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Van Buren County
Michigan

Van Buren County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Van Buren County (incomplete!): Jamison C. Mitchell, as of 2003 — Ed LaForge, as of 2007

Republican Party chairs in Van Buren County (incomplete!): Jay Hoover, as of 1950 — Sandra Hanson, as of 2007


Van Buren County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
   1876, St. Louis: Emory O. Briggs
   1912, Baltimore: A. Lynn Free — George N. Hale
   1920, San Francisco: O. M. Vaughan, Jr.
   1924, New York: Thomas J. Cavanaugh
   1928, Houston: Robert Cavanaugh — Mrs. Thomas J. Cavanaugh
   1932, Chicago: O. M. Vaughan, Jr.
   1940, Chicago: Ethel Gibbon
   1944, Chicago: Abe Kole
   1952, Chicago: Colver Gross
   1960, Los Angeles: Georgia Canonie
   1964, Atlantic City: Eleanor J. Roger — Charles C. Wickett
   1968, Chicago: Ted Lapekas
   1976, New York: Charles L. Christensen
   1980, New York: Barbara J. Maddox
   1988, Atlanta: Cedrick Dwyer — Barbara J. Maddox
   1996, Chicago: Cedrick Dwyer — Betsy A. Rice
   2004, Boston: Laurie Johnson — Rose Mitchell
Republican National Conventions:
   1872, Philadelphia: C. A. Harrison
   1876, Cincinnati: Jonathan J. Woodman
   1880, Chicago: Josiah Andrews
   1884, Chicago: Josiah Andrews
   1888, Chicago: D. K. Charles
   1892, Minneapolis: George W. Merriam
   1896, St. Louis: Henry Sherwood
   1904, Chicago: A. O. Duncombe
   1912, Chicago: Charles O. Monroe
   1916, Chicago: George W. Merriman
   1924, Cleveland: Merle H. Young
   1928, Kansas City: Don F. Cochrane
   1936, Cleveland: Earl L. Burhans
   1940, Philadelphia: Lewis William
   1948, Philadelphia: Glenn B. Robinson
   1952, Chicago: Clyde W. Johnson
   1960, Chicago: A. D. Dubuisson
   1964, San Francisco: Ivan Stein
   1972, Miami Beach: Katherine Willis
   1976, Kansas City: James Wellington
   1984, Dallas: Max Shinabery
   1988, New Orleans: Harold Schuitmaker
   1992, Houston: James M. Middaugh — Jack L. Pettet
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