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National Committee Chairs Since 1944
| Chairman and
(state)—Republican |
Term |
| Herbert Brownell Jr. (N.Y.) |
1944–1946 |
| Carroll Reece (Tenn.) |
1946–1948 |
| Hugh D. Scott Jr. (Pa.) |
1948–1949 |
| Guy G. Gabrielson (N.J.) |
1949–1952 |
| Arthur E. Summerfield (Mich.) |
1952–1953 |
| Wesley Roberts (Kans.) |
1953 |
| Leonard W. Hall (N.Y.) |
1953–1957 |
| Meade Alcorn (Conn.) |
1957–1959 |
| Thruston B. Morton (Ky.) |
1959–1961 |
| William E. Miller (N.Y.) |
1961–1964 |
| Dean Burch (Ariz.) |
1964–1965 |
| Ray C. Bliss (Ohio) |
1965–1969 |
| Rogers C. B. Morton (Md.) |
1969–1971 |
| Robert Dole (Kans.) |
1971–1973 |
| George H. Bush (Tex.) |
1973–1974 |
| Mary Louise Smith (Iowa) |
1974–1977 |
| William E. Brock III (Tenn.) |
1977–1981 |
| Richard Richards (Utah) |
1981–1983 |
| Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. (Nev.) |
1983–1989 |
| Lee Atwater (S.C.) |
1989–1991 |
| Clayton K. Yeutter (Nebr.) |
1991–1992 |
| Richard Bond (N.Y.) |
1992–1993 |
| Haley Barbour (Miss.) |
1993–1997 |
| Jim Nicholson (Colo.) |
1997–2001 |
| Jim Gilmore (Va.) |
2001–2002 |
| Marc Racicot (Mont.) |
2002–2003 |
| Ed Gillespie (D.C.) |
2003–2005 |
| Ken Mehlman (Md.) |
2005–2007 |
| Mike Duncan (Ky.) |
2007– |
| Chairman and
(state)—Democratic |
Term |
| Robert E. Hannegan (Mo.) |
1944–1947 |
| J. Howard McGrath (R.I.) |
1947–1949 |
| William M. Boyle, Jr. (Mo.) |
1949–1951 |
| Frank E. McKinney (Ind.) |
1951–1952 |
| Stephen A. Mitchell (Ill.) |
1952–1954 |
| Paul M. Butler (Ind.) |
1955–1960 |
| Henry M. Jackson (Wash.) |
1960–1961 |
| John M. Bailey (Conn.) |
1961–1968 |
| Lawrence F. O'Brien (Mass.) |
1968–1969 |
| Fred R. Harris (Okla.) |
1969–1970 |
| Lawrence F. O'Brien (Mass.) |
1970–1972 |
| Jean Westwood (Utah) |
1972 |
| Robert S. Strauss (Tex.) |
1972–1977 |
| Kenneth M. Curtis (Maine) |
1977 |
| John C. White (Tex.) |
1977–1981 |
| Charles T. Manatt (Calif.) |
1981–1985 |
| Paul G. Kirk Jr. (Mass.) |
1985–1989 |
| Ronald H. Brown (D.C.) |
1989–1993 |
| David Wilhelm (Ill.) |
1993–1994 |
| Christopher J. Dodd (Conn.) |
1995–1996 |
| Steven Grossman (Mass.) |
1996–1999 |
| Joe Andrew (Ind.) |
1999–2001 |
| Terry McAuliffe (Va.) |
2001–2005 |
| Howard Dean (Vt.) |
2005– |
Sources: Republican National Committee: 310
First St., SE, Washington, DC 20003.
Democratic National Committee: 430 South
Capitol St., SE, Washington, DC 20003.
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National Committee Chairs Since
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