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Rensselaer County
New York

Rensselaer County Political Parties

Democratic Party chairs in Rensselaer County (incomplete!): John P. Kelly, as of 1910 — T. Stewart Hubbard, as of 1927-36 — Cornelius A. Casey, as of 1939-41 — John P. Judge, as of 1942 — John J. Purcell, as of 1955

Republican Party chairs in Rensselaer County (incomplete!): Abraham L. Payton, as of 1910 — William D. Thomas, 1927-34 — Dean P. Taylor, 1938-42


Rensselaer County Delegates
to National Party Conventions

Democratic National Conventions:
   1860, Charleston and Baltimore: David L. Seymour — Moses Warren
   1864, Chicago: James S. Thayer
   1876, St. Louis: J. Russell Parsons — Solomon W. Russell
   1880, Cincinnati: Edward Murphy, Jr. — Roswell A. Parmenter
   1884, Chicago: Edward Murphy, Jr.
   1888, St. Louis: Edward Murphy, Jr.
   1892, Chicago: Edward Murphy, Jr.
   1896, Chicago: Francis J. Molloy — Edward Murphy, Jr.
   1900, Kansas City: Francis J. Molloy — Edward Murphy, Jr.
   1904, St. Louis: Daniel E. Conway — Edward Murphy, Jr.
   1912, Baltimore: James W. Fleming — Joseph J. Murphy
   1916, St. Louis: Cornelius F. Burns — James H. Caldwell — Joseph J. Murphy — John F. Murray
   1920, San Francisco: James W. Fleming — Charles A. Stone
   1924, New York: James H. Caldwell — James W. Fleming
   1932, Chicago: Joseph C. Behan, Jr. — Joseph J. Murphy
   1936, Philadelphia: Chester J. Atkinson — Joseph C. Behan, Jr.
   1940, Chicago: Cornelius A. Casey — Thomas F. FitzGerald
   1944, Chicago: Fred C. Casey — Frank J. Hogan
   1948, Philadelphia: James T. Foley — Cornelius A. McGrath — John F. Shannon
   1952, Chicago: Fred C. Casey — George F. Curley — Lee Watson
   1956, Chicago: William J. Lyons — Edward T. Nehill — John J. Purcell
   1960, Los Angeles: Donald C. Bowes — Justin T. Mahoney — Clarence A. McNally — Edward T. Nehill — John J. Purcell
   1964, Atlantic City: Daniel R. Bayly — John J. Purcell
   1972, Miami Beach: Wilfred E. Campbell — Sarah H. Catlin — Bernard A. Fleishman — Richard A. Hanft — Myra P. Kurtz
   1980, New York: Nancy V. Barrett — Rita E. Cannon — Robert Conway, Jr. — Edward F. McDonough — Michelle O'Brien — W. Brian Sullivan
   1984, San Francisco: Celia A. Murray — Jeff Myers — Edward W. Pattison
   1988, Atlanta: Dale Hathaway — Edward J. LaPlante — Pecolia Macklin — Romeo J. Naples — Virginia O'Brien
   1996, Chicago: Marilyn Douglas — Michael Glavin — Thomas R. Matthews — Virginia O'Brien
   2008, Denver: Asuncion Lind — Gerald W. Robinson
Republican National Conventions:
   1856, Philadelphia: Gideon Reynolds — John J. Viele
   1860, Chicago: Gideon Reynolds
   1872, Philadelphia: John A. Griswold — Martin I. Townsend
   1884, Chicago: William E. Kisselburgh — Martin I. Townsend
   1892, Minneapolis: Zephania T. Magill — John A. Quackenbush
   1896, St. Louis: Frank S. Black — John A. Quackenbush
   1900, Philadelphia: Frank S. Black — Cornelius V. Collins
   1904, Chicago: Frank S. Black — Cornelius V. Collins — Alba M. Ide
   1908, Chicago: Cornelius V. Collins — James Thompson
   1912, Chicago: Cornelius V. Collins — Alba M. Ide — Harry S. Ludlow
   1916, Chicago: Alba M. Ide — Harry A. Lewis — W. Leland Thompson
   1920, Chicago: Cornelius V. Collins — Alba M. Ide
   1924, Cleveland: Harry E. Clinton — Alba M. Ide
   1928, Kansas City: Alba M. Ide — William D. Thomas
   1932, Chicago: Matthew A. Heeran
   1936, Cleveland: William D. Thomas
   1940, Philadelphia: John J. Ahern — Dean P. Taylor
   1944, Chicago: John J. Ahern — Dwight Marvin
   1948, Philadelphia: Lawrence J. Collins
   1956, San Francisco: John T. Casey — Walter A. Dean — Dean P. Taylor
   1960, Chicago: Frank C. Cummiskey — Douglas Hudson — Dorothy Linton
   1964, San Francisco: Martin B. Stack
   1972, Miami Beach: Douglas Hudson
   2004, New York: Joseph L. Bruno
   2008, St. Paul: Joseph L. Bruno — Jeffery D. Cleary — Kathleen Stallmer
 
Whig National Conventions:
   1839, Harrisburg: Amos Briggs
   1848, Philadelphia: Russell Sage
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