Democratic Party chairs in Essex County(incomplete!):JamesD. Moriarty, as of 1913-14—T.Albeus Adams, as of 1919-21—T.Albeus Adams, as of 1925—SamuelI. Kessler, as of 1927—JamesJ. McMahon, as of 1945—DennisF. Carey, as of 1959 Republican Party chairs in Essex County(incomplete!):HerbertW. Taylor, 1913-17—A.N. Dalrymple, 1913—JohnB. Woolston, as of 1919—FrankE. Davenport, as of 1920-21—JesseR. Salmon, as of 1925—E.Garfield Gifford, as of 1927—GeorgeH. Becker, as of 1945—WilliamF. Yeomans, as of 1959—RobertW. Kean, as of 1961—AndrewC. Axtell, as of 1964
Essex CountyDelegates to National Party Conventions | DemocraticNational Conventions: | | | 1860, Charleston and Baltimore:JacobVan Arsdale —WilliamWright | | | 1864, Chicago:WilliamH. Camp —TheodoreRunyon | | | 1876, St. Louis:DavidDodd —PatrickDoyle —JohnMcGregor | | | 1880, Cincinnati:GottfriedKrueger | | | 1888, St. Louis:WilliamHarrigan | | | 1892, Chicago:JohnB. Dusenberry —GottfriedKrueger —ThomasNevins —JamesSmith, Jr. | | | 1904, St. Louis:JohnR. Hardin —JamesSmith, Jr. | | | 1908, Denver:JohnR. Hardin | | | 1912, Baltimore:JohnL. Armitage —HarryF. Backus —EdwardO. Cyphers —JohnW. Gaven —SimonHahn —ThomasF. Holzinger —GeorgeK. Kirkham —JamesR. Nugent —JohnM. Rhodaback —ArthurB. Seymour —JamesSmith, Jr. | | | 1916, St. Louis:EdwardF. Anderson —HarryF. Backus —AngeloR. Bianchi —DallasFlannagan —CharlesF. Herr —ThomasJ. Leonard —CharlesMyers —JamesR. Nugent —ThomasF. Preston —RichardStockton | | | 1924, New York:DanielJ. Brennan —JohnJ. Daniels —MeyerC. Ellenstein —MarianK. Garrison —MosesGreenwood —IrmaA. Johnson —JohnA. Matthews —FrankJ. McNulty —JamesR. Nugent —MargaretL. Outerbridge —AnnieV. Reuss —JamesJ. Whalen | | | 1928, Houston:WilliamC. Cannon —RosemaryCarroll —MaryA. Cronin —WilliamL. Fox —KateB. Kanter —SamuelI. Kessler —HelenM. Madden —JohnA. Matthews —GeorgeV. McDonough —DanielF. Minahan —PaulJ. Moore —HelenV. Phillips —WilliamR. Roebling | | | 1932, Chicago:JuliaBlewitt —MichaelJ. A. Doyle —WilliamJ. Egan —WilliamFreiday —CharlesP. Gillen —WilliamH. Kelly —SamuelI. Kessler —WilliamP. Macksey —ElizabethMateer —JohnA. Matthews —JamesJ. McMahon —EmilyO'Connor —HelenV. Phillips —HaroldSimandl | | | 1936, Philadelphia:WilliamH. Kelly | | | 1940, Chicago:EdwardD. Ballantine —LewisB. Ballantyne —JohnP. Brady —RosemaryCarroll —BernardM. Degnan —AlbertDel Viscovo —MichaelJ. A. Doyle —WilliamJ. Egan —MeyerC. Ellenstein —MargaretC. Harrigan —JohnE. Joyce —SamuelI. Kessler —EdwardJ. Lonergan —ElizabethMateer —WilliamRicigliano —WilliamA. Rucki —HaroldSimandl —JosephSmith —ArthurC. Thornhill —WilliamA. Wachenfeld —PatrickA. Waters —AndrewF. Zazzali | | | 1944, Chicago:EdwardD. Ballantine —MaryC. O'M. Bechtold —LillianClawans —WilliamFreiday —GeorgeF. Hewson —ElizabethMateer —JamesB. McLeish —JamesJ. McMahon —DominickMiceli —VincentJ. Murphy —PeterR. Nehemkis, Sr. —EdwardLeo O'Neill | | | 1948, Philadelphia:EdwardD. Ballantine —JohnA. Brady —JosephM. Byrne, Jr. —DanielV. Crosta —WilliamHowe Davis —BernardM. Degnan —MeyerC. Ellenstein —WilliamFreiday —AgnesM. Haughey —JohnB. Keenan —JohnA. Matthews —JamesJ. McMahon —VincentJ. Murphy | | | 1952, Chicago:ArthurChapin —WilliamJ. Egan —ThomasJ. Holleran —JohnB. Keenan —JamesW. Lowe —CharlesA. Matthews —EdwardJ. McKenna —SalvatoreNesto —DwightG. Palmer —JosephSiegler —CharlesA. Stanziale —PatrickA. Waters —JohnH. Yauch, Jr. | | | 1956, Chicago:FerdinandJ. Biunno —SalvatoreA. Bontempo —DennisF. Carey —HarryDudkin —JohnJ. Giblin —MaclynS. Goldman —JohnB. Keenan —JamesW. Kelly, Jr. —JohnA. Kervick —HarryLerner —IrwinLeWine —EdwardJ. McKenna —JamesJ. McMahon —RaphusP. Means —VincentJ. Murphy —PhelpsPhelps —JohnProto —BernardRabinowitz —EverettC. Stanton —JamesD. Winans | | | 1964, Atlantic City:HughJ. Addonizio —JosephG. Biancardi —NicholasV. Caputo —DennisF. Carey —AnthonyJ. Carino —HarryDudkin —NicholasT. Fernicola —HoraceGausepohl —JohnJ. Giblin —MaclynS. Goldman —MurielC. Israel —JohnA. Kervick —LeonardLee —ArmandE. Lembo —HarryLerner —MayE. Maher —CharlesA. Matthews —MaeM. Mazza —RitaS. McDonald —JamesJ. McMahon —WalterPozen —PeterW. Rodino, Jr. —NormanSchiff —MadelineA. Williams | | | 1968, Chicago:BarbaraGrunther —JamesW. Kelly, Jr. —DavidRothschild —FrankWitkus | | | 1976, New York:WilliamL. Brach —DonaldS. Coburn —FrankJ. Dodd —FrankA. Fiorito —MartinJelin —HarryLerner —MarthaMcCalister —JoyceA. Morgan —FrancineL. Rein —HowardRosen —AnneMarie Russo —DonaldKofi Tucker | | | 1980, New York:FrankAskin —RosemaryCiccone —RichardJ. Codey —AngeloCortinas —IreneDaniels —DavidDeMaio —RitaFumosa —BernardJ. Gallagher —MildredBarry Garvin —MarionC. Gillespie —JulietGrant —CaroleA. Graves —JeromeD. Greco —EltonE. Hill —TimothyS. Hull —SharpeJames —LeslieJanet Jenkins —GuyKnowles —WilburtKornegay —WynonaM. Lipman —JestineLucas —JoannaNoonan —FrancineL. Rein —CharlesRichardson —ChaliRoche —PatriciaSebold —PeterShapiro —JeffreySimms —AmilkarVelez-Lopez —CharlesM. Walther, Jr. —EvelynWilliams | | | 1988, Atlanta:FrankAskin —DouglasBerman —CurtisD. Boyd, Sr. —WillieB. Brown —MildredC. Crump —CliveCummis —OlympiaDukakis —RaymondM. Durkin —MildredBarry Garvin —ThomasP. Giblin —CaroleA. Graves —LawrenceHamm —HildaHidalgo —FaithS. Hochberg —JeanA. Holtz —SharpeJames —WynonaM. Lipman —JoannaNoonan —CarmenA. Orechio —DoloresB. Reilly —AlanSagner —RichardP. Shorter —AdrienneR. Taylor —DonaldKofi Tucker —BeverlyWilliams —MariettaWilliams —NancyC. Winkler | | | 1996, Chicago:BrendanT. Byrne —WilfredoCaraballo —RichardJ. Codey —EleanoreK. Cohen —CardellCooper —MildredC. Crump —CliveCummis —AlbertaDaniels —AlfredC. DeCotiis —ThomasP. Giblin —JosephGinarte —SallyGoodson —JohnGraham —ClarenceJackson —SharpeJames —JohnJohnson —WynonaM. Lipman —DonaldM. Payne —RonaldC. Rice —AmyRosen —PatriciaSebold —ArleneTyler-Benson | | | 2000, Los Angeles:RobertL. Bowser —RichardJ. Codey —SharpeJames —DonaldM. Payne | | | 2004, Boston:ThomasBarrett —BrendanT. Byrne —LindaCavanaugh —RichardJ. Codey —AnnCummis —JosephN. DiVincenzo —ZulimaV. Farber —NiaH. Gill —CarlGoldberg —JohnGraham —MarkInfante —SharpeJames —LelandPeyser —MariaRuiz —ChristineSamuels —PatSarma —SylviaSteiner —CatherineF. Willis | | | 2008, Denver:TomBarrett —CoryA. Booker —BobbiBrown-Plofker —BrendanT. Byrne —PatriciaE. Campos —RichardJ. Codey —MildredC. Crump —JosephN. DiVincenzo —GlynnisForbes —NiaH. Gill —JanetL. Graham —SethHarris —ReggieJackson —MilaM. Jasey —JacquelynE. Johnson —JehC. Johnson —MargaritaMuniz —RonaldC. Rice —M.Teresa Ruiz —ChristineSamuels —PatriciaSebold —PhilipThigpen —MelvinWilliams —CatherineF. Willis | | | |
| ProgressiveNational Conventions: | | | 1912, Chicago:J.Franklin Fort |
| | | RepublicanNational Conventions: | | | 1856, Philadelphia:JosephC. Hornblower —WilliamS. Taitonte | | | 1860, Chicago:HoraceN. Congar —FrederickT. Frelinghuysen —MarcusL. Ward | | | 1864, Baltimore:JosephCoult | | | 1888, Chicago:HenryM. Doremus —GeorgeA. Halsey —HermanC. H. Herold —AmbroseM. Matthews —ThomasB. Peabody —HenryA. Potter | | | 1892, Minneapolis:EliasM. Condit | | | 1896, St. Louis:CharlesBradley —J.Franklin Fort —FrederickW. Mock —FranklinMurphy —FrankM. Parker —WilliamRiker, Jr. | | | 1900, Philadelphia:GeorgeE. DeCamp —GeorgeA. Douglas —RobertW. Hawkesworth —FranklinMurphy —JohnH. Palmer —LeslieD. Ward | | | 1904, Chicago:HenryM. Doremus —JohnF. Dryden —BenjaminGraham —HermanC. H. Herold —IraD. Kipp —FranklinMurphy —CharlesStarr —LeslieD. Ward —ThomasD. Webb —JohnB. Wood | | | 1912, Chicago:WillisL. Brownell —EverettColby —FrankL. Driver —J.Franklin Fort —WilliamL. Glorieux —TheodoreB. Gottlieb —HaroldJ. Howland —JohnN. Klein —WilliamA. Lord —WilberA. Mott —EdmundB. Osborne —IrvingK. Taylor —EdwardT. Ward | | | 1916, Chicago:HenryM. Doremus —WilliamB. Kinney —FrederickE. Kip —IraA. Kip, Jr. —WilliamA. Lord —HowardMarshall —JohnMcNellen —MantonB. Metcalf —ThomasL. Raymond —LewisS. Thompson —GeorgeL. Warren | | | 1920, Chicago:AustenColgate —HenryM. Doremus —EdwardD. Duffield —PeterD. Eggleston —WilliamL. Glorieux —AlbertE. Howe —PhilipKrimke —LouisLippman —RichardWayne Parker —ArthurT. Vanderbilt | | | 1924, Cleveland:WalterG. Alexander —HelenM. Berry —EdithH. Colby —AustenColgate —HarrietV. Colton —EllisP. Earle —GeorgeA. Geunther —LidaE. Higby —HarryL. Huelsenbeck —BenjaminF. Jones —FrederickR. Lehlbach —JamesJ. Thompson | | | 1928, Kansas City:WalterG. Alexander —HelenM. Berry —TheodoreC. Brandies —FranklinW. Fort —E.Garfield Gifford —LidaE. Higby —HarryL. Huelsenbeck —FrederickR. Lehlbach —LouisLippman —JosephB. Marino —PerleyAlbert Prior —ThomasL. Raymond —T.Clyde Riley | | | 1932, Chicago:LouisV. Aronson —ElizabethBlume —MariaC. Carlucci —JeromeT. Congleton —HarryO. Coughlan —LouisF. Dodd —JosephP. Dosch —AgnesJones Gifford —E.St. J. Greble, Jr. —LidaE. Higby —FrankL. Kramer —WilhelmineLersch —LouisLippman —OliverRandolph —AlettaH. K. Stout | | | 