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Ottawa County
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Ottawa County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Ottawa County (incomplete!): Gene Picciotti, as of 2003 — Elizabeth Olszewski, as of 2007

Republican Party chairs in Ottawa County (incomplete!): William Hatton, as of 1920-38 — Henry Wierenga, as of 1950 — Henrik E. Stafseth, 1958-60 — Jack E. Holmes, as of 2002 — Jon DeWitte, as of 2007


Ottawa County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
   1880, Cincinnati: George C. Stewart
   1912, Baltimore: Alle Toppen
   1916, St. Louis: Dirk F. Boonstra
   1920, San Francisco: Earnest C. Brooks — Charles E. Misner
   1924, New York: Louis J. Vanderburg
   1928, Houston: William O. Van Eyck
   1932, Chicago: Charles E. Misner
   1936, Philadelphia: Charles E. Misner
   1940, Chicago: Charles E. Misner
   1944, Chicago: Charles E. Misner
   1948, Philadelphia: Charles E. Misner
   1952, Chicago: Marguerite Clevenger — Roy A. Hierholzer
   1956, Chicago: Marguerite Clevenger — Roy A. Hierholzer
   1960, Los Angeles: Ralph E. Richman — Emily Schaefer
   1964, Atlantic City: Malcolm L. Ferguson — Lawrence P. Smith
   1968, Chicago: James R. Bottje — Mary Garzelloni
   1972, Miami Beach: Delores Dillinger — Mary Lou Priebe
   1976, New York: Bernard Allen
   1980, New York: Barbara R. Wilson
   1984, San Francisco: Jessica Wasserman — Barbara R. Wilson
   1996, Chicago: Julia Dennis — Sue A. Maturkanich
   2000, Los Angeles: Sue A. Maturkanich
   2004, Boston: George Crosby — Sue A. Maturkanich
   2008, Denver: Sue A. Maturkanich — Joseph Zainea
Republican National Conventions:
   1860, Chicago: Thomas W. Ferry
   1872, Philadelphia: H. A. Norton — Jonathan G. Ramsdell
   1880, Chicago: George A. Farr
   1884, Chicago: J. M. Ferguson
   1888, Chicago: C. P. Brown
   1892, Minneapolis: John B. Perham
   1896, St. Louis: Gerrit J. Diekema
   1900, Philadelphia: Benjamin A. Mulder
   1904, Chicago: Herman F. Harbeck — D. B. K. Van Raalte
   1908, Chicago: John B. Mulder
   1916, Chicago: Jarrett N. Clark — Henry Pelgrim, Sr.
   1920, Chicago: William M. Connelly — Arthur Van Buren
   1924, Cleveland: Gerrit J. Diekema — William Hatton
   1928, Kansas City: William Hatton — Claude VanderVeen
   1932, Chicago: Angus DeKruif — William Hatton
   1936, Cleveland: Benjamin A. Mulder
   1940, Philadelphia: Fred C. Ehrmann
   1944, Chicago: John R. Dethmers — Charles H. McBride
   1948, Philadelphia: Bruce M. Raymond
   1952, Chicago: James W. Scott
   1956, San Francisco: Carl C. Andreasen
   1960, Chicago: Carl C. Andreasen — Joan G. Danhof
   1964, San Francisco: Edmund Ellis
   1968, Miami Beach: Joyce Hatton
   1972, Miami Beach: Anthony J. Garofalo
   1984, Dallas: Judy Brock — Thomas Houseman — Keith Van Koevering
   1988, New Orleans: Glenn Hop — Donald Stoltz
   1992, Houston: Thomas O. DePree — Paul Hillegonds — Thomas Houseman
   2000, Philadelphia: Jack E. Holmes — Bill Huizenga — Leesa Schram
   2004, New York: Paul Leidig — Peter F. Secchia — Barb VanderVeen
   2008, St. Paul: Frank Scimeca
   2012, Tampa: Joseph Haveman
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