H. Heimann — Minnie F. Kaltenbrun — Dan O'Connor
   1940, Chicago: Lester Farnum
   1944, Chicago: Thomas B. Robinson
   1948, Philadelphia: Ben Rosenberg
   1952, Chicago: Robert S. Feldman — Murle E. Gorton — Martin Lane — Alonzo Mead
   1956, Chicago: F. Joseph Flaugh — Murle E. Gorton
   1960, Los Angeles: Joseph E. Wartha
   1964, Atlantic City: Martin J. Lane — Charles J. La Sata
   1968, Chicago: Ervin R. Appelget — Mowitt Drew — Thelma Houston
   1972, Miami Beach: Ervin R. Appelget — William L. Cobb — Bob Dennison — Nina Dennison — David R. McCormack — Thelma Taylor
   1976, New York: Russell B. Babcock — Milton Wells
   1980, New York: James M. Boothby — Albert L. Rosebush
   1988, Atlanta: Mattie E. Roddy
   1992, New York: Bonnie Benner
   2004, Boston: Andrew Roberts
   2008, Denver: Marcus Robinson — Mamie L. Yarbrough
Republican National Conventions:
   1860, Chicago: Francis Quinn
   1872, Philadelphia: George S. Clapp
   1880, Chicago: A. H. Morrison
   1884, Chicago: W. Irving Babcock
   1888, Chicago: L. M. Ward
   1900, Philadelphia: George M. Valentine
   1908, Chicago: Charles K. Warren
   1912, Chicago: John T. Owens — Charles E. White
   1916, Chicago: Addison E. Proctor
   1924, Cleveland: Carmi R. Smith
   1928, Kansas City: Francis J. Plym
   1932, Chicago: John J. Sterling
   1936, Cleveland: Charles E. White
   1944, Chicago: Charles L. Miller
   1948, Philadelphia: Stanley Banyon
   1952, Chicago: Robert J. Criddle
   1956, San Francisco: Frederick S. Upton
   1960, Chicago: Ardale Ferguson — L. Montgomery Shepard
   1968, Miami Beach: David F. Upton
   1972, Miami Beach: Lucille Gnodtke — L. Montgomery Shepard
   1976, Kansas City: Doris Walton
   1984, Dallas: Carol Stockman
   1988, New Orleans: Virginia Antonson — John Globensky — Paul L. Maloney
   1992, Houston: Barbara Globensky — Charlotte Wenham
   2000, Philadelphia: Charles T. LaSata — Bill Wolf
   2004, New York: John Proos
   2008, St. Paul: Elizabeth Garey — A. Troy Rolling
   2012, Tampa: A. Troy Rolling
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