1936, Cleveland:JaneAnn Bostock —HendonChubb —LesterH. Clee —EdwardD. Duffield —AgnesJones Gifford —HarryL. Huelsenbeck —RobertW. Kean —GloannaW. MacCarthy —OliverRandolph —WilliamH. Seely —ArthurT. Vanderbilt —WilliamJ. Wells —ElizaG. Wright | | | 1940, Philadelphia:PlattAdams —MyraA. Blakeslee —JosephA. Bower —MargaretF. Chapin —PaulJ. Christianson —LesterH. Clee —ClaytonE. Freeman —E.Prudence Jamouneau —MalvinB. Johnson —VictorD. Lindeman —GerardJ. Spatola, Jr. —ArthurT. Vanderbilt —J.Branton Wallace | | | 1944, Chicago:EdwardE. Bruen —ClaytonE. Freeman —AlbertW. Hawkes —EugeneF. Hoffman —E.Prudence Jamouneau —GloannaW. MacCarthy —FrankJ. Murray —AlfredJ. Padula —SamuelRoessler —WilliamE. Speers —ArthurT. Vanderbilt —WalterD. Van Riper —WilliamH. Williams | | | 1948, Philadelphia:GeorgeK. Batt —GeorgeH. Becker —SamuelS. Ferster —FrankA. Franklin —ClaytonE. Freeman —AgnesJones Gifford —MargaretD. Haines —GeorgeW. Merck —HudsonMillar, Jr. —WilliamJ. Orchard —PaulinePuryear —HoraceTantum | | | 1952, Chicago:MarkAnton —GeorgeH. Becker —BertramC. Bland —JohnE. Cash —FlorenceColson —AbbieMagee —AnthonyP. Miele —PercyA. Miller, Jr. —DorotheaOchs —WinstonPaul —DouglasR. Tucker —AlwinWangner —IrvingYankowitz | | | 1956, San Francisco:MarkAnton —WilliamO. Barnes, Jr. —JohnE. Cash —HarryL. Derby —HerbertH. Eber —AnthonyGiuliano —RuthGrey —F.Willard Griffith —ArthurW. Jones —AnnaKing —JohnMartin —MilfordA. Vieser | | | 1960, Chicago:AndrewC. Axtell —StanleyG. Bedford —LeslieL. Blau —RobertJ. Citrino, Jr. —AlfredC. Clapp —F.Willard Griffith —RobertW. Kean —HerbertRoemmele —RuthE. Stevenson —RaymondB. Stiles —WilliamL. Stubbs —MargaretL. Wilson —WilliamF. Yeomans | | | 1964, San Francisco:MarkAnton —AndrewC. Axtell —LeslieL. Blau —RobertJ. Citrino, Jr. —FredCorrado —JohnN. Dakis —Mrs.J. G. Fernald —GeorgeG. Fleming —RobertW. Kean —C.Robert Sarcone —RuthE. Stevenson —WilliamF. Tompkins —WalterD. Van Riper —MilfordA. Vieser —GeorgeM. Wallhauser | | | 1968, Miami Beach:LeslieL. Blau —JohndeC. Blondel —ThomasR. Farley —MichaelA. Giuliano —C.Stewart Hausmann —EdmundT. Hume —FrankA. Pagalianite —LoisJ. Smith —BeatriceM. Stiles —JohnM. D. Welch | | | 1972, Miami Beach:VirginiaD. Benjamin —JaneBurgio —GerardoL. Del Tufo —CliffordB. Finkle, Jr. —MichaelA. Giuliano —C.Stewart Hausmann —PhilipD. Kaltenbacher —MyronLeskiw —AubreyC. Lewis —FrankA. Orechio —LillieB. Rodwell —NancyJane Schron —GeorgeM. Wallhauser, Jr. | | | 1988, New Orleans:SamuelSmith | | | 2004, New York:MaryDevon O'Brien —KevinJ. O'Toole —BarbaraSobel —CandaceStraight —KathySumter-Edwards —MariaVicchlariello | | | 2008, St. Paul:MariaChappa —HaroldEdwards —HerbGlenn —CherylHalpern —LeslieEllis Lombardy —MarkMeyerowitz —MaryDevon O'Brien —BethanyO'Toole —KevinJ. O'Toole —HadrenSimmons —ChristopherSmith | | | |
| Whig NationalConventions: | | | 1839, Harrisburg:AsaWhitehead | | | 1844, Baltimore:WilliamBurnet Kinney |
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