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Jackson County
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Jackson County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Jackson County (incomplete!): Leonard E. Smigielski, as of 2003-07

Republican Party chairs in Jackson County (incomplete!): Charles J. DeLand, 1906-10 — Frank N. Aldrich, as of 1932 — Haskell L. Nichols, 1937-38 — James F. Thomson, 1939-41 — James F. Thomson, as of 1950 — Rick Baxter, as of 2007


Jackson County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
   1860, Charleston and Baltimore: Fidus Livermore
   1876, St. Louis: Michael Shoemaker
   1900, Kansas City: Thomas E. Barkworth
   1904, St. Louis: Thomas E. Barkworth
   1912, Baltimore: William W. Todd
   1916, St. Louis: R. P. Briar
   1920, San Francisco: Marie Bossong
   1924, New York: John W. Miner
   1928, Houston: Elmer Kirkby
   1932, Chicago: Elmer Kirkby
   1936, Philadelphia: Edward Dalton
   1940, Chicago: John W. Miner
   1944, Chicago: James L. Ryan
   1948, Philadelphia: Donald Black
   1952, Chicago: Harold Marsh
   1956, Chicago: Charles Baker — Edwin Goldring
   1960, Los Angeles: Lewis H. Dawley
   1964, Atlantic City: John J. Collins — Lewis H. Dawley — William K. McInally
   1968, Chicago: Raymond Fowlks — Webb Magnor
   1972, Miami Beach: Marshall Hicks
   1976, New York: Nate Darnett — C. Ann Graham
   1980, New York: C. Ann Graham — Ann Zimmerman
   1984, San Francisco: C. Ann Graham — Shirley McMurtrie
   1988, Atlanta: C. Ann Graham
   1992, New York: C. Ann Graham
   1996, Chicago: C. Ann Graham — James R. Pedersen
   2008, Denver: Leonard E. Smigielski
Republican National Conventions:
   1856, Philadelphia: Moses A. McNaughton
   1860, Chicago: Austin Blair
   1872, Philadelphia: Harvey Bush
   1880, Chicago: Morgan Bates
   1884, Chicago: John C. Sharp
   1888, Chicago: Charles E. Townsend
   1892, Minneapolis: William H. Withington
   1896, St. Louis: Charles A. Blair
   1900, Philadelphia: Albert S. Glasgow — Charles H. Smith
   1904, Chicago: Charles Lewis — L. Whitney Watkins
   1908, Chicago: Charles E. Ulrickson
   1912, Chicago: L. Whitney Watkins
   1916, Chicago: Robert A. Smith
   1920, Chicago: Albert S. Glasgow
   1924, Cleveland: Kennedy L. Potter
   1928, Kansas City: Arthur P. McBirney
   1932, Chicago: Burney E. Bower
   1936, Cleveland: David W. Kendall
   1940, Philadelphia: Harry G. Sparks
   1944, Chicago: Maxwell F. Badgley
   1948, Philadelphia: Robert L. Drake
   1952, Chicago: I. M. Olson
   1956, San Francisco: Allan G. Weatherwax
   1960, Chicago: Berry N. Beaman — Allan G. Weatherwax
   1964, San Francisco: Cassell Pursell
   1968, Miami Beach: Theodore J. Dwyer
   1972, Miami Beach: Jeanne Townsend
   1976, Kansas City: Patricia Short
   1984, Dallas: Kenneth Beardslee
   1988, New Orleans: Jeane Johnson — Lola Peterson — Joseph Thomas
   1992, Houston: Barbara Barton — Marvin E. Bills
   2000, Philadelphia: Raymond Snell
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